Some bold racing and some great overtaking at the Donington Park GP Circuit in Round 7 of the GB3 Championship saw Pat Heuzenroeder extend his 2nd place lead in the Championship over the weekend, but his chance of an overall Championship win evaporated with another reverse grid DNF when the victim of two other cars coming together!

Heuzenroeder once again demonstrated his racing instincts to continue his string of top echelon finishes, this time around finishing P4 in Race 1 and P4 in Race 2 (after starting in 8th position) and a DNF in Race 3, the reverse grid race which saw him starting in P9.

With some mixed and wild weather over the official practice day leading up to the race, and gale force winds during qualifying and Race 1, qualifying was a mixed bag, with a P4 for Qualifying 1, but only P8 in Qualifying 2 which saw a wet track, not to the liking of the set up of Heuzenroeder’s Tatuus machinery.

Race 1, which was dry, saw a great overtake on the fourth placed driver in the Championship, a solid haul of points., extending his lead on third placed drivers in the Championship by 8 points.
In Race 2, starting 8th Heuzenroeder executed a strong pass into turn 1 on lap 3 before setting off after the leaders, with a further impressive overtaking into the old hairpin, to gain 4th position, and then managing to hold off a DRS assisted chasing pack into a strong headwind down the main straight. With another P4 to his name after starting P8, Heuzenroeder gained a further 10 points over 3rd place.
Race 3, the reverse grid race, which sees the top 12 reversed, saw Heuzenroeder start P9 but two competing cars coming together in the old chicane saw one catapulted into the side of his car and a DNF. The second DNF in a reverse grid race through no fault of his own in two rounds!

Pat: “Another weekend of some good points, but very frustrating to again suffer the result of other driver’s actions which has let first place in the Championship fall out of my grasp. The whole team has worked incredibly hard and we never lost hope so that’s tough to take” said Pat. “Still to extend my 2nd place lead in the Championship is a good position to be in and I’m looking forward to Monza, which will be my first time racing at that legendary track.”

Next up in GB3 — the UK’s premier single-seater series — Round 8 at the legendary Monza Circuit, set for October 17-19.
About the GB3 Championship. For more information on the GB3 Championship, the UK’s leading single seater Championship: https://www.gb-3.net

About Patrick Heuzenroeder

Patrick is a 19-year-old Australian racing driver currently battling for the lead in the British GB3 Championship after finishing 4th in the 2025 Toyota Formula Regional Championship in New Zealand and competing in 2024 in the British formula 3 series, GB3. Patrick is mentored by ex-F1 driver and 3x winner of Le Mans 24 Hour, David, Brabham, son of Sir Jack Brabham 3x F1 World Champion.

Patrick embarked on his motorsport career at 13-years-old after a chance visit to Sydney’s Eastern Creek go-kart circuit ignited his passion for racing. After kart racing in Australia for the following three years, Patrick made the jump to cars and circuit racing, competing in the 2022 NSW Formula Ford Championship where he was third overall in the standings before departing for the UK after his skill was recognised by Ferrari when Patrick earned a top six finals place from 24 competitors in the 2022 Ferrari Driver Academy Asia Pacific trials.

2023 brought a season in British Formula 4 where the highlight of multiple top ten finishes in a competitive field of more than 20 drivers was an impressive third place at the demanding Snetterton track in Norfolk. For 2024 he moved up a gear and into GB3, Britain’s top single seater series, where he once again established himself as a regular points scorer and top five finisher.

Most recently in the Formula Regional Oceania Championship in New Zealand Heuzenroeder has showed he can compete with the best from F2, F3, Indy Next and V8 Supercars, finishing in fourth place in the Championship with nine top 5 finishes and four podiums.