Nikita Bedrin remains at the top of the 2026 GB3 Championship after Round 6 at Donington Park, but his commanding advantage finally suffered a significant reduction as several of his closest rivals capitalised on a difficult Sunday for the VRD Racing driver.
Bedrin arrived with a 103-point lead over Martin Molnar and extended that margin slightly after finishing second to Deagen Fairclough in Race 1. However, his first retirement of the season in Race 2 and 16th place in the reverse-grid finale restricted him to 29 points across the weekend. His championship advantage consequently falls to 79 points with six races remaining.
Molnar remains second after scoring consistently across the three races, while Lucas Fluxá stays close behind in third. Fairclough produced the largest move among the championship frontrunners after winning the opening two races and recovering from 12th to fifth in Race 3, climbing from sixth to fourth. Meanwhile, Rowan Campbell-Pilling’s maiden victory and Abbi Pulling’s second podium of the weekend helped both drivers make significant gains.
The Teams’ Championship changed even more dramatically. Rodin Motorsport overturns a 40-point deficit to take the lead from VRD Racing by four points, while Xcel Motorsport and Hitech remain separated by only three in the battle for third.
Drivers’ Championship: Bedrin’s advantage falls to 79 points
Bedrin entered Donington on 363 points after limiting the damage during his difficult Silverstone weekend. He immediately returned to the front by taking Race 1 pole and then spent most of Saturday’s opening contest fighting Fairclough for victory. The Hitech driver passed him around the outside at Redgate on Lap 1, but Bedrin remained within striking distance and launched several attacks before eventually settling for second.
That result proved crucial because Sunday brought his first genuinely damaging sequence of the season. Bedrin started Race 2 alongside Fairclough on the front row but crashed at the Fogarty Esses late on the opening lap, recording his first retirement of 2026. The reverse-grid finale offered an opportunity to recover from 11th, yet he instead dropped to 16th and failed to score meaningful points despite setting the fastest lap.
Bedrin therefore adds only 29 points and moves from 363 to 392. His lead shrinks by 24 points, from 103 to 79, as Molnar closes from 260 to 313. Nevertheless, Bedrin still carries a substantial advantage into the final two rounds and remains the clear championship favourite.
Molnar strengthens second with another consistent weekend
Molnar remains Bedrin’s closest challenger after adding 53 points at Donington, increasing his total from 260 to 313.
The Rodin Motorsport driver finished fourth in Race 1 after spending much of the contest behind teammate Pulling. Race 2 then produced his strongest result of the weekend, although a difficult start cost him third to Leon Wilson. Molnar remained close throughout both Safety Car restarts but could not find a way past the Arden Motorsport driver and eventually finished third.
He started 10th in the reverse-grid finale and finished ninth, adding another points haul while Bedrin endured another non-score. Molnar therefore reduces his deficit to the championship leader from 103 to 79 points and strengthens second place, although Fluxá remains only eight behind him.
Fluxá closes to within eight points of Molnar
Fluxá also enjoyed a productive weekend and added 56 points, moving from 249 to 305 while retaining third in the standings.
The Xcel Motorsport driver recovered from eighth to fifth in Race 1 as incidents ahead opened opportunities. He then improved to fourth in Race 2, finishing only 0.749s behind Molnar and remaining firmly involved in the podium fight during the closing stages.
Race 3 brought another strong result. Fluxá started seventh and ultimately inherited fourth after Flynn Jackes received a 10-second false-start penalty, giving him his best finish of the weekend. His 56-point haul reduces his deficit to Molnar from 11 to eight points, while Bedrin now sits 87 ahead.
Fairclough surges to fourth after Donington double
Fairclough produced the defining championship performance at Donington and continues the remarkable second-half recovery that began at Silverstone.
The Hitech driver entered Round 6 sixth on 180 points after winning the first two Silverstone races. He immediately continued that run at Donington by passing Bedrin at Redgate and resisting repeated attacks to win Race 1 by only 0.317s.
Fairclough then converted Race 2 pole into a significantly more comfortable victory. Bedrin’s opening-lap retirement removed his main challenger, while Fairclough controlled two Safety Car restarts before winning by 2.120s and recording the fastest lap. It marked his fifth victory of the season and fourth across a five-race period.
The reverse-grid finale prevented him from completing another clean sweep, but Fairclough still charged from 12th to fifth and gained valuable overtaking bonus points. His 88-point weekend lifts him to 268 and from sixth to fourth, putting him two points ahead of Maxim Rehm and 37 behind Fluxá. Fairclough has now gained 166 points across the past two rounds after arriving at the first Silverstone event on only 102.
Rehm drops to fifth despite reaching 266 points
Rehm loses one championship position after a weekend disrupted by incidents and penalties.
The Rodin Motorsport driver ran near the front during Race 1 but spun at the Melbourne Hairpin while fighting teammate Pulling and later retired. He then served a three-place grid penalty in Race 2 for causing that collision, dropping from fifth to eighth on the grid before recovering to sixth.
Rehm produced his strongest result in Race 3, starting eighth and finishing sixth. His weekend total nevertheless rises by only 29 points from 237 to 266, allowing Fairclough to move two points ahead. However, Rehm remains only 39 points behind third-placed Fluxá and 47 behind teammate Molnar.
Campbell-Pilling climbs to sixth after maiden GB3 victory
Campbell-Pilling builds on his Silverstone double podium by climbing another position in the championship following his maiden GB3 victory.
He started Donington seventh on 171 points and opened the weekend with sixth in Race 1 before taking seventh in Race 2. However, the reverse-grid finale transformed his weekend when he started third and passed Elite Motorsport teammates Kyuho Lee and Flynn Jackes before Redgate to take the lead.
Lee and Pulling both challenged during a frantic fourth lap, with Pulling briefly taking first at Coppice. Campbell-Pilling responded before the end of the lap and reclaimed the lead, eventually defeating Peter Bouzinelos by 0.701s to secure his maiden victory at his home circuit.
His 54-point weekend takes him from 171 to 225 and promotes him from seventh to sixth. Campbell-Pilling now sits only two points ahead of Patricio Gonzalez, while the gap to fifth-placed Rehm stands at 41.
Patricio Gonzalez slips to seventh as Pulling climbs to eighth
Patricio Gonzalez adds 35 points but drops two positions as Fairclough and Campbell-Pilling make larger gains around him. The VRD Racing driver finished 10th in Race 1 before improving to fifth in Race 2, while 11th in the finale moved his total from 188 to 223.
Pulling makes the opposite move after producing her strongest overall weekend of the season. She took third in Race 1 after a strong opening lap and held the position despite pressure from her Rodin teammates. Ninth in Race 2 added another points finish before she started sixth in the reverse-grid finale and briefly led after passing Campbell-Pilling around the outside at Coppice.
Although Campbell-Pilling reclaimed first and Bouzinelos later moved into second, Pulling secured another third place. Her 54-point weekend takes her from 142 to 196 and moves her ahead of Flynn Jackes into eighth.
Jackes and Lee complete championship top 10
Jackes drops one position to ninth despite increasing his total from 160 to 183. He finished seventh in Race 1 before his Race 2 ended after 12 laps. The Elite Motorsport driver started the reverse-grid finale from second and recovered to finish fourth on the road after losing positions early, but a 10-second penalty for a false start dropped him to eighth in the final classification.
Lee remains 10th after adding 33 points and moving onto 167. He finished eighth in Race 1 and 10th in Race 2 before starting the finale from reverse-grid pole. Campbell-Pilling passed him at the start, and an attempted move around the outside at McLeans later sent Lee through the gravel while battling for the lead. He recovered to seventh, keeping himself 15 points ahead of Wilson in the standings.
Wilson strengthens 11th after career-best second place
Wilson remains 11th but moves significantly closer to the championship top 10 after one of his strongest GB3 weekends.
The Arden Motorsport driver struggled to 18th in Race 1 but responded emphatically on Sunday morning. Starting fourth in Race 2, he passed Molnar at the start and inherited second when Bedrin crashed. Wilson then resisted Molnar through two Safety Car restarts to claim his career-best GB3 finish.
His Race 3 ended prematurely after 16 laps, but the weekend still adds 32 points and lifts him from 120 to 152. Lee remains 15 points ahead, while Wilson has stretched his advantage over 12th-placed Rodrigo Gonzalez to 22.
Micallef closes on Rodrigo Gonzalez as Vinci gains
Rodrigo Gonzalez retains 12th but adds only 13 points, moving from 117 to 130. Hitech’s Jacob Micallef closes to within one point after increasing his total from 101 to 129, despite Donington proving less spectacular than his Race 3 victory at Silverstone.
Dante Vinci remains 14th but reaches 126 points, only three behind Micallef and four behind Gonzalez. Yuhao Fu moves onto 107 in 15th, while Ricardo Baptista reaches 105 in 16th. Jin Nakamura remains 17th on 96 after not competing at Donington.
The margins through this section of the standings have therefore tightened considerably. Only 25 points cover Gonzalez in 12th through Baptista in 16th, creating another close battle heading into the penultimate round.
Bouzinelos makes biggest lower-order gain after maiden podium
Peter Bouzinelos produced one of the largest moves outside the championship leaders after claiming his maiden GB3 podium in Race 3.
The Hillspeed driver arrived at Donington 20th on 42 points and immediately began adding to that total with ninth in Race 1. Eighth in Race 2 continued his progress before the reverse-grid finale provided his biggest opportunity.
Starting fourth, Bouzinelos remained patient while Campbell-Pilling, Lee and Pulling battled ahead. He eventually passed Pulling for second and remained within one second of Campbell-Pilling for the rest of the race, taking his first podium by finishing only 0.701s behind the winner.
Bouzinelos consequently adds 49 points and more than doubles his season total to 91, moving from 20th to 18th. Aurelia Nobels follows on 84, while Lewis Gilbert remains 20th on 61 after not competing at Donington.
2026 GB3 Drivers’ Championship standings after Round 6 at Donington Park
The full classification is available through the official GB3 Drivers’ Championship standings.
- #20 Nikita Bedrin — VRD Racing — 392 points
- #2 Martin Molnar — Rodin Motorsport — 313
- #7 Lucas Fluxá — Xcel Motorsport — 305
- #6 Deagen Fairclough — Hitech — 268
- #1 Maxim Rehm — Rodin Motorsport — 266
- #8 Rowan Campbell-Pilling — Xcel Motorsport — 225
- #21 Patricio Gonzalez — VRD Racing — 223
- #3 Abbi Pulling — Rodin Motorsport — 196
- #18 Flynn Jackes — Elite Motorsport — 183
- #19 Kyuho Lee — Elite Motorsport — 167
- #27 Leon Wilson — Arden Motorsport — 152
- #22 Rodrigo Gonzalez — VRD Racing — 130
- #4 Jacob Micallef — Hitech — 129
- #10 Dante Vinci — Hillspeed — 126
- #5 Yuhao Fu — Hitech — 107
- #9 Ricardo Baptista — Xcel Motorsport — 105
- #4 Jin Nakamura — Hitech — 96
- #11 Peter Bouzinelos — Hillspeed — 91
- #12 Aurelia Nobels — Hillspeed — 84
- #26 Lewis Gilbert — Arden Motorsport — 61
- #24 Jack Taylor — Fortec Motorsports — 49
- #17 Kirill Kutskov — Elite Motorsport — 40
- #23 Alexandros Kattoulas — Fortec Motorsports — 33
- #17 Edu Robinson — Elite Motorsport — 33
- #31 Jason Pribyl — Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing — 22 points.
Bedrin therefore retains a sizeable 79-point advantage, but Donington represents the first round since the early stages of the season where his rivals made substantial collective progress. Molnar and Fluxá remain separated by only eight points, while just two points split Fairclough and Rehm for fourth. Further back, Campbell-Pilling holds only two over Patricio Gonzalez in sixth.
Teams’ Championship: Rodin overturns 40-point deficit to take lead
Rodin Motorsport produced a major swing in the Teams’ Championship and now leads for the first time after Round 6.
The team entered Donington second on 541 points, 40 behind VRD Racing. Molnar scored in all three races, Pulling secured two podiums and Rehm added further points in Races 2 and 3. Together, those results produced a 116-point weekend and moved Rodin onto 657.
VRD Racing still added 72 points, largely through Bedrin’s Race 1 second place and Patricio Gonzalez’s consistent scoring. However, Bedrin’s retirement in Race 2 and difficult reverse-grid finale significantly reduced the team’s potential return. VRD increases from 581 to 653 but drops to second, leaving Rodin four points ahead with two rounds remaining.
The 44-point swing completely reverses the picture from Silverstone, where VRD still appeared to hold a useful advantage despite Rodin closing from 47 to 40 points.
Xcel holds third by three points over Hitech
The fight for third remains even closer after both Xcel Motorsport and Hitech produced strong Donington weekends.
Xcel entered Round 6 with 446 points and a 10-point advantage over Hitech. Fluxá scored strongly in every race, while Campbell-Pilling’s Race 3 victory provided the team’s largest single result of the event. Those contributions add 110 points and move Xcel onto 556.
Hitech nevertheless outscored Xcel by another seven points. Fairclough won Races 1 and 2 before charging to fifth in the finale, while Micallef and Fu added further points. The team therefore gains 117 and reaches 553, reducing its deficit to Xcel from 10 points to only three.
Only four points separate the leading two teams and only three separate third and fourth, leaving both major Teams’ Championship battles finely balanced before Brands Hatch.
Elite remains fifth as Hillspeed extends advantage over Arden
Elite Motorsport remains fifth after increasing its total from 334 to 390. Jackes and Lee supplied the majority of the team’s 56-point Donington haul, although both missed opportunities to score even more during the reverse-grid finale after starting together on the front row.
Hillspeed strengthens sixth after Bouzinelos’ maiden podium and further contributions from Vinci and Nobels. The team adds 66 points to move from 197 to 263, opening its advantage over Arden Motorsport from 16 to 50 points.
Wilson’s second place provides almost all of Arden’s progress, with the team adding 32 points to reach 213. Fortec Motorsports moves from 73 to 82 following Jack Taylor’s participation, while Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing remains on 22 after not competing at Donington.
2026 GB3 Teams’ Championship standings after Round 6 at Donington Park
The complete classification is available through the official GB3 Teams’ Championship standings.
- Rodin Motorsport — 657 points
- VRD Racing — 653
- Xcel Motorsport — 556
- Hitech — 553
- Elite Motorsport — 390
- Hillspeed — 263
- Arden Motorsport — 213
- Fortec Motorsports — 82
- Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing — 22 points.
Rodin therefore leaves Donington four points ahead of VRD after arriving 40 behind, while Xcel’s advantage over Hitech has fallen from 10 to only three. Those two margins ensure that both battles remain far tighter than the Drivers’ Championship heading into the closing six races.
Donington reduces Bedrin’s advantage but transforms Teams’ battle
Donington finally inflicted meaningful damage on Bedrin’s championship cushion. The VRD driver leaves with a 79-point advantage rather than the 103 he carried into the weekend, but the broader picture still favours him after six rounds. Molnar remains his closest rival, while Fluxá sits another eight behind and Fairclough has surged into fourth following consecutive double-win weekends.
Fairclough’s recent form represents the most dramatic change behind Bedrin. The Hitech driver sat 10th on only 102 points after the Red Bull Ring but has scored 166 across Silverstone and Donington to reach 268. Campbell-Pilling has also continued his climb with a maiden win, while Pulling’s double podium and Bouzinelos’ breakthrough second place created further movement through the standings.
However, the Teams’ Championship now provides the closest battle. Rodin has turned a 40-point deficit into a four-point lead over VRD in a single weekend, while Xcel and Hitech sit only three apart. With GB3 moving next to Brands Hatch for the penultimate round, Donington has ensured that both team battles remain almost completely open even as Bedrin retains a substantial individual advantage.
