2021 GB3 Championship explained

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]

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		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 Bilinski	3–8
	27	Alex Connor	1–3
	78	Frederick Lubin	nowrap	1–2, 5–8
Hillspeed	5	Jonathan Browne	6–8
Hillspeed	33	Flynn Jackes^[6]	8
Fortec Motorsports^[7]	7	Roberto Faria	All
	8	Hunter Yeany	4
	8	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
	55	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	nowrap	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]

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.^[19] The calendar was slightly changed later on to ensure eight rounds could be run.^[20]

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		23 May		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		27 June		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		11 July		Javier Sagrera	Mikkel Grundtvig	Fortec Motorsports
4	R10	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (Spa, Belgium)	24 July	Bart Horsten	Christian Mansell	Christian Mansell	Carlin
	R11		24 July	Bart Horsten	Zak O'Sullivan	Roman Bilinski	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		8 August		Bart Horsten	Roman Bilinski	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		15 August		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		12 September		Roman Bilinski	Roman Bilinski	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		17 October		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
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	BRH			SIL1			DON1			SPA			SNE			SIL2			OUL			DON2			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	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 Bilinski							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	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
Pos	Driver	BRH			SIL1			DON1			SPA			SNE			SIL2			OUL			DON2			Pts

Bold – PoleItalics – 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
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	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
1	Carlin	8	9	7¹⁰	8	7	11	5	7	5¹	2	3	7⁸	12	6	10⁵	10	9	8²	5	8	11	6	3	14	966
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
2	Hitech Grand Prix	5	8	8⁷	3	6	8¹	8	10	10	7	5	10⁶	10	12	11²	13	8	3⁵	6	5	14	18	4	11⁹	842
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
3	Fortec Motorsports	16	6	5	13	14	Ret	17	14	13	12	13	2¹	2	16	9	11	3	10	16	11	10³	14	14	1	747
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
4	Arden International	7	5	14	16	9	7⁷	4	6	Ret				8	5	7¹⁰	8	Ret	Ret	13	13	3⁴	8	13	9⁸	719
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
5	Elite Motorsport	12	12	10¹	12	8	6²	9	11	11	6	7	11³	11	9	8⁶	14	14	12⁴	10	Ret	8	7	12	13	614
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
6	Chris Dittmann Racing	14	Ret	Ret	15	13	Ret	15	15	9	16	14	13	6	14	12	6	6	DSQ	8	12	12	9	8	10⁴	604
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
7	Douglas Motorsport	15	16	Ret	14	17	EX	16	Ret	14†	WD	WD	WD	14	17	17	WD	WD	WD				Ret	18	18	201
8	Hillspeed																3	12	13	12	9	9	15	19	6³	89
8	Hillspeed																						17	Ret	17	89
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	BRH			SIL1			DON1			SPA			SNE			SIL2			OUL			DON2			Pts

Notes and References

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