2023 GB3 Championship

The 2023 GB3 Championship was a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The 2023 season was 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 featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers. The season was ran over eight triple-header rounds and started on 8 April at Oulton Park.[2]

Rodin Carlin driver Callum Voisin won the Drivers' Championship ahead of Alex Dunne at the final race of the season. JHR Developments, the team of third-placed driver Joseph Loake, won the Teams' Championship.

Teams and drivers

All teams were British-registered.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Arden VRD	2	Nico Christodoulou	All
	3	Noah Ping	All
	4	James Hedley	All
JHR Developments	5	Matthew Rees	All
	77	David Morales	All
	84	Joseph Loake	All
Douglas Motorsport	7	Tymek Kucharczyk	All
	11	Lucas Staico	1–7
	32	Shawn Rashid	1–7
Chris Dittmann Racing	9	Zak Taylor	1–7
	18	Arthur Rogeon	All
	78	Jack Sherwood	7
Elite Motorsport	14	Patrick Heuzenroeder	7–8
	15	Ayato Iwasaki	1–6
	16	McKenzy Cresswell	All
	17	Oliver Stewart	All
Fortec Motorsports	20	Jarrod Waberski	All
	41	Edward Pearson	All
	42	Max Esterson	All
Hitech Pulse-Eight	21	Souta Arao	All
	22	Alex Dunne	All
	23	Michael Shin	1–4, 6–8
Rodin Carlin	27	John Bennett	All
	35	Callum Voisin	All
	43	Costa Toparis	All
Hillspeed	39	Gerrard Xie	All
Hillspeed	99	Daniel Mavlyutov	All
Source:[3]

Race calendar and results

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

Round		Circuit	Date	Supporting	Map of circuit locations
1	R1	Oulton Park (International Circuit, Cheshire)	8 April	British GT Championship	Oulton Park Silverstone Spa Snetterton Brands Hatch Zandvoort Donington
	R2		10 April
	R3		10 April
2	R4	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)	6 May	British GT Championship
	R5		7 May
	R6		7 May
3	R7	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (Spa, Belgium)	3 June	Spa Euro Race: Supercar Challenge Prototype Challenge
	R8		3 June
	R9		4 June
4	R10	Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	17 June	British GT Championship
	R11		18 June
	R12		18 June
5	R13	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)	29 July	Main event
	R14		30 July
	R15		30 July
6	R16	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	9 September	British GT Championship
	R17		10 September
	R18		10 September
7	R19	Circuit Zandvoort (Zandvoort, Netherlands)	14 October	GT World Challenge Europe
	R20		14 October
	R21		15 October
8	R22	Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)	21 October	British GT Championship
	R23		22 October
	R24		22 October

Race results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Oulton Park (International Circuit, Cheshire)	Joseph Loake	Joseph Loake	Joseph Loake	JHR Developments
	R2		Joseph Loake	Callum Voisin	James Hedley	Arden VRD
	R3			Oliver Stewart	Daniel Mavlyutov	Hillspeed
2	R4	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)	John Bennett[N 1]	Joseph Loake	Joseph Loake[lower-alpha 1]	JHR Developments
	R5		John Bennett[N 1]	Matthew Rees	Joseph Loake[lower-alpha 2]	JHR Developments
	R6			Tymek Kucharczyk	Noah Ping	Arden VRD
3	R7	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (Spa, Belgium)	Callum Voisin	Alex Dunne	Alex Dunne	Hitech Pulse-Eight
	R8		Callum Voisin	Alex Dunne	Alex Dunne	Hitech Pulse-Eight
	R9			Max Esterson	Oliver Stewart	Elite Motorsport
4	R10	Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	Matthew Rees	Alex Dunne	James Hedley	Arden VRD
	R11		Callum Voisin	Alex Dunne	Noah Ping	Arden VRD
	R12			Souta Arao	Daniel Mavlyutov	Hillspeed
5	R13	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)	Matthew Rees	Matthew Rees	Matthew Rees	JHR Developments
	R14		Matthew Rees	McKenzy Cresswell	McKenzy Cresswell	Elite Motorsport
	R15			race cancelled due to adverse weather conditions[5]
6	R16	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	Joseph Loake	Joseph Loake	Joseph Loake	JHR Developments
	R17		Callum Voisin	McKenzy Cresswell	Callum Voisin	Rodin Carlin
	R18			Nico Christodoulou	Daniel Mavlyutov	Hillspeed
7	R19	Circuit Zandvoort (Zandvoort, Netherlands)	Alex Dunne	Alex Dunne	Alex Dunne	Hitech Pulse-Eight
	R20		McKenzy Cresswell	Alex Dunne	Alex Dunne	Hitech Pulse-Eight
	R21			Tymek Kucharczyk	Daniel Mavlyutov	Hillspeed
8	R22	Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)	Callum Voisin	Alex Dunne	Callum Voisin	Rodin Carlin
	R23		Callum Voisin	Alex Dunne	Alex Dunne	Hitech Pulse-Eight
	R24			Gerrard Xie	Gerrard Xie	Hillspeed

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were 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 had its grid formed by reversing the qualifying order, awarded 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	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16	R17	R18	R19	R20	R21	R22	R23	R24	Pts
1	Callum Voisin	3	2	Ret	6	3	4⁸	2	2	10¹⁵	3	Ret	11¹²	3	5	C	2	1	14⁹	7	6	5¹⁰	1	2	12¹⁰	484
2	Alex Dunne	6	13	10⁹	4	Ret	6¹²	1	1	6¹⁸	4	2	12⁹	5	6	C	Ret	4	11⁸	1	1	16⁸	3	1	9¹¹	466
3	Joseph Loake	1	3	12¹³	1	1	20	9	10	2¹⁰	6	22	10⁸	6	4	C	1	2	15⁹	3	5	13⁸	10	8	Ret	417
4	McKenzy Cresswell	20	18	Ret	5	2	5⁸	7	3	11¹²	9	5	Ret	2	1	C	3	3	16⁶	2	2	11¹²	Ret	5	6¹⁰	390
5	Matthew Rees	2	11	14¹⁰	3	7	23	Ret	9	Ret	2	4	18⁶	1	2	C	6	5	12⁸	6	7	14⁵	2	4	13⁸	370
6	James Hedley	4	1	11¹⁰	9	20	10⁴	8	6	4⁶	1	3	13⁶	11	11	C	4	8	13⁸	Ret	4	Ret	4	6	11⁷	347
7	Tymek Kucharczyk	5	8	13⁷	14	9	8¹⁵	3	5	7¹⁵	5	DSQ	Ret	4	3	C	5	7	Ret	12	10	18	9	7	Ret	296
8	Nico Christodoulou	11	10	18	Ret	15	2⁷	12	8	16³	Ret	9	8⁹	7	8	C	13	13	2⁵	4	3	19³	8	12	4⁷	261
9	Jarrod Waberski	9	DNS	5¹⁰	10	5	21	19	11	3⁶	15	12	4	22	7	C	10	6	Ret	8	24	8⁹	7	9	7⁶	239
10	John Bennett	19	9	Ret	2	4	11⁸	15	12	9⁵	10	11	20	18	14	C	7	16	10⁸	10	14	7⁵	11	15	18	217
11	Max Esterson	7	4	Ret	13	8	22	6	Ret	21	20	16	16⁹	10	9	C	11	11	Ret	13	13	9²	6	3	8⁹	215
12	Noah Ping	12	Ret	7	12	12	1³	Ret	21	19	7	1	14⁶	9	10	C	16	21	5¹	16	12	2⁴	19	11	16	204
13	David Morales	8	Ret	9⁷	11	Ret	Ret	4	14	15⁶	14	13	21	14	22	C	Ret	10	7³	14	11	4⁵	12	10	10	178
14	Zak Taylor	15	12	17	7	Ret	13	20†	20	Ret	11	7	9⁴	8	12	C	9	9	8⁹	11	23	10³				153
15	Costa Toparis	22	7	6⁸	8	6	14³	10	13	12	21	6	15¹	20	15	C	17	12	17	17	15	20	15	16	Ret	151
16	Oliver Stewart	14	19	16	15	19	7	18	15	1	13	Ret	7³	12	DNS	C	19	15	9⁵	9	8	12²	Ret	21	5⁴	150
17	Souta Arao	Ret	6	15⁷	Ret	Ret	WD	13	Ret	13²	8	10	22	13	18	C	DNS	14	Ret	5	9	17³	5	13	15⁴	146
18	Michael Shin	10	5	4⁹	20	11	19	16	Ret	Ret	12	8	19				8	17	6⁷	Ret	18	15¹⁰	16	20	17	144
19	Edward Pearson	16	16	3	18	21	12	11	7	18	18	15	5¹	19	19	C	14	Ret	4	Ret	17	Ret	14	17	2	134
20	Gerrard Xie	21	DNS	8³	17	14	17⁵	5	4	14³	17	17	17	17	17	C	15	20	Ret	18	19	Ret	17	19	1²	128
21	Arthur Rogeon	18	20	Ret	21	10	3²	Ret	17	20	16	21	2	16	13	C	12	Ret	Ret	15	16	3⁷	13	Ret	14	123
22	Daniel Mavlyutov	Ret	15	1	19	13	18³	Ret	22	17	24	18	1	21	21	C	20	19	1	19	21	1¹	20	14	19	116
23	Lucas Staico	23	17	Ret	16	18	15⁹	14	16	5²	22	19	3	15	16	C	18	18	3²	WD	WD	WD				98
24	Ayato Iwasaki	13	14	2⁶	22	17	9	17	18	8	19	14	6²	WD	WD	WD	WD	WD	WD							85
25	Shawn Rashid	17	Ret	Ret	23	16	16⁴	Ret	19	Ret	23	20	23	Ret	20	C	21	Ret	Ret	DNS	20	6				28
26	Patrick Heuzenroeder																			21	22	Ret	18	18	3	21
27	Jack Sherwood																			20	Ret	22				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			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 counted its two best results of every race.

Pos	Team	OUL			SIL1			SPA			SNE			SIL2			BRH			ZAN			DON			Pts
Pos	Team	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	JHR Developments	1	3	12¹³	1	1	20	4	9	2¹⁰	2	4	10⁸	1	2	C	1	2	7³	3	5	4⁵	2	4	10	844
1	JHR Developments	2	11	9⁷	3	7	23	9	10	15⁶	6	13	18⁶	6	4	C	6	5	12⁸	6	7	13⁸	10	8	13⁸	844
2	Rodin Carlin	3	2	6⁸	2	3	4⁸	2	2	10¹⁵	3	6	11¹²	3	5	C	2	1	10⁸	7	6	5¹⁰	1	2	12¹⁰	750
2	Rodin Carlin	19	7	Ret	6	4	11⁸	10	12	9⁵	10	11	15¹	18	14	C	7	12	14⁹	10	14	7⁵	11	15	18	750
3	Arden VRD	4	1	11¹⁰	9	12	1³	8	6	4⁶	1	1	8⁹	7	8	C	4	8	2⁵	4	3	2⁴	4	6	4⁷	716
3	Arden VRD	11	10	7	12	15	2⁷	12	8	16³	7	3	13⁶	9	10	C	13	13	5¹	16	4	19³	8	11	11⁷	716
4	Hitech Pulse-Eight	6	5	4⁹	4	11	6¹²	1	1	6¹⁸	4	2	12⁹	5	6	C	8	4	6⁷	1	1	15¹⁰	3	1	9¹¹	699
4	Hitech Pulse-Eight	10	6	10⁹	20	Ret	19	13	Ret	13²	8	8	19	13	18	C	Ret	14	11⁸	5	9	16⁸	5	13	15⁴	699
5	Elite Motorsport	13	14	2⁶	5	2	5⁸	7	3	1	9	5	6²	2	1	C	3	3	9⁵	2	2	11¹²	18	5	3	603
5	Elite Motorsport	14	18	16	15	17	7	17	15	11¹²	13	14	7³	12	DNS	C	19	15	16⁶	9	8	12²	Ret	18	6⁶	603
6	Fortec Motorsports	7	4	5¹⁰	10	5	12	6	7	3⁶	15	12	4	10	7	C	10	6	4	8	13	8⁹	6	3	2	528
6	Fortec Motorsports	9	16	3	13	8	21	11	11	18	18	15	5¹	19	9	C	11	11	Ret	13	17	9²	7	9	7⁶	528
7	Douglas Motorsport	5	8	13⁷	14	9	8¹⁵	3	5	7¹⁵	5	19	3	4	3	C	5	7	3²	12	10	6	9	7	Ret	412
7	Douglas Motorsport	17	17	Ret	16	16	15⁹	14	16	5²	22	20	23	15	16	C	18	18	Ret	DNS	20	18				412
8	Chris Dittmann Racing	15	12	17	7	10	3²	20†	17	20	11	7	2	8	12	C	9	9	8⁹	11	16	3⁷	13	Ret	14	276
8	Chris Dittmann Racing	18	20	Ret	21	Ret	13	Ret	20	Ret	16	21	9⁴	16	13	C	12	Ret	Ret	15	23	10³				276
9	Hillspeed	21	15	1	17	13	17⁵	5	4	14³	17	17	1	17	17	C	15	19	1	18	19	1¹	17	14	1	244
9	Hillspeed	Ret	DNS	8³	19	14	18³	Ret	22	17	24	18	17	21	21	C	20	20	Ret	19	21	Ret	20	19	19	244
Pos	Team	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	Team	OUL			SIL1			SPA			SNE			SIL2			BRH			ZAN			DON			Pts

Notes

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.
Whitfield, Steve (2023-07-30). "Rain at Silverstone forces abandonment of GB3 and GB4 races". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-07-30.

External links

Official website

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

[7] 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-5] 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.

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

[4] "2023 Calendar featuring maiden Zandvoort round confirmed for GB3 Championship". gb-3.net. Retrieved 2022-10-15.

[8] Whitfield, Steve (2023-07-30). "Rain at Silverstone forces abandonment of GB3 and GB4 races". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-07-30.