Hillspeed's Aurelia Nobels wraps up GB3 Championship season on a high with best finish in Barcelona

The Hillspeed driver recorded the most competitive showing of her maiden GB3 campaign with her best result of the season at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

The 19-year-old Brazilian also earned the Sunoco Driver of the Weekend Award, with the fastest lap in an entertaining season finale. She finished just ahead of teammate Peter Bouzinelos in race three, who recorded his best finish while in Spain.

Dante Vinci had mixed fortunes over the weekend’s three races, which marked the first ever visit of GB3 to the Barcelona track. Although taking sixth on the road in round 24, a track limits penalty dropped him down to 15th, so his best result of the meeting was 11th place in round 22 on Saturday. Markham Vale’s Hillspeed concludes the GB3 Championship sixth in the team standings with 387 points across the board. Vinci finished the highest of his teammates in the drivers’ table with 12th place, while Bouzinelos came 14th and former F1 Academy star Nobels in 18th. Hillspeed Team Principal Richard Ollerenshaw said: “It’s been another good, strong European round for the team. We’ve shown some good performances at the European circuits this year and this weekend it’s been apparent again we’ve got significant pace, albeit with some misfortune thrown in along the way. There was very little to choose all weekend, and that was shown in just how close qualifying was. “To sign off the GB3 season so strongly in the final race, especially on the first visit of GB3 to Barcelona, is fantastic and we’re absolutely delighted for Aurelia to take her best finish of the year – so close to a podium – and setting fastest lap was exceptional.

“It’s been great working with Aurelia, Dante and Peter this year and now we look ahead to a busy 2027.”