Speaking to LWOS, Rafael Camara, Callum Voisin and Tim Tramnitz shared their thoughts on how the 2025 F3 title fight could shape up as we arrive in Europe.
Inside the F3 Battle With Rafael Camara, Tim Tramnitz and Callum Voisin
Ahead of the beginning of the season, every driver prepares themselves in the best way possible. Hard physical training during the winter, to be back in shape, and mental preparation to face even more difficult challenges. Everyone starts the season with determination and the will to improve themselves and step onto the higher step of the podium more than once.
However, as the first races go by, some main stories create themselves. Some of them are about the strongest team-driver pair, and others about those who face a bit more problems.
In Formula 3, to make a statement regarding who will win the championship after only two races is more than dangerous. This is due to the unpredictable nature of the championship, which is made up of 30 drivers, where the standings can change from one round to the next.
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In 2024, the Drivers’ title was decided in the last race of the series, when Leonardo Fornaroli managed to snatch it on the last corner of the last lap. Last year’s championship was hard-fought, with more than four title contenders coming in the last round.
This is why, to talk about the possible outcome of the championship, more races and different situations need to be considered later in the year.
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Rafael Camara
It catches everyone’s eyes that a major title contender has emerged in the first two rounds. His name is Rafael Camara, driver for Trident and member of the Ferrari Driver Academy.
The Maranello-based team signed Camara, alongside Oliver Bearman, in 2022 after he competed in multiple Formula 4 championships (Formula 4 UAE, Italian F4, and ADAC Formula 4).
Since then, the Brazilian proved his worth on numerous occasions in his career, which allowed him to step up series after series. In 2025, he started a new journey with Trident in Formula 3, after spending most of his single-seater career with Prema Racing.
His 2025 F3 campaign began strongly in Australia, securing pole position during his first visit to the circuit and achieving a victory under challenging conditions on Sunday.
In Bahrain, he repeated himself, acquiring the same result. His only weak spot appears to be the Sprint races, where he often faced collisions due to personal challenges and a bit of bad luck.
LWOS had the opportunity to speak with the Brazilian driver about the lessons learned last year in the fight for the Formula Regional Europe drivers’ title and how these lessons are proving useful in Formula 3.
“I hope I’ll be fighting for the championship. It’s still a long way to go, so it’s difficult to know. But yeah, I think of course it helps you to know how to manage a championship when you win one. And you know how to manage yourself during the races, when to push and when don’t.
“So I think it’s very helpful. And yeah, I will just keep focusing in our job with the team and to do the best as possible in the end of the championship to fight for another one.” – Rafael Camara speaking to LWOS.
Tim Tramnitz
The German driver currently sits second in the F3 drivers’ championship. For Tramnitz, this is the second year in the series, always with MP Motorsport. In 2024, on the last round in Monza, he managed to win the sprint race, getting his fourth podium of the year.
This season, after a retirement in the Sprint race in Melbourne, he reached the points in the three races after that. What allowed him to climb the standings was the third place he got on Sunday in Bahrain after an impressive climb starting in 13th position on the grid.
This second year in Formula 3 appears to have helped the driver find a good rhythm, which may enable him to maintain consistency and compete for the 2025 title.
“Of course experience is always a big factor and it helps quite a lot. On the other hand, I think some of this experience kind of got taken away by having a new car. Because the car and the tires are reacting different compared to last year. But at least you kind of know what to expect going into quali sessions or the weekends.
“Inside the F1 environment, I would say there are some quite new things to experience and the weekend is completely different to other categories where we were driving before. So, yeah, the experience I would say is mainly helping me in simply knowing how the weekend is scheduled, what might happen in qualifying, where there can be a mess of traffic.
“But in terms of driving, I would say it doesn’t really make a big difference compared to last year because of the new car. So for sure for all the second year drivers, it was not the best situation, I would say.”– Tim Tramnitz speaking to LWOS.
Callum Voisin
Back in 2024, Voisin’s journey in Formula 3 did not start in the easiest way possible. The British-Swiss driver struggled significantly to earn points in the first half of the season, which negatively impacted his overall championship standing.
However, arriving in Silverstone last year, he seemed to have found the performance that allowed him to win the GB3 title the year before. From there, he collected positive results almost every time, with his first win coming during the feature race at Spa.
The Rodin Motorsport driver seems determined to aim for better results, and he believes that what he showed in the first rounds is not his full potential for his 2025 F3 campaign.
“Yeah, for sure there’s more. There’s more performance to come. This is not it. I think Bahrain was a good step forward for us, especially after a tricky Australia.
“But no, for sure this is not all that we’ve got. I’m sure that’s the same with everybody. think everybody’s going to be improving throughout the year, but I’m confident that we can stay in the title fight.
“Obviously we need Rafa [Rafael Camara] to slow down a little bit [laughs]. But no, in all seriousness, think I’m feeling good for the rest of the season.” – Callum Voisin speaking to LWOS.
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Recording Date: 13.04.2025
