GB3 Championship
Operated by MSV, the GB3 Championship is the UK’s premier single seater racing category, and provides the perfect bridge for drivers between FIA Formula 4 and international competition.
Comprised of 24 races across eight events, the series takes in a number of the UK’s premier venues and makes overseas trips to Spa-Francorchamps and Zandvoort. Drivers race in identical Tatuus MSV-022 machinery, providing a level playing field for the next generation to demonstrate their talents.
Drivers
Colin Queen
Calendar
| Date | Circuit | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 30th March - 1st April | Oulton Park | U.K. |
| 27th - 28th April | Silverstone | U.K. |
| 1st - 2nd June | Spa-Francorchamps | Belgium |
| 23rd - 24th June | Hungaroring | Hungary |
| 13th - 14th July | Zandvoort | Netherlands |
| 27th - 28th July | Silverstone | U.K. |
| 7th - 8th September | Donington Park | U.K. |
| 28th - 29th September | Brands Hatch | U.K. |
Driver Standings
| # | Name | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louis Sharp | Rodin Motorsport | 170 |
| 2 | Tymek Kucharczyk | Hitech Pulse-Eight | 162 |
| 3 | Ugo Ugochukwu | Rodin Motorsport | 155 |
| 4 | Will Macintyre | Hitech Pulse-Eight | 150 |
| 5 | John Bennett | JHR Developments | 148 |
| 6 | McKenzy Cresswell | Elite Motorsport | 116 |
| 7 | Jarrod Waberski | Elite Motorsport | 96 |
| 8 | Gerrard Xie | Hitech Pulse-Eight | 83 |
| 11 | Colin Queen | Fortec Motorsports | 50 |
| 17 | Ed Pearson | Fortec Motorsports | 37 |
Team Standings
| # | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hitech Pulse-Eight | 340 |
| 2 | Rodin Motorsport | 325 |
| 3 | Elite Motorsport | 222 |
| 4 | JHR Developments | 204 |
| 5 | VRD Racing by Arden | 129 |
| 6 | Chris Dittmann Racing | 105 |
| 7 | Fortec Motorsports | 93 |
| 8 | Hillspeed | 24 |
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Series information
Operated by MSV, the GB3 Championship is the UK’s premier single seater racing category, and provides the perfect bridge for drivers between FIA Formula 4 and international competition.
Comprised of 24 races across eight events, the series takes in a number of the UK’s premier venues and makes overseas trips to Spa-Francorchamps and Zandvoort. Drivers race in identical Tatuus MSV-022 machinery, providing a level playing field for the next generation to demonstrate their talents.
The weekend format typically includes a 20 minute qualifying session and two 20 minute races followed by a 25 minute final race featuring a reverse grid.
The grid for the first is set in qualifying order, while the grid for the second is in order of each driver’s second fastest lap. The race three starting order will be the reverse order of the fastest times achieved in qualifying prior to any penalties applied during or following qualifying. To be included in the reversal, each driver’s fastest lap time in qualifying needs to be within 103% of the overall fastest lap. Such a format provides exciting racing, the opportunity for drivers to develop overtaking skills.
The minimum licence requirement for the GB3 Championship is FIA International C. Testing is unrestricted.
Tech Specs
The Tatuus MSV-022 GB3 car is a significantly upgraded machine designed to meet the latest safety standards and improve performance.
The car features a completely new chassis, the Tatuus MSV-022, incorporating the halo, improved side-impact protection, revisions to the roll hoop, headrest, front anti-intrusion panel, seat and fuel cell areas.
A new aerodynamics package features a completely revised sculpted underfloor, diffuser, skid block, keel and bib, plus changes to the side pods, radiator ducts, damper cover and engine cover. Downforce levels are increased significantly over the previous specification, in the region of 20-25 percent.
To complement the increased aerodynamic performance is an upgraded specification for the highly rated two litre, four cylinder normally aspirated Mountune engine, to enable the unit to now produce over 250bhp at 8500 rpm, a 20bhp increase. As a consequence of the power hike the new car features a side air-intake and carbon airbox similar to earlier generation F3 cars, and a switch to a fly-by-wire port throttle inlet manifold system.
Most other well proven parts of the car, such as the Sadev gearbox, suspension, brakes and electronics remain unchanged, so teams can continue working with the outstandingly reliable and popular technical package.
Crucially, the upgrades ensure the 2022 specification car retains the lightweight, nimble and responsive handling characteristics and super-responsive normally aspirated engine that have been praised by drivers since 2016. The addition of the halo adds only around 12kg to the weight of the cars, which is more than compensated for by the increase in aerodynamic performance and power.
