GB3

The GB3 Championship is a single seater motorsport series based in the United Kingdom. The championship is the UK’s premier single-seater category, and is aimed at young racing drivers moving up from FIA Formula 4 championships or Karting

Drivers

Max Esterson

Car #42

Country

U.S.A

Date of Birth

09/10/2002

Place of Residence

U.K

Recent Career History

2022
GB3 Championship – seventh overall with one win, three podiums and two fastest laps
Formula Ford Festival – winner
Walter Hayes Festival

2021
Walter Hayes Festival – winner
Formula Ford Festival – runner-up
Avon Tyres National Formula Ford Championship – Pro – third overall with two wins, 13 podiums, one pole position and four fastest laps

2020
F1600 Championship Series – fifth overall with one win, four podiums, three pole positions and three fastest laps
BRSCC Formula Ford Festival – sixth overall
Champion of Brands – two races
BRSCC Avon Tyres National FF1600 Championship – three races
F2000 Championship Series – one win and one fastest lap

2019
Karting

Jarrod Waberski

Car #20

Country

South Africa

Date of Birth

20/09/2005

Place of Residence

U.K

Recent Career History

2022                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Vice GB4 Champion with 3 wins, 14 podiums and 2 pole positions.

2021  
Formula 1600 Championship South Africa – race winner and second overall with eight additional podiums

2020 
Formula 1600 Championship South Africa – podium finisher

2018 – karting
South African Karting Champion
SA Regional Champion

Edward Pearson

Car #TBC

Country

U.K

Date of Birth

21/10/2006

Place of Residence

Guildford

Recent Career History

2022 – British F4 Championship – 12th Position.

2021 – Ginetta Junior Championship – 17th Position with 1 podium.

2020 – Karting X30 Junior IAME Winter Cup – 5th Place.

Calendar
DateCircuitCountry
8th - 10th April Oulton Park U.K.
6th - 7th May Silverstone GP U.K.
27th - 28th May Donington Park U.K.
2nd - 4th June Spa Belgium
23rd - 24th July Snetterton U.K
9th - 10th September Brands Hatch GP U.K.
13th - 15th October Zandvoort Netherlands
21st - 22nd October Donington Park U.K.
Driver Standings
#NameTeamPoints
1 Callum Voisin Rodin Carlin 278
2 Alex Dunne Hitech Pulse-Eight 277
3 Joseph Loake JHR Developments 265
4 James Hedley Arden VRD 231
5 McKenzy Cresswell Elite Motorsport 222
6 Matthew Rees JHR Developments 222
7 Tymek Kucharczyk Douglas Motorsport 215
8 Noah Ping Arden VRD 140
9 Jarrod Waberski Fortec Motorsport 139
10 John Bennett Rodin Carlin 135
Team Standings
#TeamPoints
1JHR DEVELOPMENTS525
2RODIN CARLIN458
3ARDEN VRD444
4HITECH PULSE-EIGHT399
5ELITE MOTORSPORT363
6FORTEC MOTORSPORT306
7DOUGLAS MOTORSPORT297
8CHRIS DITTMANN RACING164
9HILLSPEED150
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Series information

The GB3 Championship is run by MSVR and comprises 24 races across eight events.

The weekend format typically includes a 20 minute qualifying session and three 20 minute races.

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.

Should an event incorporate a Race FOUR, the grid for that race will be decided by an average of the drivers two fastest lap times from Race ONE, TWO or THREE. Only one lap from each of the two races will be included in calculation of the average.

The minimum licence requirement for the GB3 Championship is National A. 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.