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Arden has announced it will return to GB3 in 2026, with Leon Wilson named as its first driver.
The Banbury-based team took wins when it joined GB3 in 2021, and a three-year collaboration with American outfit Velocity Racing Development yielded six more wins before VRD went solo this year. Arden still competed in GB4.
Wilson was a member of the Arden-affiliated Young Racing Driver Academy before stepping up to GB4 with the team in 2024, taking one podium and coming 10th in the standings as a car racing rookie.
He improved to seventh in the points this year, winning at Snetterton and Donington Park, and has already begun testing in one of Arden’s recently-acquired Tatuus MSV GB3-025 cars.
“I’m massively excited to be stepping up to GB3 next season, and to be doing so with Arden,” said Wilson.
“This team has been such an important part of my career development up to now, so when they confirmed their plans to move back up to GB3 next year, I immediately knew where I wanted to race in 2026.
“It’s a big step up, but I’ve really enjoyed the testing we’ve done together so far, and I’m looking forward to more seat time over the next few months.”
Having entered a single car for Wilson in GB4 last year, Arden also ran fellow YRDA graduate Dudley Ruddock and Ava Dobson in an expanded three-car line-up during 2025.
It has previously competed at multiple levels of the junior single-seater ladder, including Formula 2, and will return to international competition by joining GB3 as its calendar expands further into Europe from its base in Britain.
“We’re very pleased to be stepping back up to GB3 next year, and to confirm Leon as our first driver,” said Arden team principal Garry Horner.
“As we grew our GB4 operations, we wanted to ensure our drivers had an option with us to continue their development, and GB3 is obviously the perfect fit. We’ve had a lot of success in various iterations in GB3 previously, and we’ll be doing everything we can to ensure this continues when we return in 2026.”