Oscar Wurz: Young racing driving hope fights in the Eurocup-3!

Oscar Wurz: Young racing driving hope fights in the Eurocup-3!

Red Bull Ring, 8724 Spielberg, Österreich - Today, on May 30, 2025, the Austrian racing driver Oscar Wurz started with fresh ambition to the Eurocup 3 championship. The 17-year-old, who was born in Monaco, drives with an Austrian license and signed a contract with the Spanish Team Drivex. After a successful third place in the rookie rating of the Eurocup 3 winter series, the expectations for the initial races were high, but the results on the Red Bull Ring were modest: root took 10th and 15th place and collected only one point.

As for the challenges in the Eurocup-3, Wurz describes the level as extremely demanding. He has already won the title of the Central European Formula 4 Championship 2024 and thus brings experience into the new season. The Eurocup 3 series, which was launched in 2023, serves as an cheaper alternative to the Formula Regional European Championship and the Euroformula Open and is carried out with the F3 T-318-chassis from Tatuus, which has over 270 hp.

A look at the Eurocup-3

The Eurocup-3 is an international racing series that runs under the FIA formula regional regulations in Europe. A typical race weekend comprises two 40-minute free training and two races on Sunday, which last 30 minutes plus a final round. The allocation of points is based on the point system of Formula 1: 25 points for victory and descending to the tenth place that gets a point.

Oscar Wurz has already collected 19 points this season and is currently in the 13th place in the overall ranking. He achieved his best result with a 4th place in the second race in Portimão. While he is preparing to collect more points in the next race on the Algarve International Circuit in Portugal, he is particularly excited about the sprint races with the reverse starting line -up.

family gang in motorsport

In the shadow of his own career, his brother, Charlie Wurz, who is also active in motorsport and currently runs in the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Trident. Charlie has already collected 15 points this season and reached sixth place twice. Oscar is convinced that Charlie's services do not reflect his full potential and is optimistic that his brother will be more successful in the upcoming races.

The Eurocup-3 offers young drivers such as Oscar Wurz the opportunity to prove themselves in the world of motorsport. With his strong background story in the karting, which he began in the Micro Max category in 2016 and his impressive career in various Formula classes, Oscar seems to be ready to face the challenges of this new championship and to consolidate his place in motorsport.