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Hitech GP has completed its 2026 GB3 line-up with the signings of Deagen Fairclough and Yuhao Fu.

Fairclough is returning to GB3 after coming third in last year’s standings and scoring a maiden victory at the Monza finale.

The 19-year-old started his car racing career driving tin-tops in Junior Saloons and BRSCC Fiesta Junior before earning a move into single-seaters by winning a ROKiT-backed Racing Star Formula 4 Esports competition.

He finished third as a rookie in British F4 in 2023 with JHR Developments, and a switch to Hitech for his sophomore season yielded a dominant title success with a record-breaking 14 wins. 

Fairclough was the recipient of the 2024 Silverstone Autosport BRDC Award, and tested an Aston Martin Formula 1 car last year as part of his prize.

“I’m really happy to be staying with Hitech for another season in GB3,” he said. “Last year taught me a lot, and I feel like we’ve built a strong base together. I’m excited to keep working with the team and to go into 2026 ready to fight for strong results.”

“Deagen made strong progress throughout his first GB3 season, and his commitment and work ethic stood out,” added Hitech’s GB3 team manager Phil Blow.  “Having continuity for a second year is a big positive, and we believe that with his experience base, he’s well positioned to take another step forward in 2026.”

Fu is stepping up to GB3 after two seasons competing in F4.

The 16-year-old made his first single-seater starts in the UAE4 and F4 South East Asia in 2023. The following year he came fourth in Chinese F4, taking two victories, and was 19th in British F4 with Virtuosi Racing.

In 2025 he took 15th in the F4 Middle East championship and was 25th in British F4 following a switch to Xcel Motorsport.

“I’m really excited to be joining Hitech for this GB3 campaign,” said Fu. “After gaining so much experience across different series, I’m looking forward to working with the team and pushing for strong results in 2026.”

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Australian racer Noah Lisle has switched teams to Hitech GP for his second season in GB3.

The 18-year-old came seventh in the standings last year with JHR Developments, starting the season off with two second place finishes in a row but only making the podium two more times in the next 22 races and slipping down the points table.

He had moved across to GB3 after coming 19th in Formula Regional Middle East and 12th in Eurocup-3 in 2024. His only podium that year was in Eurocup-3’s non-championship pre-season round.

The first two years of Lisle’s single-seater career were spent in Formula 4, netting three wins in British F4, one podium in UAE4 and a single top-five finish in Spanish F4.

“I’m really excited to be joining Hitech for this next step in GB3,” said Lisle. “Last year taught me a lot, and I’m ready to take everything I’ve learned and fight for strong results with the team.”

Lisle is Hitech’s first signing for 2026. It came second in the teams’ standings last year with two victories but podiums from 14 of the 24 races.

“Noah showed a lot of promise during his first season in GB3, and we’re impressed by both his speed and his approach to learning,” said Hitech’s GB3 team manager Phil Blow.

“Having already raced in the championship, he comes to us with a solid understanding of the car and the level of competition. We’re confident that he has the potential to make a strong step forward this year.”

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British Formula 4 race-winner Rowan Campbell-Pilling will step up to GB3 this year with Xcel Motorsport.

The 18-year-old has just over two years of single-seater experience under his belt, all in the entry-level F4 category.

He started off with Argenti Motorsport in British F4, taking two podiums in 2024. Last year he joined JHR Developments’ line-up, and came 10th in the standings once again but with a victory, a pole and two other podiums.

At the end of the year he joined Xcel for the United Arab Emirates-based Formula Trophy series, and came third with one win, one pole and two further podium appearances from seven races. That preceded a 2026 UAE4 campaign, but with Pinnacle Motorsport, and Campbell-Pilling has so far claimed one podium and is currently 12th in the points table.

“I’m really excited to be joining the 2026 GB3 championship with Xcel,” said Campbell-Pilling. “It’s been great working with them over the winter – they worked tirelessly for our campaign in the FTrophy series and we enjoyed huge success from that.

“I’m super excited to get started in the GB3 race car in the coming weeks as I once again represent Sheffield on the world stage – it means a huge amount to me.”

Xcel’s GB3 team manager Gary Bonnor added: “We’re extremely excited to welcome Rowan to our GB3 programme for 2026. He’s a driver who has consistently impressed us with his work ethic, commitment, and attitude. Rowan is incredibly hard working and has already spent a lot of time with the team, which gives us great confidence that he’ll adapt quickly and hit the ground running.”

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This year Genesis, the luxury brand of the Hyundai Motor Company, will enter the World Endurance Championship’s top Hypercar class with its own team and car.

As part of the South Korean brand’s expansion into motorsport, it has scouted talents to sign as junior drivers and Jamie Chadwick, Lee and Shin will be the members of the Genesis Magma Racing Trajectory Programme in 2026.

Chadwick was a junior driver of the Williams Formula 1 team until the end of 2024, a year in which she claimed a landmark Indy Nxt victory, then became Genesis’s first junior as she switched to sportscar racing. She came third in the 2025 European Le Mans Series, and will Genesis’s reserve driver in WEC.

Lee’s arrival into the GMRTP was accompanied by the announcement that he would be racing in GB3 this season with Elite Motorsport. The 17-year-old steps up to the third-tier championship after a single year in Formula 4.

He started off with Pinnacle Motorsport in F4 Middle East, contesting two rounds and coming 20th in the standings. Spanish F4 was Lee’s next destination, and he raced for Rodin Motorsport. In the winter championship he was a points-free 31st, and was 22nd in the main championship after missing the final round. His year concluded on the streets of Macau in the FIA F4 World Cup, which he retired from.

“My goal this year is to show steady progress, score points regularly, step on the podium and win races but also build a strong foundation that prepares me for the next stage of my career,” Lee said of his GB3 move.

“I chose GB3 because it’s one of the most competitive and well-structured junior single-seater championships in Europe. It offers a very high technical level, featuring strong teams, excellent circuits and a clear pathway towards FIA Formula 3 and beyond. For a driver aiming to build a serious long-term motorsport career in Europe, GB3 is the ideal environment to develop racecraft, technical understanding and mental strength against top-level competition.”

Shin will race for Hitech GP in the FIA F3 Championship this year. He moves across from Euroformula, which he came third in last year with four victories and eight other podiums. The 21-year-old began 2025 in Formula Regional Oceania, making the podium twice and coming eighth in the standings down under.

It closely mirrored his 2024, in which he was fourth in FRegional Oceania with one win and four other podiums then sixth in Euroformula. His half-season featured two wins, a pole and four other podiums. He has three rounds of FIA F3 experience from 2023.

“I am delighted to be joining the Genesis Magma Racing family as part of the Trajectory Programme. To be part of a Korean team as one of the only Korean drivers racing abroad brings great pride to myself, my family and team,” said Shin.

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Formula 4 race-winner Martin Molnar has completed Rodin Motorsport’s 2026 GB3 line-up.

The 17-year-old began his career in karting, where he won the South Garda Winter Cup and was WSK Champions Cup runner-up on OK karts in 2023 and was a finalist in the Richard Mille Young Talent Academy shootout.

Molnar then stepped up to single-seaters and shone during two seasons with Virtuosi Racing in British F4.

In 2025 he took the rookie cup having scored five outright podiums en route to eighth in the standings. The Hungarian racer improved to third overall last year with two victories and eight other podiums, and also came 13th in F4 Middle East.

“I am really looking forward to the upcoming season and excited to continue my career with the top team in GB3,” said Molnar.

“I believe an extremely exciting year lies ahead of us; during last autumn’s tests, we immediately found a strong working relationship with the team, and everyone has been highly professional and composed.”

He joins GB3 race-winner Maxim Rehm and series sophomore Abbi Pulling at Rodin, which has been the home of each of the last three champions. 

“We’re happy to welcome Martin to Rodin Motorsport for the 2026 GB3 season,” said the team’s sporting director Benn Huntingford.

“He’s shown strong potential and a mature approach to his racing and we believe this environment will allow him to continue developing while competing at a high level. We’re looking forward to seeing how he progresses with the team.”

Meanwhile, this year’s GB4 grid has grown to 16 cars, with multiple karting champion Cian Geraghty joining Scorpio Motorsport for his first season in single-seaters.

The 17-year-old won the Kartmasters Grand Prix and came third in an X30 senior kart in both the British karting championship and the IAME Euro Series in 2024. Last year he added further titles in the Ultimate Karting Championship and Rotax National Trophy, and finished fourth on his car racing debut during an Mazda MX-5 Supercup cameo at Oulton Park.

He will partner BRSCC Fiesta Junior graduate Archie Davies at Scorpio, which is returning for its first full GB4 campaign after contesting the 2022 season finale.

“After a strong few years of senior karting, I am looking forward to making the step up to the GB4 championship for my first season of car racing,” said Geraghty. “I am really looking forward to racing with Scorpio Motorsport and seeing what we can do together.

“We had a really positive first day in the car at Snetterton and I am looking forward to building on that through the winter testing before round one. A massive thankyou to everyone at Scorpio Motorsport for everything they have done to give me this opportunity for 2026.”

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Abbi Pulling will stay with Rodin Motorsport as she embarks on a second GB3 campaign in 2026.

It will be Pulling’s fourth year with Rodin, her association with the team having begun in F1 Academy. Two seasons in the all-female Formula 4 series yielded fifth overall in 2023 and a dominant championship success with nine victories at the second attempt. She also took one win and seventh in the standings during a partial British F4 assault with Rodin in 2024.

Pulling received a fully-funded drive in GB3 last season as her prize for winning the F1 Academy crown. She went on to take a podium finish at Brands Hatch and ended the season 10th in the points.

“I’m delighted to be returning to the GB3 Championship with Rodin Motorsport for the upcoming season,” said Pulling. “We had some really strong moments last year, including our first podium at Brands Hatch, and I’m looking forward to more of those this season with the team. 

“I’m really thankful to Rodin Cars and my other partners for their continued support of my career, and am looking forward to bringing some more trophies back to Farnham this year and applying everything I learned in 2025.”

“We’re very pleased to continue working with Abbi for the 2026 GB3 season, both on track with Rodin Motorsport and as a Rodin Cars ambassador,” added Rodin’s managing director Emma Duncan.

“She showed strong progression throughout her rookie year, and her podium towards the end of 2025 underlined her potential. We’re confident this continuity will allow her to build on that momentum next season.”

Four more seats have also been filled on the GB4 grid.

Josh Maclean will remain with Pace Performance for a second season, having come 14th as a single-seater rookie last year, with seventh place his best result.

Luke Hilton has switched to ADM for his sophomore campaign. He took one podium and finished 18th overall with Douglas Motorsport last year despite missing two rounds.

Car racing rookie Jay Leverton has been announced as Idola Motorsport’s first signing, the 16-year-old having competed in karting in the UK since 2021.

American teenager Jordyn Martin has completed Fortec Motorsports’ three-car lineup. The 15-year-old started out in motocross before moving into karting, and has already made her first single-seater starts in USA’s East Formula Series and the Ligier Junior Formula Championship.

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American racer Jason Pribyl will remain with ADM as the team make its expansion into GB3 this year.

The 20-year-old competed for Gary Ward’s outfit in GB4 last season, coming 17th in the standings as a rookie and scored a best result of third during round two at Silverstone.

Pribyl previously raced single-seaters and sportscars in his homeland before moving his career to Europe via the wingless Formula Ford 1600 category. There he scored two victories and finished as championship runner-up in United FFord in 2024, and also contested that year’s FFord Festival and Walter Hayes Trophy events.

Having run a single car for Pribyl in its inaugural GB4 campaign, ADM is planning three-car entries in both GB3 and GB4 this year after joining forces with British Superbike team owner Nitrous Competitions.

“For me it’s the obvious decision to stay with Gary and ADM for 2026,” said Pribyl. “With such little infrastructure last year, we were able to accomplish some incredible things, and now with the support of David [Williams] and Nitrous Competitions, we’ll be a force in GB3. 

“The car really excites me, and I’m looking forward to racing it with the upgrades and the incredible calendar.”

Ward believes Pribyl has “shown a lot of promise so far” during winter testing and added “we’re really pleased that Jason has opted to stay with us, as we all get ready for our first year in GB3″.

“Obviously the team has changed a lot since the end of the season, but by retaining Jason we’re moving up with a driver we know really well, and we’re very confident that he’ll make an accomplished step up to the next level with us.”

The 2026 GB4 grid has also grown this week, as Fortec Motorsports has named karting graduate Franciszek Cegielski as its second driver.

The 16-year-old will race alongside GB4 sophomore Thomas Ingram Hill for his first season in car racing, having achieved karting success in both his native Poland and on the international stage.

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Nikita Bedrin will make a surprise move to GB3 next year, joining Velocity Racing Development’s line-up.

The 19-year-old Russian raced in the FIA Formula 3 and Formula Regional European championships from 2023 to 2025, taking a win and two other podiums in the former and two podiums in the latter.

He also has experience in FRegional Middle East, where he was a race-winner in 2023 and ’25, and has cameoed in Eurocup-3 so will be well prepared for the upgraded version of Tatuus MSV GB3-025 car that GB3 will use next year.

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“I’m really excited to be joining VRD for the 2026 GB3 championship. After some very positive testing where we showed strong pace in both wet and dry conditions, it’s clear that we have a strong foundation to build on heading into the season, and I feel confident in our potential together,” said Bedrin, who is a junior driver of Formula E team DS Penske.

“VRD has a great environment and a very motivated group of people, and I’m really looking forward to working closely with the team. We’re all fully focused on working hard and pushing for the best possible results throughout the championship.”

Dan Mitchell, VRD’s team principal, said “signing Nikita is a landmark moment” for the American team’s time in GB3.

Rodrigo and Patricio Gonzalez have also been announced as being part of VRD’s 2026 GB3 line-up.

They both did a half-season in GB3 this year. Rodrigo did one round with Chris Dittmann Racing before joining VRD, while Patricio did all of his races with the team. A sixth place was Patricio’s best result en route to 21st in the standings, and Rodrigo came 23rd with a single top-10 finish.

The pair have also been team-mates at DEForce Racing the last two years in USF Juniors. Patricio was 15th and Rodrigo was 20th in the 2024 points table, then Rodrigo came sixth this year while Patricio was eighth. Both claimed three podiums.

They also stepped up to USF2000 for a part-time campaign where Rodrigo beat his brother to 19th in the standings.

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Maxim Rehm will step up to GB3 full-time with Rodin Motorsport in 2026 after a starring cameo in the championship this year.

The 18-year-old German joined Hillspeed for the 2025 season finale at Monza, and he finished sixth in his debut race then won the reversed-grid final race.

His main focus during 2025 was a double Formula 4 programme with US Racing, which did not fully build on the potential he had shown with the team the year before. In 2024 he came 21st in the Formula Winter Series, 13th in Italian F4 with one podium and sixth in E4 with a victory and a pole.

Rehm’s sophomore FWinter Series campaign started with disqualification from all races in round one, then a victory, two other podiums and a pole in the later two rounds put him fifth in the standings. In Italian F4 he failed to make the podium, and ended his campaign two rounds early which left him 19th in the points table.

“I am really excited to be doing the 2026 GB3 championship with Rodin. It is a great team with a great atmosphere and I cant wait to contribute to the team’s success,” said Rehm.

Also joining the GB3 grid in 2026 is Dante Vinci, who will race for Hillspeed. The 17-year-old Australian debuted in single-seaters with an Italian F4 cameo last year, then embarked on a triple programme with Van Amersfoort Racing in 2025. He came 14th in FWinter Series with one top-five finish, 21st in Italian F4 and 11th in E4.

“[GB3] winter testing has been super strong, getting to know several new tracks, and I’m ready for this championship to be my next opportunity to fight,” said Vinci. “I’m looking forward to a successful, and fun, season and I’m beyond grateful to share that with Hillspeed.”

Hillspeed team principal Richard Ollerenshaw added: “It’s especially pleasing to complete the deal [with Vinci] this side of Christmas. Our winter testing programme with him has been incredibly successful, we’ve been impressed with the way Dante has adapted to the current GB3 car and have high hopes for his maiden campaign in GB3.”

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Formula Regional, GB3 and Formula 4 teams have concluded their 2025 testing schedules in Europe over the last week.

There was an Italian F4 test at Vallelunga on November 29/30 featuring 23 drivers, and 0.064 seconds split the top four.

Arjen Kraling was quickest, topping the day two afternoon session with a 1m34.538s that put him 0.018s ahead of US Racing team-mate Ludovico Busso and with a 0.064s gap to Prema’s Sasha Bondarev.

In the morning, the driver of US’s #460 car had set a 1m34.551s that put them third fastest overall. They had edged Kraling by 0.051s, Bondarev by 0.057s and Busso by 0.095s in the session.

Including two drivers who did not improve on their day one bests, a second covered the top 16.

The driver of US’s #460 car had started the test on top, posting a 1m34.726s on their final lap of the morning on day one to lead Bondarev by 0.078s and the driver of US’s #17 car by 0.128s. In the afternoon, that driver lowered the pace to 1m34.751s to pip Bondarev by 0.002s, US’s #460 driver by 0.066s and Busso by 0.1s.

Barcelona hosted junior single-seater testing for three days, with multiple categories on track. The nine-car contingent of FIA Formula 3 cars included entries from Campos Racing, Prema, DAMS and Hitech GP, who ran Michael Shin and Jin Nakamura.

There were 10 GB3 cars in action, but Elite Motorsport’s drivers were on their own on day one. Other teams joined for the next two days, and Hitech’s drivers set the pace in all but two sessions where Rodin Motorsport’s Maxim Rehm and Hillspeed’s Dante Vinci led the way.

Global Racing Service was running Gianni Giovanelli in one of its Eurocup-3 cars, with Palou Motorsport also on track from that championship, while Elite was the only team gathering mileage with GB4 machinery.

There were also 13 F4 drivers testing, entered by Van Amersfoort Racing, Monlau Motorsport, SG Motorsport and AKM Motorsport. The VAR drivers were comfortably quickest, and AKM’s line-up included Vittorio Orsini and Williams Formula 1 junior Dean Hoogendoorn.

Orsini won the 22nd edition of the Italian motorsport federation’s annual Supercorso Federale award last month, beating four other finalists over a four-day programme of “psychophysical assessments, simulator activities, track driving and specific training”. This included F4 running with Prema, formated to mirror a race weekend.

Coaching Orsini through the final was 1993 Italian F3 champion Christian Pescatori.

Euroformula team Motopark rented the Paul Ricard circuit this Tuesday and Wednesday, and it ran six of its cars. Double R Racing, which last raced in Euroformula back in 2021, and BVM Racing joined in with three cars each, but they were all outpaced by MP Motorsport. While it ran two cars in the test, Formula Scout understands MP is not the new team that the championship has teased will join the grid in 2026.

In separate sessions were a contingent of FEED Racing’s Formula 4 cars and several FRegional European Championship teams.

R-ace GP’s Emanuele Olivieri started off as fastest, then Prema’s Kean Nakamura Berta topped the next three sessions on the dry first day. In slower conditions on Wednesday, Oliveri and team-mate Rashid Al Dhaheri topped the timesheets.

Test results

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