2024 GB3 Championship

The 2024 GB3 Championship is a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The 2024 season is the ninth organised by the British Racing Drivers' Club in the United Kingdom, and the fourth season under the GB3 moniker after rebranding from the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship in mid-2021. 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 30 March at Oulton Park.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
VRD by Arden^[2]	2	James Hedley^[3]	1–2
	3	Noah Ping^[4]	1–2
	17	Nikita Johnson^[5]	TBC
	32	Shawn Rashid^[6]	1–2
Rodin Motorsport^[7]	7	Louis Sharp^[8]	1–2
	18	Arthur Rogeon^[9]	1–2
	31	Ugo Ugochukwu^[10]	1–2
JHR Developments	10	Patrick Heuzenroeder^[11]	1–2
	11	John Bennett^[12]	1–2
	12	Josh Irfan^[13]	1–2
Hillspeed	15	Aditya Kulkarni^[14]	1–2
Elite Motorsport	16	McKenzy Cresswell^[15]	1–2
	20	Jarrod Waberski^[16]	1–2
	33	Hugo Schwarze^[17]	1–2
Hitech Pulse-Eight	21	William Macintyre^[18]	1–2
	22	Tymek Kucharczyk^[19]	1–2
	23	Gerrard Xie^[20]	1–2
Chris Dittmann Racing	34	Martinius Stenshorne^[21]	2
	55	Flynn Jackes^[22]	1–2
	77	Rishab Jain^[23]	1
	91	Sebastian Murray^[24]	1–2
Fortec Motorsports	41	Edward Pearson^[25]	1–2
	42	James Wharton^[26]	2
	62	Colin Queen^[27]	1–2
Ammonite Motorsport^[28]	TBA	TBA	TBC
Douglas Motorsport	TBA	TBA	TBC

Race calendar

The provisional calendar was announced on 22 November 2023. After the series was awarded FIA international status in 2022, another international event was added in 2023, with the championship's debut at the Hungaroring replacing the round at Snetterton.^[29]

Round		Circuit	Date	Supporting	Map of circuit locations
1	R1	Oulton Park (International Circuit, Cheshire)	30 March	British GT Championship	Oulton Park Silver- stone Spa Mogyoród Brands Hatch Zandvoort Donington
	R2		1 April
	R3		1 April
2	R4	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)	27 April	British GT Championship
	R5		28 April
	R6		28 April
3	R7	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (Spa, Belgium)	1–2 June	Spa Euro Race
	R8
	R9
4	R10	Hungaroring (Mogyoród, Hungary)	22–23 June	International GT Open
	R11
	R12
5	R13	Circuit Zandvoort (Zandvoort, Netherlands)	13–14 July	Zandvoort Summer Trophy
	R14
	R15
6	R16	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)	27–28 July	MSVR race weekend
	R17
	R18
7	R19	Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)	7–8 September	British GT Championship
	R20
	R21
8	R22	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	28–29 September	British GT Championship
	R23
	R24

Race results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Oulton Park	Louis Sharp	John Bennett	Louis Sharp	Rodin Motorsport
	R2		Louis Sharp	John Bennett	John Bennett	JHR Developments
	R3			William Macintyre	William Macintyre	Hitech Pulse-Eight
2	R4	Silverstone Circuit	Tymek Kucharczyk	Tymek Kucharczyk	Tymek Kucharczyk	Hitech Pulse-Eight
	R5		Tymek Kucharczyk
	R6
3	R7	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
	R8
	R9
4	R10	Hungaroring
	R11
	R12
5	R13	Circuit Zandvoort
	R14
	R15
6	R16	Silverstone Circuit
	R17
	R18
7	R19	Donington Park
	R20
	R21
8	R22	Brands Hatch
	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 top twelve from the qualifying order, awards extra points, up until a maximum of twelve, for positions gained from the drivers' respective starting positions.^[30]

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

Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	OUL			SIL1			SPA			HUN			ZAN			SIL2			DON			BRH			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16	R17	R18	R19	R20	R21	R22	R23	R24	Pts
1	Louis Sharp	1	2	5⁷	4																					103
2	Ugo Ugochukwu	3	4	3⁷	6																					84
3	McKenzy Cresswell	5	3	8	2																					80
4	John Bennett	2	1	14	10																					77
5	William Macintyre	9	6	1⁴	3																					77
6	Tymek Kucharczyk	6	Ret	4³	1	P																				68
7	Gerrard Xie	4	5	10	5																					65
8	Jarrod Waberski	10	7	2¹	7																					59
9	Arthur Rogeon	7	10	6	16																					41
10	Patrick Heuzenroeder	11	9	Ret	11																					32
11	Colin Queen	8	Ret	9	13																					28
12	Hugo Schwarze	18	8	13³	15																					28
13	Sebastian Murray	15	13	7	19																					25
14	James Hedley	17	Ret	15⁶	8																					24
15	Noah Ping	14	15	11⁴	22																					22
16	Edward Pearson	12	Ret	12²	17																					19
17	Shawn Rashid	19	12	Ret	14																					18
18	Josh Irfan	13	Ret	18	12																					17
19	Aditya Kulkarni	Ret	11	Ret	18																					13
20	Flynn Jackes	16	14	16¹	21																					13
21	Martinius Stenshorne				9																					12
22	Rishab Jain	20	Ret	17³																						4
23	James Wharton				20																					1
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16	R17	R18	R19	R20	R21	R22	R23	R24	Pts
Pos	Driver	OUL			SIL1			SPA			HUN			ZAN			SIL2			DON			BRH			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

¹ ^{2 ... 12} – positions gained and thus extra points earned during race three.

Teams' championship

Each team counts its two best results of every race.

Pos	Driver	OUL			SIL1			SPA			HUN			ZAN			SIL2			DON			BRH			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16	R17	R18	R19	R20	R21	R22	R23	R24	Pts
1	Rodin Motorsport	1	2	3⁸	4																					187
1	Rodin Motorsport	3	4	5⁸	6																					187
2	Hitech Pulse-Eight	4	5	1⁴	1																					173
2	Hitech Pulse-Eight	6	6	4³	3																					173
3	Elite Motorsport	5	3	2¹	2																					139
3	Elite Motorsport	10	7	8	7																					139
4	JHR Developments	2	1	14	10																					109
4	JHR Developments	11	9	18	11																					109
5	VRD by Arden	14	12	11⁴	8																					62
5	VRD by Arden	17	16	15⁶	14																					62
6	Chris Dittmann Racing	15	13	7	9																					52
6	Chris Dittmann Racing	16	14	17³	19																					52
7	Fortec Motorsports	8	Ret	9	13																					47
7	Fortec Motorsports	12	Ret	12²	17																					47
8	Hillspeed	Ret	11	Ret	18																					13
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16	R17	R18	R19	R20	R21	R22	R23	R24	Pts
Pos	Driver	OUL			SIL1			SPA			HUN			ZAN			SIL2			DON			BRH			Pts

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External links

Official website

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