[42] The 2024 GB3 Championship began across Easter weekend at Oulton Park with Rodin’s Louis Sharp taking a pair of pole positions.
[43] The first race of the season was decided at the start, with Sharp defending his lead from JHR’s John Bennett.
The pair ran line astern from this point on, while Sharp’s teammate Ugo Ugochukwu completed the podium.
Sharp retired after colliding with VRD Arden’s Noah Ping as they fought for third, allowing Kucharczyk to take the championship lead by nine points.
[54] The series’ first race in Hungary saw the pole sitter defend from Kucharczyk at the start, before the latter then had to fend off Bennett a corner later.
[56] Rogeon started the third race from the reverse-grid front row and quickly took the lead from JHR’s Josh Irfan, while Waberski fended off Sharp to maintain third.
Kucharczyk failed to score again after sustaining a broken front wing and dropped to third in the standings, with Sharp now leading Macintyre by two points.
[60] Race three saw VRD Arden’s Nikita Johnson initially lose the lead to JHR’s Patrick Heuzenroeder before he took it back two corners later.
Johnson held on to win his first GB3 race, while Kucharczyk in tenth left the Netherlands as the new championship leader, 18 points ahead of Sharp.
[63] Race two began in very similar fashion, with Sharp and then also Bennett drawing level with pole sitter Cresswell, but this time, he managed to hold on to the lead.
From that point, Cresswell built a gap to the field and led Sharp and Bennett home for his first GB3 win in a year.
Macintyre was third after passing Fortec’s Colin Queen, while championship contenders Bennett, Sharp and Kucharczyk came fourth, sixth and seventh, respectively.
[71] The New Zealander bounced back with a lights-to-flag victory in race two, with Bennett second and Kucharczyk third, now mathematically eliminated from championship contention.
[72] Johnson started the final race of the year from pole and resisted pressure from 2023 champion Callum Voisin, who made a one-off appearance with Rodin, to take the win.
[73] Louis Sharp was the latest in a row of champions confirmed on the final race day of the season as GB3 offered fans another close championship fight.
He, Bennett and Kucharczyk all had races where they were clearly the fastest, but Sharp’s low points were not as frequent and also not as pronounced, helping him distance himself from his rivals.
In August of 2024, the organisers revealed the new car to be used in 2025 and beyond, signalling a clear intent to position GB3 as a direct feeder to FIA Formula 3, and continued growth in interest by both drivers and teams supported this claim.
[75] Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap 1 2 ... 12 – positions gained and thus extra points earned during race three.