Mexican contender Rodrigo Gonzalez returns to the GB3 Championship with VRD Racing for a full campaign in 2026, continuing his relationship with the squad alongside his brother Patricio.

Rodrigo contested the second half of the 2025 GB3 calendar, including the final three rounds at Brands Hatch, Donington Park and Monza with VRD. He netted a best result of 10th during the final event of the season in Italy, demonstrating continued progress despite considerable inexperience compared to the rest of the field.

Prior to his GB3 step up, Gonzalez had performed strongly in American single-seaters, and was running seventh in USF Juniors before making the switch over to Europe towards the end of the summer.

He’d completed the full campaign in the category in 2024, and has contested the two most recent runnings of the YACademy Winter Series, finishing eighth overall at the start of 2025.

Gonzalez’s performances were all the stronger, considering he only commenced karting three years ago, initially in categories across Mexico, before moving up to international competition in 2023.

Following his maiden GB3 events, Rodrigo completed a busy post-season testing campaign focused on a number of UK circuits as well as the majority of the European venues the series will visit in 2026.

Career history

2025
GB3 Championship (12 races)
USF2000 (7 races)
USF Juniors – sixth with two podiums
YACademy Winter Series

2024
USF Juniors
YACademy Winter Series
Karting - SKUSA SuperNationals (KA100 Senior)

2023
Karting - SKUSA SuperNationals (KA100 Senior)
Karting - SKUSA Mexico (X30) – eighth

Started karting in Mexican championships