Following some impressive results in this 2025 F3 season, Rodin Motorsport driver Callum Voisin currently sits P11 in the Championship. With his second season already off to a better start than his first, the 19-year-old shared the lessons he learned along his motorsport journey. Moreover, Voisin gave a detailed overview of his setup preferences.
After securing a podium finish for P2 in Bahrain, his best result of the season, Voisin now holds 48 points under his belt. While his F3 British GP was not as fortunate, there are three rounds left of the season. Furthermore, he is separated by only a point from his teammate, Roman Bilinski. Some good results could help Callum Voisin break into the top 10, a great achievement.
A front-end heavy preference since karting
As they climb through the ranks and championships, every driver forms a specific feel for their car. In the case of Callum Voisin, his F3 seasons, 2024 and 2025, had his preferences described as “super pointy“. The Rodin driver explained the discrepancies started in his karting days:
“Well, it’s always a tricky one, because everyone has a different feel in terms of what is a baseline. But for me, everybody always says I like a car with a lot of front end, a very pointy car, both in low speed and high speed. For me, it doesn’t feel like super pointy, but everybody says it’s super pointy.
“I think for sure the early karts I drove have played a role in that. In karting, I was quite used to an understeer-y kart, but I was taught not to like it, and especially my years in GB3, you get to do a lot of testing, especially during the winter.”
Nonetheless, his past experience in both karts and GB3 machinery created a safety net for Voisin. The driver admitted it became quite scary at first when his car lacked that steady front end:
“I think I got so used to a car with so much front end, that, without it, it was scary to drive sometimes, especially when I first got in it. I think now I have just gotten used to it, and it’s how I get the best out of myself.”
Looking back on his first F3 season
After he became the GB3 Champion in 2023, Callum Voisin added an extra challenge. Joining the FIA F3 Championship in the next year, where he remained for another consecutive season in 2025, Voisin had some new aspects to learn. However, his front-end preference remained, differing from his teammates:
“It’s a little bit different from my teammates. I am probably still a little bit on the extreme side, but it’s not a huge difference, but for sure a little.
“Last year, it was quite different. I was always very much on a different end compared to my teammates.”
Additionally, the Rodin driver explained the way he approaches turns in F3. Voisin went on to talk about his main focus when it comes to his decisions — whatever gets that lap time the shortest.
“I think being the latest on the brakes is always more exciting, but it’s not always quicker for lap time. So, I tend to try to be whichever is quickest for lap time.
“I probably sacrifice a little bit on the entry and gain a bit at the exit, most of the time.”
Driving style changes
Continuing his previous answer, Voisin spoke of the way different circuits require some adjustments and changes. He gave a detailed explanation, focusing his answer on one thing: what comes after those tough corners.
“It does depend on the circuit, though. It depends on what happens after the corner, is it a long straight, is it straight into another corner, there are a lot of other things that come into it, and can bring about change, it’s not just the one thing.”
Nonetheless, the Briton confessed that these decisions can come from something as simple as tyres. Voisin talked about how the difference from 2024 to 2025 in F3 had him adjust his style and setup:
“I also think the change in tyres over the years has affected my driving style a bit more. For example, last year’s F3 car is different to this year’s car, so the way you want to drive it is quite different.
“So it was different in GB3, and in Ginetta Juniors, the tyres are different. That was a road tyre, so that was quite different in the way you drove it. So tyres make a big difference in the way you drive.”
Racing lessons
While on the topic of preferences, it is important to mention the way a driver tackles the on-track battles. Voisin seems to have a plan for the wheel-to-wheel fights. Nevertheless, he recognised that sometimes instinct can take over and the decisions become hard to predict:
“Wheel-to-wheel, I tend to want to cover one side. But it’s so instinctive that it’s hard to know what exactly I’ll be doing.”
For his 2025 F3 moments, Voisin’s mentality appears to be quite mature. While he admitted his preference for an on-track battle, the Rodin driver pointed out that conditions are something that can affect the decision to defend:
“It depends where you are in the race, it depends on your pace, whether you think the car behind is quick or struggling, it changes every time. I like to put up a bit of fight, but it depends on the conditions and the scenario.”
Learning for teammates
The FIA F3 Championship is quite different from F2 and F1 because it offers three drivers in each team. This not only gives an opportunity to more talented young drivers but also provides learning opportunities. Under the same team does not automatically mean all three drivers came from the same racing background.
Callum Voisin explained that a driver learns valuable lessons along the way in their F3 career, which helped him in his 2025 season, too. He observes his teammates, with every moment being a learning opportunity:
“You are always taking things from your teammates. For example, this year’s car is different to last year’s car, so especially during the winter, watching what they were doing, what worked quite well, and I picked off all the good bits. You are learning from your teammates all the time.”
