Kiwi driver and 2024 GB3 Championship winner Louis Sharp will join a number of Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship graduates on the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship grid this season.
The category roars back in action over the next three days with a pre-season test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain, 19-21 February 2025. The all-new Formula 3 car will run for the first time ahead of the season-opening first round in Melbourne, Australia, in March.
Sharp is one of eighteen rookie drivers competing in the championship. He is joined by both the 2022 and 2023 Toyota FR Oceania Championship winners Charlie Wurz (Trident) and Roman Bilinski who will be one of Sharp’s teammates at Rodin Motorsport.
Also on the grid are 2023 New Zealand Grand Prix winner Laurens van Hoepen (ART Grand Prix) and Matias Zagazeta who finished fifth overall in the recently 2025 Toyota FR season.
Other notable entries include Sharp’s former GB3 Rodin teammate, Ugo Ugochukwu, who won the 2024 Macau World Cup. Also, Rafael Câmara who was crowned the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine Champion and Tuukka Taponen who won the 2024 Formula Regional Middle East Championship title.
The three-day test will see drivers out on track for a total of six hours each day at a familiar venue to the teams, helping them in their adaptation to the new F3 car. Eight sets of the Pirelli Hard tyres to each drivers for the duration of the test.
2025 FIA FORMULA 3 PRE-SEASON TESTING ENTRY LIST
1/ Brando Badoer, ITA, PREMA Racing
2/ Noel León, MEX , PREMA Racing
3/ Ugo Ugochukwu, USA, PREMA Racing
4/ Noah Stromsted, DNK, TRIDENT
5/ Rafael Câmara, BRA, TRIDENT
6/ Charlie Wurz, AUT, TRIDENT
7/ Laurens van Hoepen, NLD, ART Grand Prix
8/ Tuukka Taponen, FIN, ART Grand Prix
9/ James Wharton, AUS, ART Grand Prix
10/ Mari Boya, ESP, Campos Racing
11/ Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak,THA, Campos Racing
12/ Nikola Tsolov, BGR, Campos Racing
14/ Martinius Stenshorne, NOR, Hitech TGR
15/ Joshua Dufek, AUT, Hitech TGR
16/ Gerrard Xie, CHN, Hitech TGR
17/ Tim Tramnitz, DEU, MP Motorsport
18/ Bruno del Pino, ESP, MP Motorsport
19/ Alessandro Giusti, FRA, MP Motorsport
20/ Théophile Nael, FRA, Van Amersfoort Racing
21/ Santiago Ramos, MEX, Van Amersfoort Racing
22/ Ivan Domingues, PRT, Van Amersfoort Racing
23/ Callum Voisin, GBR, Rodin Motorsport
24/ Louis Sharp, NZL, Rodin Motorsport
25/ Roman Bilinski, POL, Rodin Motorsport
26/ Javier Sagrera, ESP, AIX Racing
27/ Nicola Marinangeli, ITA, AIX Racing
28/ Jonas Ried, DEU, AIX Racing
29/ Nicola Lacorte, ITA, DAMS Lucas Oil
30/ Matías Zagazeta, PER, DAMS Lucas Oil
31/ Christian Ho, SGR, DAMS Lucas Oil
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