2026 GB3 Championship

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The 2026 GB3 Championship is a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars scheduled to be held across Europe. The 2026 season will be the eleventh organised by the British Racing Drivers' Club in the United Kingdom, and the sixth season under the GB3 moniker after rebranding from the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship in mid-2021. The championship will feature a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers. The season is scheduled to be run over eight triple-header rounds, starting in April and ending in November. [1]

Teams and drivers

After the introduction of the Tatuus MSV GB3-025 in 2025, 2026 will see another aerodynamic upgrade to the chassis package. [2] The Mountune engine, previously a two-litre unit, will be upgraded to a 2.4-litre engine, thereby providing a 25% torque increase. All cars run on Pirelli tyres. [3]

TeamNo.DriverRounds
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Arden Motorsport TBA Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Leon WilsonTBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hillspeed TBA Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dante VinciTBC
Flag of New Zealand.svg Rodin Motorsport TBA Flag of Germany.svg Maxim Rehm TBC
Flag of the United States.svg VRD Racing TBA Flag of Italy.svg Nikita Bedrin TBC
TBA Flag of Mexico.svg Patricio GonzálezTBC
TBA Flag of Mexico.svg Rodrigo GonzálezTBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nitrous Competitions ADM RacingTBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC

Team changes

Arden Motorsport will return to GB3 after a one-year absence. [4]

Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing, a cooperation between British Superbike Championship team Nitrous Competitions and GB4 team ADM Racing, will enter GB3 with a three-car lineup. [5]

Driver changes

Rodin Motorsport will promote reigning champion Alex Ninovic to their newly formed Formula Regional European Championship outfit. [6] To replace him, the team signed Maxim Rehm for his full-season debut after a race-winning guest drive for Hillspeed in the final round of 2025. [7]

Nikita Johnson leaves Hitech GP, as he will compete in Indy NXT with Cape Motorsports Powered by ECR. [8]

Hillspeed signed Italian F4 graduate Dante Vinci, who will make his GB3 debut. [9]

Reza Seewooruthun leaves Argenti with Prema, as he will compete in FREC with Rodin Motorsport. [10]

VRD Racing will have an all-new line up, with Hugo Schwarze leaving midway through 2025 to compete in the European Le Mans Series LMGT3 with R-ace GP and Enzo Tarnvanichkul also not returning. [11] After joining the team for the second half of 2026, siblings Patricio and Rodrigo González rejoin the team for the full 2026 season, and Nikita Bedrin joins the team for his GB3 debut after finishing the 2025 FRECA season in eleventh with Saintéloc Racing. [12] [13] [14]

Returning team Arden Motorsport will field Leon Wilson, promoting him from their GB4 outfit with whom he came seventh in 2025. [4]

Race calendar

The provisional calendar was announced on 25 September 2025. [1] The series kept to its strategy of combining four British rounds with four rounds outside the UK, but swapped two overseas venues. The series will not return to Circuit Zandvoort, where it had been racing since 2023, and Monza Circuit will also not return after its debut in 2025. Instead, GB3 will debut at the Red Bull Ring and at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. [15]

RoundCircuitDateSupportingMap of circuit locations
1R1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)		25–26 April British GT Championship
GB4 Championship
R2
R3
2R4 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
(Spa, Belgium)		30–31 MaySpa Euro Race
Formula Regional European Championship
Supercar Challenge
Britcar Endurance Championship
R5
R6
3R7 Flag of Hungary.svg Hungaroring
(Mogyoród, Hungary)		4–5 July International GT Open
Euroformula Open Championship
Formula Regional European Championship
TCR Europe Touring Car Series
R8
R9
4R10 Flag of Austria.svg Red Bull Ring
(Spielberg, Austria)		11–12 JulyADAC Racing Weekend Spielberg
Porsche Sports Cup Deutschland
Spezial Tourenwagen Trophy
ADAC Tourenwagen Junior Cup
R11
R12
5R13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)		1–2 August GT Cup Championship
GB4 Championship
Radical Cup UK
R14
R15
6R16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)		5–6 September British GT Championship
GB4 Championship
TCR UK Touring Car Championship
R17
R18
7R19 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)		26–27 September British GT Championship
GB4 Championship
R20
R21
8R22 Flag of Spain.svg Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
(Montmeló, Spain)		7–8 November Eurocup-3
F4 Spanish Championship
TCR Spain Touring Car Championship
R23
R24

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points will be awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in races one and two, with the third race awarding points to only the top 15. Race three, which will have its grid formed by reversing the top twelve from the qualifying order, will award extra points, up until a maximum of twelve, for positions gained from the drivers' respective starting positions. [16]

RacesPosition, points per race
1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th19th20th
Races 1 & 23529242119171513121110987654321
Race 3201715131110987654321

References

  1. 1 2 "GB3 Championship reveals provisional 2026 calendar with Red Bull Ring and Barcelona additions". GB3 Championship . 25 September 2025. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Whitfield, Steve (11 September 2025). "GB3 announces upgrades to its new Tatuus MSV GB3-025 car for 2026". Formula Scout. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "Major upgrade package for 2026 GB3 Championship". GB3 Championship . 11 September 2025. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Leon Wilson to spearhead Arden Motorsport's GB3 return in 2026". GB3 Championship . 10 November 2025. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  5. ↑ Whitfield, Steve (27 August 2025). "ADM joins forces with Nitrous Competitions for 2026 GB3 entry". Formula Scout. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "Alex Ninovic to continue with Rodin Motorsport in 2026, joining their FREC team". Rodin Motorsport . 23 October 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  7. ↑ Wood, Ida (12 December 2025). "Rehm joins Rodin for full-time GB3 move in 2026 after starring cameo". Formula Scout. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  8. ↑ "Nikita Johnson To Drive for Cape Motorsports in 2026 Season". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  9. ↑ "Australian Dante Vinci announced as Hillspeed's first 2026 GB3 signing". GB3 Championship . 4 December 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  10. ↑ "Reza Seewooruthun to join Rodin Motorsport's FREC lineup in 2026". Rodin Motorsport . 16 December 2025. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  11. ↑ Wane, Ewan; Goodwin, Graham; Kilbey, Stephen (17 December 2025). "ELMS Reveals Capacity 47-Car Grid For 2026". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  12. ↑ "VRD Racing confirms GB3 comeback for Patricio Gonzalez". GB3 Championship . 22 December 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  13. ↑ "Rodrigo Gonzalez returns to GB3 with VRD Racing". GB3 Championship . 22 December 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  14. ↑ "F3 race-winner Nikita Bedrin joins VRD Racing for GB3 title challenge". GB3 Championship . 24 December 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  15. ↑ Wood, Ida (25 September 2025). "GB3 to explore more international ground with races in Austria and Spain". Formula Scout. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  16. ↑ Wood, Ida (25 March 2024). "GB3 announces reversed-grid change and superlicence points for 2024". Formula Scout. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
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