Rehm wins on third GB3 start at Monza as season draws to a close

Photo: Jakob Ebrey Photography

Hillspeed’s Maxime Rehm held off a train of cars to become the 13th different winner of 2025 as the GB3 season drew to a close at Monza.

Rehm signed off his first weekend in the series by delivering Hillspeed’s sixth triumph of the campaign ahead of Hitech GP’s Deagen Fairclough and Rodin Motorsport’s Gianmarco Pradel.

Fairclough had looked set to snatch second in the championship from Patrick Heuzenroeder after climbing from ninth on the reversed grid to the lead, but it was the Xcel Motorsport driver who prevailed thanks to a late fightback to fifth.

Rehm started on pole, with Red Bull junior Enzo Tarnvanichkul alongside him, but it was Rodin’s Abbi Pulling who made the best launch from the second row, though there was not enough space for her to move past the front two.

Having missed part of the first chicane and dropped behind Tarnvanichkul, Rehm reclaimed the lead into Lesmo 1. Tarnvanichkul ran wide and lost further places to Pradel and Fairclough, the latter making up six places on the opening lap.

Fairclough was past Pradel for second at the beginning of lap two, and he then took the lead away from Rehm on the next tour.

With Heuzenroeder struggling to move forwards from 10th, Fairclough provisionally was well placed to take the championship runner-up spot. But he missed the first chicane while defending from Rehm on lap five and slipped to second, and a further error at Ascari cost him another position to Pradel.

Fairclough quickly reclaimed the place from the Australian, but was unable to get back into the lead.

Rehm struggled for pace in the closing stages, allowing a further pack of cars led by Pulling to catch the front three. By the final lap, the German had eight cars in the slipstream train behind him, but he remained ahead until the chequered flag to win on his third start.

Pulling finished fourth and Heuzenroeder made up three places late on to move back ahead of Fairclough in the standings. Reza Seewooruthun came home sixth behind him.

Alex Ninovic ended his title-winning campaign in dramatic style. Starting from 12th, the Rodin driver tumbled to 19th after running through the gravel at the della Roggia chciane early on. As he recovered through the field, he made a remarkable save from a huge sidewards moment at Lesmo 2, and by the end of the race had joined the lead pack in seventh.

Hillspeed’s Lucas Fluxa faded to eighth, having battled Pulling for most of the race, with Noah Lisle finishing close behind.

Race results (13 laps)