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Jarrod Waberski
NationalitySouth Africa South African
Born (2005-09-20) 20 September 2005 (age 18)
Gauteng, South Africa
GB3 Championship career
Debut season2023
Current teamElite Motorsport
Car number20
Former teamsFortec Motorsport
Starts33 (34 entries)
Wins0
Podiums2
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish9th in 2023

Jarrod Waberski (born 20 September 2005) is a South African racing driver who is competing in the 2024 GB3 Championship for Elite Motorsport, and is the runner up of the 2022 GB4 Championship.

Career[edit]

Karting[edit]

Waberski is a 3rd generation racing driver and the son of former racing driver Garth Waberski, who drove in series such as Formula Renault UK and British Formula 3, the elder Waberski also won the 2004 Can-Am South Africa Championship. The younger Waberski showed talent in the South African karting scene and won the 2013, 2017 and 2018 SA Regional Championship, he also won the 2018 South African Karting Championship as well.[1] He competed in the 2018 WSK Open Cup in the OKJ category, where he came in 27th.[2]

Junior Formulae[edit]

Waberski made his single-seater debut in the 2020 South African Formula 1600 National Championship, where he competed in three races and claimed one podium, finishing the championship in 7th position with one podium to his name, he came runner-up the 2021 South African Formula 1600 National Championship, as he took his maiden single-seater win and amassed 9 podiums in that years campaign.[3]

GB4[edit]

The South African was announced to compete in the inaugural season of the 2022 GB4 Championship with Kevin Mills Racing.[4] He kicked off his campaign at Snetterton Circuit, where he would get his maiden podium in the series in only his second race. At the next round in Oulton Park, he would get two more podium, with then one in his third race being his maiden win in the series.

Racing record[edit]

Racing career summary[edit]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2020 South African Formula 1600 National Championship 3 0 0 0 1 9 7th
2021 South African Formula 1600 National Championship 12 1 0 0 9 76 2nd
2022 GB4 Championship Kevin Mills Racing 24 4 0 1 14 496 '2nd
South African Formula 1600 National Championship ? 0 0 0 0 1 14th
2023 GB3 Championship Fortec Motorsport 22 0 0 0 1 239 9th
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup GSM AB1 GT3 Team 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2024 GB3 Championship Elite Motorsport 8 0 0 0 1 99* 8th*

Complete GB4 Championship results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2022 Kevin Mills Racing SNE1
1

5
SNE1
2

3
SNE1
3

53
OUL
1

3
OUL
2

4
OUL
3

12
SIL1
1

7
SIL1
2

2
SIL1
3

Ret
DON1
1

8
DON1
2

5
DON1
3

33
SNE2
1

2
SNE2
2

1
SNE2
3

43
SIL2
1

Ret
SIL2
2

3
SIL2
3

35
BRH
1

3
BRH
2

2
BRH
3

43
DON2
1

3
DON2
2

1
DON2
3

116
2nd 496

Complete GB3 Championship results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2023 Fortec Motorsport OUL
1

9
OUL
2

DNS
OUL
3

510
SIL1
1

10
SIL1
2

5
SIL1
3

21
SPA
1

19
SPA
2

11
SPA
3

39
SNE
1

15
SNE
2

12
SNE
3

4
SIL2
1

22
SIL2
2

7
SIL2
3

C
BRH
1

10
BRH
2

6
BRH
3

Ret
ZAN
1

8
ZAN
2

24
ZAN
3

89
DON
1

7
DON
2

9
DON
3

76
9th 239
2024 Elite Motorsport OUL
1

10
OUL
2

7
OUL
3

21
SIL1
1

7
SIL1
2

6
SIL1
3

C
SPA
1

10
SPA
2

12
SPA
3

13
HUN
1

HUN
2

HUN
3

ZAN
1

ZAN
2

ZAN
3

SIL2
1

SIL2
2

SIL2
3

DON
1

DON
2

DON
3

BHR
1

BHR
2

BHR
3

8th* 99*

* Season still in progress.