2021 GB3 Championship

The 2021 GB3 Championship, known as the 2021 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship until August 2021, was a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England. The 2021 season was the sixth organised by the British Racing Drivers' Club in the United Kingdom. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, and also featured the 2-litre 230-bhp Tatuus-Cosworth single seat race car in the main series. The season ran over eight triple- and quadruple-header rounds, it started on 22 May at Brands Hatch and ended on 17 October at Donington Park.^[1] The series was rebranded mid-season from BRDC British Formula 3 Championship.^[2]

2021 GB3 Championship

Drivers' Champion:
Zak O'Sullivan
Jack Cavill Pole Position Cup:
Zak O'Sullivan
Teams' champion:
Carlin

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2020 (BRDC F3)

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2022

Zak O'Sullivan, the Drivers' Championship winner.

Zak O'Sullivan took the drivers' championship at the final round at Donington Park, as Carlin took the inaugural teams' championship.

Teams and drivers

All teams were British-registered.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Elite Motorsport[3]	3	Javier Sagrera	All
	34	Tom Lebbon	All
	67	James Hedley[4]	8
	99	José Garfias	1–6
Arden International[5]	4	Roman Biliński	3–8
	27	Alex Connor	1–3
	78	Frederick Lubin	1–2, 5–8
Hillspeed	5	Jonathan Browne	6–8
	33	Flynn Jackes[6]	8
Fortec Motorsports[7]	7	Roberto Faria	All
	8	Hunter Yeany	4
		Luke Browning[8]	7
	16	Eduardo Coseteng[9]	8
	43	Mikkel Grundtvig	All
	87	Oliver Bearman	1, 5–6
Douglas Motorsport	10	Reema Juffali	All
	55	Dexter Patterson	1–4
		Tommy Smith[10]	5–6, 8
Hitech Grand Prix	12	Sebastián Álvarez	All
	13	Reece Ushijima	All
	50	Bart Horsten	All
Chris Dittmann Racing	18	Ayrton Simmons	All
	68	Branden Lee Oxley[11]	5–8
	81	Max Marzorati	1–4
	90	Alex Fores	1, 8
Carlin	21	Christian Mansell	All
	23	Bryce Aron	All
	51	Zak O'Sullivan	All
Sources: [12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

• JHR Developments was named as one of the participated teams but did not appear at any round.^[19]

Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar was revealed on 15 October 2020. After being cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the round at Spa-Francorchamps returned to the series. The series supported the British GT Championship at seven of its eight meetings.^[20] The calendar was slightly changed later on to ensure eight rounds could be run.^[21]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	22 May	Ayrton Simmons	Ayrton Simmons	Ayrton Simmons	Chris Dittmann Racing
	R2		23 May	Ayrton Simmons	Zak O'Sullivan	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin
	R3				Reece Ushijima	Christian Mansell	Carlin
2	R4	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)	26 June	Reece Ushijima	Bart Horsten	Reece Ushijima	Hitech Grand Prix
	R5		27 June	Reece Ushijima	Frederick Lubin	Reece Ushijima	Hitech Grand Prix
	R6				Roberto Faria	Ayrton Simmons	Chris Dittmann Racing
3	R7	Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)	10 July	Zak O'Sullivan	Zak O'Sullivan	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin
	R8		11 July	Zak O'Sullivan	Bart Horsten	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin
	R9				Javier Sagrera	Mikkel Grundtvig	Fortec Motorsports
4	R10	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (Spa, Belgium)	24 July	Bart Horsten	Christian Mansell	Christian Mansell	Carlin
	R11			Bart Horsten	Zak O'Sullivan	Roman Biliński	Arden International
	R12		25 July		Reece Ushijima	Roberto Faria	Fortec Motorsports
5	R13	Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	7 August	Oliver Bearman	Roberto Faria	Oliver Bearman	Fortec Motorsports
	R14		8 August	Sebastián Álvarez	Zak O'Sullivan	Sebastián Álvarez	Hitech Grand Prix
	R15				Bart Horsten	Roman Biliński	Arden International
6	R16	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)	14 August	Oliver Bearman	Roberto Faria	Ayrton Simmons	Chris Dittmann Racing
	R17		15 August	Ayrton Simmons	Oliver Bearman	Ayrton Simmons	Chris Dittmann Racing
	R18				Zak O'Sullivan	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin
7	R19	Oulton Park (International Circuit, Cheshire)	11 September	Zak O'Sullivan	Zak O'Sullivan	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin
	R20		12 September	Zak O'Sullivan	Zak O'Sullivan	Luke Browning	Fortec Motorsports
	R21				Roman Biliński	Roman Biliński	Arden International
8	R22	Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)	16 October	Zak O'Sullivan	Bart Horsten	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin
	R23		17 October	Reece Ushijima	Zak O'Sullivan	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin
	R24				Reece Ushijima	Mikkel Grundtvig	Fortec Motorsports

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
	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 BRH SIL1 DON1 SPA SNE SIL2 OUL DON2 Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Zak O'Sullivan 3 1 710 2 2 96 1 1 Ret 2 2 78 17 2 23 15 4 15 1 Ret 610 1 1 813 535 2 Ayrton Simmons 1 Ret 136 10 10 13 15 8 8 9 10 8 6 7 610 1 1 112 2 4 77 11 5 104 381 3 Christian Mansell 8 10 16 8 7 11 5 6 64 1 3 58 7 11 105 4 9 82 5 3 11 13 3 16 371 4 Reece Ushijima 5 3 68 1 1 106 2 Ret Ret 11 8 65 Ret 13 112 13 8 69 6 5 15 2 2 20 366 5 Roberto Faria Ret 6 124 5 3 37 14 3 13 12 9 13 2 8 35 2 3 Ret 3 Ret 103 12 10 411 360 6 Bart Horsten 4 Ret 87 3 6 Ret 8 DSQ 710 5 4 97 10 12 162 7 5 27 4 2 14 18 4 119 333 7 Roman Biliński 4 5 57 3 1 48 3 3 12 8 Ret Ret 11 13 13 3 9 98 313 8 Sebastián Álvarez 11 8 Ret 6 12 81 10 9 9 7 6 15 4 1 46 16 16 35 9 14 51 Ret 8 711 290 9 Tom Lebbon 9 7 101 Ret 8 62 6 10 37 4 8 12 16 4 54 14 14 52 10 7 8 5 20 58 288 10 Javier Sagrera 12 12 22 4 5 Ret 9 4 111 6 7 11 15 10 18 9 7 124 7 Ret 46 7 11 Ret 265 11 Frederick Lubin 6 4 112 15 4 77 8 5 710 5 10 93 13 6 34 8 13 34 263 12 Bryce Aron 10 9 44 9 11 DSQ 13 11 42 10 11 14 11 6 13 10 11 7 14 8 13 6 6 14 237 13 Mikkel Grundtvig 16 15 5 12 14 Ret 17 13 12 14 13 21 14 16 9 11 13 10 16 11 2 14 14 1 214 14 Oliver Bearman 2 2 99 1 Ret 14 Ret 2 410 163 15 Alex Connor 7 5 14 7 9 25 3 2 Ret 138 16 Branden Lee Oxley 5 14 12 6 6 DSQ 8 12 12 4 7 19 126 17 José Garfias Ret 14 15 11 15 51 11 12 10 13 Ret 103 9 9 86 WD WD WD 117 18 Reema Juffali 15 16 Ret 13 16 4 16 Ret Ret 15 12 Ret 13 17 17 WD WD WD 15 10 Ret Ret 18 15 90 19 Jonathan Browne 3 12 13 12 9 9 15 Ret 63 83 20 Max Marzorati 14 13 Ret 14 13 Ret 12 14 2 16 14 13 78 21 Dexter Patterson 13 11 33 DSQ DSQ EX[a] 7 7 12 WD WD WD 70 22 Tommy Smith 12 15 15 12 15 143 Ret 16 18 41 23 Alex Fores Ret DNS Ret 9 15 22 37 24 Hunter Yeany 8 15 31 36 25 Luke Browning DSQ 1 Ret 35 26 James Hedley 10 12 13 23 27 Eduardo Coseteng 16 17 12 13 28 Flynn Jackes 17 19 17 6 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 BRH SIL1 DON1 SPA SNE SIL2 OUL DON2

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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

2021 saw the introduction of a teams' championship, with each team counting its two best results of every race.

Pos	Driver	BRH			SIL1			DON1			SPA			SNE			SIL2			OUL			DON2			Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
1	Carlin	3	1	16	2	2	96	1	1	74	1	2	67	7	2	23	4	4	15	1	3	610	1	1	813	966
		8	9	710	8	7	11	5	7	51	2	3	78	12	6	105	10	9	82	5	8	11	6	3	14
2	Hitech Grand Prix	4	3	68	1	1	106	2	5	89	5	4	38	4	1	46	7	5	27	4	2	51	2	2	711	842
		5	8	87	3	6	81	8	10	10	7	5	106	10	12	112	13	8	35	6	5	14	18	4	119
3	Fortec Motorsports	2	2	99	5	3	37	14	3	12	8	9	13	1	8	35	2	2	410	3	1	2	12	10	411	747
		16	6	5	13	14	Ret	17	14	13	12	13	21	2	16	9	11	3	10	16	11	103	14	14	1
4	Arden International	6	4	112	8	4	25	3	2	66	3	1	57	3	3	12	5	10	93	11	6	13	3	6	34	719
		7	5	14	16	9	77	4	6	Ret				8	5	710	8	Ret	Ret	13	13	34	8	13	98
5	Elite Motorsport	9	7	22	4	5	51	6	4	37	4	6	82	9	4	54	9	7	52	7	7	46	5	11	58	614
		12	12	101	12	8	62	9	11	11	6	7	113	11	9	86	14	14	124	10	Ret	8	7	12	13
6	Chris Dittmann Racing	1	13	136	11	10	13	12	9	2	9	10	9	5	7	610	1	1	112	2	4	77	4	5	22	604
		14	Ret	Ret	15	13	Ret	15	15	9	16	14	13	6	14	12	6	6	DSQ	8	12	12	9	8	104
7	Douglas Motorsport	13	11	33	6	16	4	7	8	44	15	12	Ret	13	15	15	12	15	143	15	10	Ret	Ret	16	15	201
		15	16	Ret	14	17	EX	16	Ret	14†	WD	WD	WD	14	17	17	WD	WD	WD				Ret	18	18
8	Hillspeed																3	12	13	12	9	9	15	19	63	89
																							17	Ret	17
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
		BRH			SIL1			DON1			SPA			SNE			SIL2			OUL			DON2

Notes

1. Dexter Patterson was excluded from the results at the first Silverstone round after an altercation with Bryce Aron in the paddock after race two.

External links

• Official website