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VRD Racing’s Nikita Bedrin secured the GB3 championship title at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya last weekend. The Italian-based driver capped off his campaign with two race victories and a third-place finish in the season finale.
Championship Decider
Bedrin entered the final round with a significant lead in the standings, requiring only a seventh-place finish or higher in the opening race to guarantee the title. He bolstered his position by securing pole position for the first race during qualifying. In the second qualifying session, series debutant Lewis Wherrell took pole, while Bedrin qualified sixth in a highly competitive field where the top ten drivers were separated by less than a quarter of a second.
During Saturday’s opening race, Xcel Motorsport’s Rowan Campbell-Pilling took the lead from fifth on the grid. Bedrin, determined to seal the championship with a win, overtook Campbell-Pilling on the outside of the first corner on lap 10 of 15. Campbell-Pilling finished second, followed by his teammate Lucas Fluxa. Hitech’s Deagen Fairclough, who was also in contention for the title, finished ninth.
Dominant Final Performance
With the title secured, Bedrin approached the final day with an aggressive strategy. In the second race, he started sixth and climbed to fourth on the opening lap. Following a safety car restart, he moved past Fred Green and then overtook Rodin’s Abbi Pulling to move into second place. Bedrin then chased down race leader Wherrell, executing a pass on the outside of Turn 12 on the final lap to claim his eighth victory of the 2026 season.
Reflecting on his success, Bedrin expressed his gratitude for the team’s efforts. “If you’d told me in December last year that I would be champion and we’d be team champions, I would probably not believe it,” he told Autosport. “We dominated the first half of the season, we had a bit of a lull in the middle, but we have been playing it a bit safe. We bounced back really strongly this weekend and we’ve shown everyone what we can deliver.”
Season Conclusion
The final race of the season was won by Campbell-Pilling, who started from pole in the reversed-grid format and held off a challenge from Hillspeed’s Aurelia Nobels. Elite’s Flynn Jackes finished second, while Bedrin climbed from seventh to third. This result secured the first GB3 teams’ title for VRD Racing.
The battle for the runner-up spot in the drivers’ standings concluded with a late twist. Fairclough recovered from 18th on the grid to finish sixth, while Fluxa, who had been on track for second in the championship, suffered a mechanical issue that dropped him to 20th. Consequently, Fairclough claimed second place in the final standings by a margin of three points.
