The choice, which was introduced on Monday, comes after years of debate between MotorSport Imaginative and prescient – which operates the championship – and the FIA over the usage of the Components 3 mantra.
The FIA launched its Regional F3 idea in 2017 and with it, supposed to restrict the usage of ‘F3’ to championships that had been inside its remit.
British F3 thought of getting Regional F3 standing for 2019 however in the end opted to retain its present Tatuus-Cosworth automotive as a substitute of switching to a halo-fitted machine.
MSV chief govt and ex-F1 driver Jonathan Palmer had battled to make sure the championship retained its F3 identify, having been granted dispensation to make use of it since 2018.
However the determination by the world governing physique means the championship will change identify mid-season, with the fifth spherical of the season going down this weekend at Snetterton.
“I’m extraordinarily saddened by the truth that we’re now not permitted to make use of British F3 identify,” he stated.
“Having existed over half a century, the British F3 title has monumental heritage and the championship has performed an necessary function within the careers of many F1 drivers, together with my very own. The energy of our championship is nevertheless constructed upon way more than only a identify and that might be mirrored in its ongoing success.
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“I’m very enthusiastic about the way forward for a sequence which has firmly established itself because the nation’s main single-seater championship. GB3 gives a robust, contemporary and concise identification and we are going to proceed to ship a package deal which is enormously engaging to each groups and drivers.
“GB3 will play an important function within the careers of many younger drivers, and MSV stays firmly dedicated to offering the fairest and finest worth championship at this degree wherever on the planet.”
BRDC British F3 got here into being simply days earlier than the beginning of the 2016 season having beforehand been referred to as the BRDC F4 Championship.
The earlier iteration of British Components 3, the place the likes of Ayrton Senna, Mika Hakkinen and Daniel Ricciardo amongst many extra made names for themselves, resulted in 2014 after grid numbers fell away.