The 2025 GB3 Championship is a scheduled motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The 2025 season is the tenth organised by the British Racing Drivers' Club in the United Kingdom, and the fifth 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 October.[1]
Teams and drivers
editThe 2025 season is scheduled to see the introduction of a new chassis and engine package. The new Tatuus MSV GB3-025 will conform to the FIA Formula Regional regulations while featuring a higher downforce output than its predecessor as well as a drag reduction system.[2] The Pirelli tyres used will have their diameter increased by two inches, while the Mountune engine has also been redesigned and will provide 30BHP more power.[3]
| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitech Pulse-Eight | TBA | Deagen Fairclough[4] | TBC |
| TBA | Nikita Johnson[5] | TBC | |
| VRD Racing[6] | TBA | TBA | TBC |
Race calendar
editThe provisional calendar was announced on 22 August 2024. The series continued its evolution from a British-focused calendar towards racing all over Europe. It added another event outside the United Kingdom with the championship set to make its debut at Monza, and dropped Oulton Park from the list of its venues.[7]
| Round | Circuit | Date | Supporting | Map of circuit locations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire) |
26–27 April | British GT Championship | |
| R2 | |||||
| R3 | |||||
| 2 | R4 | Circuit Zandvoort (Zandvoort, Netherlands) |
17–18 May | GT World Challenge Europe | |
| R5 | |||||
| R6 | |||||
| 3 | R7 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (Spa, Belgium) |
31 May – 1 June | Spa Euro Race | |
| R8 | |||||
| R9 | |||||
| 4 | R10 | Hungaroring (Mogyoród, Hungary) |
5–6 July | International GT Open | |
| R11 | |||||
| R12 | |||||
| 5 | R13 | Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire) |
2–3 August | MSVR race weekend | |
| R14 | |||||
| R15 | |||||
| 6 | R16 | Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent) |
23–24 August | British GT Championship | |
| R17 | |||||
| R18 | |||||
| 7 | R19 | Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire) |
4–5 October | British GT Championship | |
| R20 | |||||
| R21 | |||||
| 8 | R22 | Monza Circuit (Monza, Italy) |
18–19 October | International GT Open | |
| R23 | |||||
| R24 | |||||
Championship standings
edit- 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.[8]
| Races | Position, points per race | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | |
| Races 1 & 2 | 35 | 29 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Race 3 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
References
edit- ^ "GB3 Championship reveals F1-focused 2025 calendar with Monza finale". www.gb-3.net. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ Whitfield, Steve (12 June 2024). "GB3 unveils new faster car with DRS for 2025 onwards". Formula Scout. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ Brabner, George (12 June 2024). "GB3 to introduce 'F1-inspired' Tatuus car for 2025 season". Feeder Series. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "Dominant British F4 champion Deagen Fairclough moves up to GB3 with Hitech Pulse-Eight". www.gb-3.net. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ "Nikita Johnson joins Hitech Pulse-Eight for 2025 GB3 campaign". www.gb-3.net. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ^ Wood, Ida (2024-10-01). "USA's Velocity Racing Development team to race in GB3 under own name". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
- ^ Whitfield, Steve (22 August 2024). "GB3 to race at Monza for first time as 2025 calendar announced". Formula Scout. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ Wood, Ida (2024-03-25). "GB3 announces reversed-grid change and superlicence points for 2024". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-03-25.