GB3 title contender Simmons secures F3 seat

GB3 Series runner-up Ayrton Simmons has joined the FIA Formula 3 grid for the 2022 season.

The 20-year-old Hispanoessex racer (right) has joined Czech squad Charouz

Racing System, with which he made his FIA F3 debut in last year’s Sochi finale. He is one of three drivers from last year’s top four in GB3 to graduate to F3, alongside champion Zak O’sullivan and Reece Ushijima.

“It will be interesting to race against some of the best young drivers in the world and to race on legendary tracks, especially at Silverstone which will be my home race,” said Simmons. “A good result there would be a dream.”

Simmons is just one of the recent announcements that have brought the 30-car F3 grid to just three short of completion. Indian

Kush Maini, Simmons’s predecessor as the GB3/ British F3 runner-up, has joined Dutch operation MP Motorsport for his rookie F3 season. Formula Regional European by Alpine race winner David Vidales has joined Campos Racing, whose late founder Adrian Campos Jr supported his early career, and American Brad Benavides is at Carlin.