2023 GB3 Championship

The 2023 GB3 Championship is a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The 2023 season is the eighth organised by the British Racing Drivers' Club in the United Kingdom, and the third season under the GB3 moniker after rebranding from the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship in mid-2021.[1] The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers. The season is run over eight triple-header rounds and started on 8 April at Oulton Park.[2]

Teams and drivers

All teams are British-registered.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Arden VRD	2	Nico Christodoulou	1–2
	3	Noah Ping	1–2
	4	James Hedley	1–2
JHR Developments	5	Matthew Rees	1–2
	77	David Morales	1–2
	84	Joseph Loake	1–2
Douglas Motorsport	7	Tymek Kucharczyk	1–2
	11	Lucas Staico	1–2
	32	Shawn Rashid	1–2
Chris Dittmann Racing	9	Zak Taylor	1–2
Chris Dittmann Racing	18	Arthur Rogeon	1–2
Elite Motorsport	15	Ayato Iwasaki	1–2
	16	McKenzy Cresswell	1–2
	17	Oliver Stewart	1–2
Fortec Motorsports	20	Jarrod Waberski	1–2
	41	Edward Pearson	1–2
	42	Max Esterson	1–2
Hitech Pulse-Eight	21	Souta Arao	1–2
	22	Alex Dunne	1–2
	23	Michael Shin	1–2
Rodin Carlin	27	John Bennett	1–2
	35	Callum Voisin	1–2
	43	Costa Toparis	1–2
Hillspeed	39	Gerrard Xie[lower-alpha 1]	1–2
Hillspeed	99	Daniel Mavlyutov	1–2
Source:[3]

Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar was announced on 15 October 2022. For the first time in series history, two events will be held outside the United Kingdom. This also means that the GB3 Championship became an FIA-certified international series.[4]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	R1	Oulton Park (International Circuit, Cheshire)	8 April	Joseph Loake	Joseph Loake	Joseph Loake	JHR Developments	British GT Championship
	R2		10 April	Joseph Loake	Callum Voisin	James Hedley	Arden VRD
	R3		10 April		Oliver Stewart	Daniel Mavlyutov	Hillspeed
2	R4	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)	6 May	John Bennett[N 1]	Joseph Loake	Joseph Loake[lower-alpha 2]	JHR Developments	British GT Championship
	R5		7 May	John Bennett[N 1]	Matthew Rees	Joseph Loake[lower-alpha 3]	Rodin Carlin
	R6		7 May		Tymek Kucharczyk	Noah Ping	Arden VRD
3	R7	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (Spa, Belgium)	2–4 June					Spa Euro Race
	R8
	R9
4	R10	Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	17–18 June					British GT Championship
	R11
	R12
5	R13	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)	29–30 July					Main event
	R14
	R15
6	R16	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	9–10 September					British GT Championship
	R17
	R18
7	R19	Circuit Zandvoort (Zandvoort, Netherlands)	13–15 October					GT World Challenge Europe
	R20
	R21
8	R22	Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)	21–22 October					British GT Championship
	R23
	R24

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points are 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 has its grid formed by reversing the qualifying order, awards extra points for positions gained from the drivers' respective starting positions.

Races	Position, points per race
Races	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

Notes

¹ ² ³ refers to positions gained and thus extra points earned during race three.

Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	OUL			SIL1			SPA			SNE			SIL2			BRH			ZAN			DON			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Joseph Loake	1	3	12¹³	1	1	20																			146
2	Callum Voisin	3	2	Ret	6	3	4⁸																			115
3	James Hedley	4	1	11¹⁰	9	20	10⁴																			94
4	Matthew Rees	2	11	14¹⁰	3	7	23																			90
5	Tymek Kucharczyk	5	8	13⁷	14	9	8¹⁵																			84
6	Alex Dunne	6	13	10⁹	4	Ret	6¹²																			83
7	John Bennett	19	9	Ret	2	4	11⁸																			77
8	McKenzy Cresswell	20	18	Ret	5	2	5⁸																			71
9	Costa Toparis	22	7	6⁸	8	6	14³																			68
10	Michael Shin	10	5	4⁹	20	11	19																			63
11	Jarrod Waberski	9	DNS	5¹⁰	10	5	21																			63
12	Noah Ping	12	Ret	7	12	12	1³																			59
13	Max Esterson	7	4	Ret	13	8	22																			57
14	Nico Christodoulou	11	10	18	Ret	15	2⁷																			51
15	Ayato Iwasaki	13	14	2⁶	22	17	9																			49
16	Daniel Mavlyutov	Ret	15	1	19	13	18³																			39
17	David Morales	8	Ret	9⁷	11	Ret	Ret																			37
18	Zak Taylor	15	12	17	7	Ret	13																			33
19	Arthur Rogeon	18	20	Ret	21	10	3²																			32
20	Edward Pearson	16	16	3	18	21	12																			32
21	Gerrard Xie	21	DNS	8³	17	14	17⁵																			27
22	Oliver Stewart	14	19	16	15	19	7																			26
23	Souta Arao	Ret	6	15⁷	Ret	Ret	WD																			25
24	Lucas Staico	23	17	Ret	16	18	15⁹																			22
25	Shawn Rashid	17	Ret	Ret	23	16	16⁴																			13
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	OUL			SIL1			SPA			SNE			SIL2			BRH			ZAN			DON			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championship

Each team counts its two best results of every race.

Pos	Team	OUL			SIL1			SPA			SNE			SIL2			BRH			ZAN			DON			Pts
Pos	Team	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	JHR Developments	1	3	12¹³	1	1	20																			238
1	JHR Developments	2	11	9⁷	3	7	23																			238
2	Rodin Carlin	3	2	6⁸	2	3	4⁸																			213
2	Rodin Carlin	19	7	Ret	6	4	11⁸																			213
3	Arden VRD	4	1	11¹⁰	9	12	1³																			184
3	Arden VRD	11	10	7	12	15	2⁷																			184
4	Fortec Motorsports	7	4	5¹⁰	10	5	12																			144
4	Fortec Motorsports	9	16	3	13	8	21																			144
5	Hitech Pulse-Eight	6	5	4⁹	4	11	6¹²																			155
5	Hitech Pulse-Eight	10	6	10⁹	20	Ret	19																			155
6	Elite Motorsport	13	14	2⁶	5	2	5⁸																			134
6	Elite Motorsport	14	18	16	15	17	7																			134
7	Douglas Motorsport	5	8	13⁷	14	9	8¹⁵																			112
7	Douglas Motorsport	17	17	Ret	16	16	15⁹																			112
8	Hillspeed	21	15	1	17	13	17⁵																			66
8	Hillspeed	Ret	DNS	8³	19	14	18³																			66
9	Chris Dittmann Racing	15	12	17	7	10	3²																			65
9	Chris Dittmann Racing	18	20	Ret	21	Ret	13																			65
Pos	Team	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Team	OUL			SIL1			SPA			SNE			SIL2			BRH			ZAN			DON			Pts

Notes

Xie is a Hongkongese driver competing under a Chinese license.
John Bennett finished first on-track, but was given a 1-position penalty for overtaking off-track. Loake inherited the win.
Matthew Rees crossed the line first, but was handed a ten-second time penalty for a jump start. John Bennett initially inherited the race win, before he was also penalized for a collision with Alex Dunne, handing Loake the win.

Tymek Kucharczyk originally qualified on pole position for both race 1 and race 2 in the qualifying session, but was later disqualified due to a technical infringement. Bennett inherited pole position for both races.

References

"British F3 rebranded as GB3 Championship". GB3 Championship. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021.
Whitfield, Steve (2022-10-15). "GB3 to race at Spa and Zandvoort in 2023". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
"GB3 Teams". www.gb-3.net. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
"2023 Calendar featuring maiden Zandvoort round confirmed for GB3 Championship". gb-3.net. Retrieved 2022-10-15.

External links

Official website

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[3] Xie is a Hongkongese driver competing under a Chinese license.

[7] John Bennett finished first on-track, but was given a 1-position penalty for overtaking off-track. Loake inherited the win.

[8] Matthew Rees crossed the line first, but was handed a ten-second time penalty for a jump start. John Bennett initially inherited the race win, before he was also penalized for a collision with Alex Dunne, handing Loake the win.

[Silverstone_1_Qualifying-6] Tymek Kucharczyk originally qualified on pole position for both race 1 and race 2 in the qualifying session, but was later disqualified due to a technical infringement. Bennett inherited pole position for both races.

[1] "British F3 rebranded as GB3 Championship". GB3 Championship. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021.

[2] Whitfield, Steve (2022-10-15). "GB3 to race at Spa and Zandvoort in 2023". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-10-15.

[4] "GB3 Teams". www.gb-3.net. Retrieved 2022-11-28.

[5] "2023 Calendar featuring maiden Zandvoort round confirmed for GB3 Championship". gb-3.net. Retrieved 2022-10-15.