Age: 17
Nationality: South African
Home town: Kyalami
Racing hero: Garth Waberski and Ayrton Senna
Favourite sports: eSports with either sim racing or other games
Biggest influence: My dad and my grampa, we're a racing family!
Career goal: F1 World Champion!
Random fact: I am very "A type" personality, I like everything to be structured!

Jarrod Waberski returns to the GB3 Championship for a second season in 2024, switching to Elite Motorsport for a planned title challenge. 

The 18-year-old South African finished ninth in his maiden GB3 campaign in 2023, recording 14 top-10 finishes including a podium at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. 

Waberski, who bases himself near Silverstone during the season, graduated to GB3 last year having starred in the inaugural GB4 Championship campaign in 2022.

Competing outside his native South Africa for the first time, he finished runner-up in a season that included four race wins and 14 podiums in total. 

Jarrod won regional kart championships in 2013, 2017 and 2018, including the South African title in 2018, prior to becoming a regular race winner in the South African Formula Ford 1600 Championship, where he finished runner-up in 2021.  

Career Highlights

2023
GB3 Championship - ninth overall with one podium

2022                                                                                                                  
GB4 Championship - runner-up with four wins and 10 other podiums

2021                                                                                                                   
Formula 1600 Championship South Africa – race winner and second overall with eight additional podiums

2020                                                                                                                   
Formula 1600 Championship South Africa – podium finisher

2018 – karting
South African Karting Champion
SA Regional Champion

2017 – karting
SA Regional Champion

2013 – karting
SA Regional Champion