The GB3 Championship heads to Zandvoort for the first time later this season (14-15 October), and a number of this year’s contenders took advantage of the break between the Oulton Park season opener and the Silverstone rounds at the start of May, to sample the Dutch Grand Prix venue for the first time in testing this week.

Elite Motorsport has confirmed that Oliver Stewart will join McKenzy Cresswell and Ayato Iwasaki in the team’s three-driver GB3 line-up for the 2023 season.

Japanese driver Ayato Iwasaki will remain with Elite Motorsport for a full GB3 campaign in 2023, after making his series debut with the Norfolk team at last year’s Donington Park finale. Iwasaki posted a sixth place finish in the last race of the season, his first car event in Europe, ending less than four seconds behind the race winner. 
 

American driver David Morales will switch to the JHR Developments team for his GB3 return in 2023. The 19-year-old from Florida scored a podium during his debut GB3 campaign in 2022, and has already tasted victory this year with a triumph at Highlands Motorsport Park in the Formula Regional Oceania Championship. 

Chris Dittmann Racing has confirmed that Zak Taylor will return to the team for a full season in the 2023 GB3 Championship. The 20-year-old impressed at the Tewkesbury-based outfit last season, having made a late switch to the team for the final two weekends of the year, and scoring three top-ten finishes in six races.

Douglas Motorsport has completed its three car GB3 line-up with the signing of Polish ace Tymek Kucharczyk. The 16-year-old is an exciting addition to the Northamptonshire team’s line-up for the new campaign, having impressed on his single-seater debut last season, following a number of successful years competing in World Series Karting. 

Australian driver Costa Toparis will complete Rodin Carlin’s GB3 line-up for the 2023 season.  The 15-year-old will make his full-season European racing debut as he takes on the eight round championship which kicks off in April. Toparis lines-up alongside already confirmed teammates Callum Voisin and John Bennett.

Hillspeed has confirmed a fresh driver line-up for its 2023 GB3 Championship campaign, with Chinese F4 champion Gerrard Xie and British F4 graduate Daniel Mavlyutov.

Douglas Motorsport has signed up Brazilian rising star Lucas Staico for the 2023 GB3 Championship.

Matthew Rees will return to the GB3 Championship for the 2023 season, remaining with JHR Developments with whom the youngster claimed a maiden victory at Brands Hatch last year.

GB3 front-runner Fortec Motorsport has completed its 2023 GB3 Championship line-up with the signing of British F4 graduate Edward Pearson.

Rodin Carlin has confirmed that Callum Voisin will return to the rebranded team for the 2023 GB3 Championship. 

Arden VRD has confirmed that Canadian driver Nico Christodoulou will return to the team for a full-season assault on the 2023 GB3 Championship. The 17-year-old joined the championship with Arden during the third weekend of the 2022 season at Donington Park, as part of the team’s newly-established connection with the Velocity Racing Development team, whom he had raced for in the USA through 2021 and the early part of last year. Arden’s strengthened ties with VRD for this season means Christodoulou returns for the entire campaign this time around, with both team and driver looking to mount a title challenge. 

Hitech GP has confirmed Red Bull Junior Team driver Souta Arao in its line-up for the 2023 GB3 Championship season. The 17-year-old Japanese racer, who is also a member of Honda’s junior programme, most recently competed in the French F4 Championship in 2022, winning three races and taking seven additional podium finishes on his way to third overall. His victories came with impressive drives at Pau, Spa-Francorchamps and Paul Ricard in his first season of single-seater racing.

The winner of the 2023 GB4 Championship will again be rewarded with a £50,000 contribution towards their 2024 single-seater racing programme. The biggest fund available in UK junior single-seater racing, the £50,000 can be put towards a campaign in either GB3 or British Formula 4 for the following season, and will be paid to the team that the driver contracts with as part of their career progression towards hopefully F1. 

Following a successful first running of GB4’s National Formula Ford shoot-out in 2022, MotorSport Vision (MSV) and the British Racing and Sports Car Club (BRSCC) are pleased to confirm that the initiative will continue in 2023.

Record-breaking British F4 champion Alex Dunne graduates to GB3 with Hitech GP

Luke Browning has been crowned as the 2022 GB3 Champion at Donington Park.

The 2023 GB3 and GB4 Championship calendars have been confirmed by series organiser MotorSport Vision (MSV). GB3 will run to an eight-event schedule, with no fewer than four events on current F1 circuits, whilst GB4’s fixture list features seven events, and will appear on the bill at all UK rounds of the prestigious British GT Championship.

Japan’s Ayato Iwasaki will make his GB3 debut in the final event of the season at Donington Park this weekend (15-16 October) with Elite Motorsport. 

Matthew Rees claimed the first GB3 win for both himself and the JHR Developments team, with a supreme performance on the Brands Hatch GP circuit this afternoon (Saturday). The reigning British F4 champion started from pole position and led every lap as he headed home championship contenders Luke Browning and Joel Granfors, with just 6.5 points separating the pair heading into the final five races of the season. 

Elite Motorsport’s Tom Lebbon and Hitech GP’s Cian Shields raced to maiden single-seater victories in Sunday’s two GB3 contests at Silverstone.
 

Hitech GP’s Luke Browning enjoyed a perfect start to the new GB3 season, as the local man took a double pole in qualifying and a dominant race win. He made the most of his front-row start and pulled out a big advantage to win over 10 seconds clear of the squabbling Roberto Faria (Carlin) and Matthew Rees (JHR Developments), to take an early lead in the standings.

The leading drivers in this year’s GB3 and GB4 Championships will receive a tour of the Oracle Red Bull Racing Formula One team factory this summer, thanks to the continued generosity of Pole Position Cup award founder John Cavill. 
 

Zak O’Sullivan, Williams Racing Academy Driver, was named winner of the BRDC Young Driver of the Year award on Sunday night. The British driver claimed the prestigious accolade after impressing in a series of evaluations, which included fitness and simulator elements and a two-day test at Silverstone.

Graduating from both GB3 and the Asian F3 championship in 2021, Ushijima makes his debut in the FIA F3 championship this season with the black and orange outfit from the Netherlands.

Multiple British F4 race-winner McKenzy Cresswell will join Chris Dittmann Racing (CDR) as he steps up to the GB3 Championship partnered by the BRDC in 2022. The 15-year-old won six British F4 races in 2021, two more than any other driver, with five additional podiums on his way to third overall in the standings in his first car racing campaign. 

MotorSport Vision (MSV) is delighted to announce its long-standing, successful relationship with the British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) will continue for a tenth successive season in 2022, with existing support for the GB3 Championship expanding to include the new GB4 Championship, which launches next year. 
 

Carlin’s Zak O’Sullivan claimed the 2021 GB3 in association with the BRDC Championship title in fine style at Donington Park last Saturday. The 16-year-old broke the qualifying lap record this morning to take his fifth pole position of the year, and then claimed a lights to flag victory in the first race of the weekend to put the title beyond all doubt.

Highly rated karting champion Flynn Jackes will make his car racing debut in the GB3 Championship next weekend (16/17 October), after joining top team Hillspeed for the final three races of the 2021 season at Donington Park – the squad’s home track.