US THREE SAMPLE GB3 CAR
Team USA Scholarship’s trio of American youngsters competing in Formula Ford’s two recent end-ofyear events also got to sample GB3 machinery with Douglas Motorsport at Bedford Autodrome last week.
Elliott Budzinski, Thomas Schrage and William Ferguson competed in the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch and last weekend’s Walter Hayes Trophy at Silverstone, and the GB3 test is offered via Douglas’s partnership with the scholarship.
Max Esterson raced in the FF1600 showpiece events with Team USA last year, and won the Walter Hayes Trophy. He then graduated to a GB3 race seat with Douglas for 2022, and finished seventh in the table in a racewinning campaign. His fellow Team USA alumnus Bryce Aron also won a GB3 race this year, with Hitech GP.
Ferguson said: “We all got comfortable with the car pretty quickly and had a lot of fun pushing the limits. The taster has definitely opened my eyes to racing in the UK and I’m looking forward to moving up in the future.”
Douglas Motorsport team principal Wayne Douglas added: “We were very impressed by how each of them adapted to the car and it’s clear they have a lot of potential.”