Hillspeed’s Slater Beats Snetterton Lap Record In First Official GB3 Test Of 2025

Courtesy GB3 Championship

Hillspeed’s Freddie Slater posted the quickest lap of the day earlier, Wednesday, 5th March, in the brand new Tatuus MSV GB3-025 car, as official pre-season testing got underway at a sunny Snetterton.

The British driver set a best time of 1m40.568 seconds in the last of four sessions held during the first day at Snetterton’s 300 Circuit in Norfolk, seven 10ths of a second ahead of the official lap record for the GB3 Championship partnered by the BRDC.

Times at the top were close across the day, with Rodin Motorsport’s Alex Ninovic next up, just 0.046s away from Slater, with the Australian’s best effort also coming in session four. In a second Hillspeed car, Gianmarco Pradel ended the run 11th quickest and only just over a second away from Slater’s scorching benchmark.

In total 19 brand new cars ran during the day, completing a total of 1,169 laps in three hours of running – showcasing the impressive reliability on offer from the new Tatuus MSV GB3-025. Testing continues on Thursday, 6th March, with four more sessions at Snetterton.