The GB3 Championship is set for an exciting sixth season under its current guise. A total of 23 up-and-coming talents are set to fight over eight rounds at some of the most prestigious circuits in both the United Kingdom and mainland Europe. Feeder Series tells you all you need to know about the upcoming season.
By Isabelle Chandler
In 2025, the GB3 championship underwent a transformation, with a new car, a new championship format, multiple new teams and a track not featured in the previous season.
After holding a steady championship lead all season, Rodin Motorsport’s Alex Ninovic, who came into the championship as the 2024 British F4 runner-up, clinched the title ahead of Xcel Motorsport’s Patrick Heuzenroder and Hitech GP’s Deagen Faiclough at the penultimate round at Donington Park. After the final round at Monza, Ninovic was 148 points ahead of countryman Heuzenroder.
This season, Ninovic will be competing in the Formula Regional European Championship, once again with Rodin Motorsport, with whom he will be spending his fourth consecutive year. Runner-up Heuzenroder is also taking a horizontal step on the ladder, having signed with Campos Racing for the 2026 Eurocup-3 season. Third-placed Fairclough will return to GB3, sticking with Hitech.
In fact, no driver who completed a full campaign of GB3 in 2025 has stepped up to FIA F3. Only the part-time Hillspeed quartet of Kanato Le, Hiyu Yamakoshi, Michael Shin and Freddie Slater and Xcel Motorsport one-off entrant Yevan David have secured full-time seats, having completed dual campaigns in either FR Europe or Euroformula Open.
The championship brought a new car for 2025, the Tatuus MSV GB3-025. In 2026, the car has received an upgrade package, including a new engine, which is designed to add a 25 per cent increase in torque and expected to optimise reliability. The championship’s cars will also continue to use DRS for 2026.
The calendar
The 2026 GB3 calendar is made up of eight rounds, equally split between UK and mainland European circuits, with six of the eight rounds being held on current F1 tracks.
The season begins at Silverstone at the end of April as part of the British GT package.
It then has a trio of European rounds consisting of Spa at the end of May, the Hungaroring at the beginning of July and the Red Bull Ring a week later – the series’ first visit to the Austrian circuit.
The championship then returns to the UK for three more rounds at Silverstone, Brands Hatch and Donington Park before ending the season with its maiden appearance at Barcelona in November, the latest the season finale has ever been held in the GB3 era.
- Round 1: Silverstone (25–26 April)
- Round 2: Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (30–31 May)
- Round 3: Hungaroring (04–05 July)
- Round 4: Red Bull Ring (11–12 July)
- Round 5: Silverstone (01–02 August)
- Round 6: Donington Park (05–06 September)
- Round 7: Brands Hatch (26–27 September)
- Round 8: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (07–08 November)
The format
GB3 is sticking with the same format it introduced in 2025. Each weekend features two 15-minute qualifying sessions followed by three 25-minute-long races.
The first qualifying session determines the grid for race one, and the second determines the grid for race two. The grid for the third race of the weekend is created by reversing the top 12 qualifying times from both sessions, the remaining qualifiers staying in their original order.
In races one and two, winning drivers will be awarded 35 points, with points being given all the way down to the driver in 20th place, who will receive a single point. In the reverse-grid race three, points are awarded to the top 15 drivers, with the winning driver being awarded 20 points.
In race three, drivers are also awarded points for the number of positions that they gain, up to a maximum of 12. For example, if a driver wins from fourth on the grid, they will receive 23 points, 20 for winning the race and three for the positions that they have gained.
Points are also scored in the teams championship in each race using the same system, with teams recording their two best-scoring drivers’ results.
Where to watch
All of the championship’s races are available to watch live on the MSV TV YouTube channel, which also includes pre-race build-up and in-depth post-race analysis. The stream is also shown live on both the GB3 Facebook page and website. Whilst pre-event test sessions and qualifying are not streamed, live timing for both these sessions and all the races are available through TSL Timing and the GB3 website.
Teams and drivers
Seven of the nine teams that are taking part in the 2026 GB3 season were on the grid last year. The two new teams are Arden Motorsport and Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing, whilst Chris Dittmann Racing, JHR Developments and Argenti with Prema have either withdrawn from the championship or not signed any drivers.
Rodin Motorsport
Having taken a clean sweep of both the teams’ and drivers’ championships in 2025, Rodin Motorsport will be looking to build upon their previous successes to come out on top again in 2026. The Farnham-based team bring a combination of experienced drivers and series rookies to their three-car line-up this season.
Maxim Rehm (#1) became a GB3 race winner in the final race of the 2025 season in his first-ever weekend in the championship. The 18-year-old German joins Rodin Motorsport for 2026 having spent the majority of 2025 racing in the Formula Winter Series and Italian F4 with US Racing. He has already gained on-track experience with his new team, as he made his debut with them in the FR Middle East Trophy, finishing 20th.
Rising Hungarian talent Martin Molnár (#2) makes the jump to GB3 from British F4, in which he spent the previous two years with Virtuosi Racing. After taking the rookie title in 2024, he scored 10 podiums, including two wins, on the way to third overall in the championship in 2025. Joining the reigning teams’ champions, the 17-year-old is now set to have his first taste of FR-level racing.
Coming into the season as the first female driver to stand on the podium in the GB3 era, Abbi Pulling (#3) will be looking to build upon the 10th-place championship finish she achieved in 2025. The 23-year-old Briton, who is also a rookie and simulator driver for the Nissan Formula E Team, is entering her fourth year with Rodin, having partnered with them in both F1 Academy and British F4 previously. The 2024 F1 Academy champion is an ambassador for the race team’s parent company, Rodin Cars.
Hitech
A well-known name in many feeder series paddocks, Hitech come into the 2026 season as last year’s teams’ championship runners-up. They haven’t taken the top spot in both the teams’ or drivers’ championships since 2022, when current Super Formula driver and Williams F1 reserve Luke Browning clinched the title. The Silverstone-based team brings a three-car line-up into the season, and they have the chance to propel the team back to their winning ways.
Jin Nakamura (#4) will be completing a dual single-seater campaign, driving for Hitech in both GB3 and F3. He will take part in six of the eight GB3 rounds, as rounds three and five clash with his F3 commitments. The 20-year-old Japanese driver, who is also a member of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Driver Challenge Program, has already made a strong start to his F3 season, scoring points in the first feature race of the year. In 2025, he finished 10th in both FR Middle East, in which he took one win and a further podium, and FR Europe, in which he took a single podium. Over the winter, he contested the 2026 FR Oceania Trophy, in which he took six podiums and fourth in the standings. He replaces the originally announced Noah Lisle, who has had to withdraw his entry in the championship for personal reasons.
Yuhao Fu (#5) steps up to GB3 after two seasons in British F4 with Virtuosi Racing and Xcel Motorsport respectively. In 2025, he finished 25th overall, scoring points on four occasions. Also a race winner in his home series, Chinese F4, the 17-year-old got his first taste of FR-level racing in the 2026 FR Middle East Trophy, in which he finished 31st overall.
Having taken third overall in GB3 in 2025, Deagen Fairclough (#6) sticks with Hitech for a third consecutive year. Last season, he took six podium finishes plus a victory at the final round in Monza. This followed his record-breaking British F4 season in 2024, when he took 14 wins on the way to the title, an achievement he backed up by being named the Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year winner in January 2025. The Briton, who turns 20 tomorrow, has already shown strong pace by topping multiple pre-season test sessions and rarely being seen outside the top five.
Xcel Motorsport
Having only joined the championship last year, the UAE’s premier motorsport outfit were immediately up to speed with their more experienced rival teams. They secured third overall in the teams’ championship, with Patrick Heuzenroder securing the runner-up spot in the drivers’ championship. This year, the multiple F4 UAE teams’ champions bring a three-car line-up to the grid.
Lucas Fluxá (#7) made his debut in GB3 last season as part of the Argenti with Prema line-up. He then made the switch to Hillspeed prior to the penultimate round at Donington Park, taking his first race win with the team. The 17-year-old Spaniard eventually finished the season eighth overall in the standings. He makes the switch to Xcel for his second season alongside an LMP3 campaign in Le Mans Cup with Brutal Fish by Campos Racing, a joint entity operated by the team for whom his sister Luna Fluxá races in Spanish F4.
Having spent the last two seasons in British F4, Rowan Campbell-Pilling (#8) makes his first step into GB3 with the team with whom he competed in the 2025 Formula Trophy championship in the Middle East. In his 2025 British F4 campaign with JHR Developments, the 19-year-old Briton achieved one race win at Knockhill, which he backed up with a further two podiums to finish 10th overall. In Formula Trophy, he achieved one race win and two other podium finishes, ending the season third overall in the standings.
Ricardo Baptista (#9) spent 2025 driving in his homeland in the Brazilian F4 Championship. He took one win at Velocitta and finished his campaign 10th in the standings. The 18-year-old also competed in Euroformula Open, Eurocup-3, Spanish F4 and FWS last year before taking to New Zealand for the 2026 FR Oceania Trophy, finishing 18th overall.
Hillspeed
Despite not having any full-season drivers, Hillspeed still managed to clinch fourth in the teams’ championship in 2025. The Markham Vale–based team has been part of GB3 in all its forms since it was launched as BRDC Formula 4 in 2013. Last season, the team entered eight different drivers on a part-time basis, though for this year they have locked in a three-car line-up.
Dante Vinci (#10) joins the team after making his full-season single-seater debut in 2025 in both the Italian F4 and E4 championships with Van Amersfoort Racing. He finished 21st and 11th overall respectively while also taking sixth and fourth place in those championships’ rookie standings. The 17-year-old Australian was the first driver to be announced for Hillspeed’s 2026 line-up, and he has been actively testing since the autumn of 2025.
Re-launching his single-seater career, Peter Bouzinelos (#11) will get behind the wheel of a racing car competitively for the first time since he was hit by a car in a road collision in his homeland of Australia more than a year ago. He last raced in the 2024 Spanish F4 championship, finishing 16th in the championship overall and 10th among the rookies.
Brazilian driver Aurelia Nobels (#12) joins the championship after two seasons in F1 Academy. In 2025, she finished 13th overall in the standings, taking her maiden podium in the series with a third place in Las Vegas. She also gained extra experience in F4 cars in both the Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship and the E4 championship. Now the 19-year-old makes the step up to the FR level, which will also mark her first time racing on UK circuits.
Elite Motorsport
One of the most established teams in Ginettas and GT racing, Elite Motorsport joined the championship in 2021, shortly before its rebranding from British F3 to GB3. They finished seventh in the teams championship in 2025 with 381 points. The Norfolk-based team have a three-car line-up confirmed for this year.
Kirill Kutskov (#17) joins the team for the first round at Silverstone. He spent 2025 racing in FWS, taking a best race finish of seventh, and Italian F4, finishing the season 18th in the standings with a best finish of fourth. He also made an appearance in the F4 CEZ after his 2024 runner-up campaign, winning three of the six races he entered and scoring two further podiums. The first round of the championship will be the first weekend in FR-level machinery for the 17-year-old Russian, who races under a Kyrgyz licence.
Flynn Jackes (#18), one of the grid’s two oldest drivers alongside Pulling, stays with Elite after his first full GB3 season with them last year. He finished 20th overall last season and took a season-best finish of fourth at the Hungaroring. Previously, the Filipino-Australian had made appearances in the championship in both 2021 and 2024, the latter campaign being cut short because of a broken leg sustained in a road accident. Since beginning testing with the team for this season, he has made multiple appearances in the top five.
Kyuho Lee (#19) is Elite’s third driver, making the step up to his first FR-level series from a Spanish F4 campaign with Rodin Motorsport where he finished 22nd overall, with a best race finish of 10th. The 17-year-old made an appearance in one round of F4 SEA, taking podiums in all three races. He also competed in two winter series in 2025, taking part in the first two rounds of F4 Middle East with a best finish of ninth and all three rounds of Eurocup-4 with a best finish of 15th. He represented his native South Korea in the 2025 FIA F4 World Cup in Macau, but his race was cut short by an opening-lap collision. He is also a member of the Genesis Magma Racing Trajectory Program, a scheme overseen by the new Genesis WEC team that aims to raise the profile of motorsport in South Korea.
VRD Racing
A well-known name in American single-seaters, VRD joined GB3 in 2023 in collaboration with Arden Motorsport. The collaboration ended in 2025, with the American team competing under just their own name last year en route to eighth in the teams’ standings. This year, they bring a three-car line-up to the grid.
The most experienced driver on the grid, Nikita Bedrin (#20) has won races in almost every single-seater championship he has contested on a permanent basis. He competed in F3 in 2023 and 2024, taking a win and two further podiums. The 20-year-old Russian, who races under an Italian licence, started 2025 in the FR Middle East championship, entering the final two rounds and taking a win and three further podiums, before returning to F3 for a one-off appearance in the Melbourne round. He then took a step back to FR Europe, completing a full campaign with Saintéloc Racing and taking two podiums on his way to 11th in the standings. Now, the DS Penske Formula E development driver makes the step across to GB3 for his first appearance in the championship.
Having contested the second half of the 2025 GB3 season, Patricio Gonzalez (#21) returns to the championship with VRD. Alongside his GB3 stint, he competed in USF Juniors in the United States, finishing eighth overall with three podiums. The 17-year-old Mexican driver also took part in seven races of the USF2000 Championship, eventually finishing 20th overall in the standings. Once entered for the UK-based championship, he took part in 12 races and finished the season 21st in the standings.
Rodrigo Gonzalez (#22) joins his younger brother for his first full season in GB3. The 20-year-old Mexican also took part in 12 races last season, taking a best finish of 10th and finishing 23rd overall in the standings. Before his switch to European racing in 2025, he competed in USF Juniors, in which he finished sixth with three podiums, and USF2000, in which he finished 19th overall.
Fortec Motorsport
As multiple championship winners in many single-seater series, such as the British F4 Championship and the Formula Renault 2.0 UK, Fortec Motorsport have held a prominent position in British motorsport for more than two decades. In 2025, the team only fielded drivers for four rounds, though for 2026, they have confirmed a two-car line-up, one member of which is set to run for a full season.
Though he made his single-seater debut in GB3 in 2024, Alexandros Kattoulas (#23) spent 2025 racing in the GB4 championship. The British driver – racing under the flag of Japan, where he was born – took five podiums, including a race win at Silverstone, on his way to fourth in the championship, playing a key part in securing the points haul that handed Elite Motorsport the teams’ championship title. Now, the 20-year-old returns to Fortec – with whom he made his debut back at Donington Park in 2024 – for a full GB3 season.
Confirmed for the first three GB3 rounds of 2026, young Australian Jack Taylor (#24) also makes the step up from GB4 Championship having spent the last two years competing in the series. In 2024, he finished ninth with a single podium at Silverstone. In 2025, he built upon his previous experience and took four podiums, including two wins, on his way to 10th in the championship. Over the winter, the 17-year-old took part in FR Oceania to gain experience at a similar level to GB3, finishing 14th in the standings with one pole.
Arden Motorsport
Arden Motorsport rejoin the grid for the first time since the dissolution of their partnership with VRD Racing in 2024 and for the first time as a standalone team since 2022. The team boast a long list of alumni who have reached such series as F1, Formula E and WEC, and they have currently confirmed a two-car line-up for 2026.
Making the sizeable jump from karting directly into GB3 is Lewis Gilbert (#26). The 21-year-old has had considerable success in karting, finishing third in the Senior Rotax class of the British Kart Championships in 2025. Though this is his first season in car racing, he has been testing both GB4 and GB3 machinery with the team, and he has also completed a handful of rallies in his native Scotland to gain further racing experience.
Leon Wilson (#27) has raced with Arden for the last two seasons in GB4. In 2024, he finished 10th in the standings, with one podium, a third place at Silverstone. Taking the experience he had gained into 2025, he scored wins at Snetterton and Donington Park in addition to another podium at Silverstone in between to finish seventh in the standings. The 18-year-old Briton will stay with Arden for the third consecutive year as he enters his first season at the FR level.
Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing
Having joined GB4 in 2025, ADM Racing have partnered with British Superbike champions Nitrous Competitions Racing to bring a new team to the grid. The team had plans to bring a three-car line-up to the GB3 grid this season but have so far only confirmed one driver.
American driver Jason Pribyl (#31) is currently the team’s sole entrant, as he was last year in GB4. Having competed with them under the ADM Racing banner, 20-year-old Pribyl took one podium, a second place at Silverstone, and ended the season 17th in the standings. Pribyl previously competed in Formula Ford in both the US and the UK.
The grid at a glance
| Team | # | Driver |
Rodin Motorsport | 1 | Maxim Rehm |
| 2 | Martin Molnár | |
| 3 | Abbi Pulling | |
Hitech | 4 | Jin Nakamura |
| 5 | Yuhao Fu | |
| 6 | Deagen Fairclough | |
Xcel Motorsport | 7 | Lucas Fluxá |
| 8 | Rowan Campbell-Pilling | |
| 9 | Ricardo Baptista | |
| Hillspeed | 10 | Dante Vinci |
| 11 | Peter Bouzinelos | |
| 12 | Aurelia Nobels | |
| Elite Motorsport | 17 | Kirill Kutskov |
| 18 | Flynn Jackes | |
| 19 | Kyuho Lee | |
| VRD Racing | 20 | Nikita Bedrin |
| 21 | Patricio Gonzalez | |
| 22 | Rodrigo Gonzalez | |
| Fortec Motorsport | 23 | Alexandros Kattoulas |
| 24 | Jack Taylor | |
| Arden Motorsport | 26 | Lewis Gilbert |
| 27 | Leon Wilson | |
| Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing | 31 | Jason Pribyl |
Header photo credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography
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