Hi everyone, my name is Callum Voisin and this year I will be racing with Carlin in the British GB3 Championship. As this is the first column I have written, I thought it may be good to let you know a little about myself.
I have just turned 16, am British, but was born and raised in Switzerland. Motorsports in Switzerland is heavily discouraged, a legacy of the Le Mans crash in 1955 after which Swiss voters banned competitive motorsport. It has relaxed a little since, but as a result, there isn’t really a motorsports culture so most budding karters or drivers tend to start in neighbouring countries, which in my case was France. Luckily, I live close to the border so started at a small French kart circuit, MK Karting, where I took my first steps in a Rotax kart when I was 10.
After a couple of years competing in the French regional championships, I changed my licence for a British one and started karting in the UK. Along the way, I’ve picked up a few things including the English Minimax Champion 2019, Clay Pigeon club champion 2019 and 2020, represented Team UK at the 2019 Rotax World finals and came third in the British Junior Max Championship 2020. I’ve also raced in the Belgium National League and the Rotax European Championships Winter Cup, all with Coles kart team. I would have done more international karting in 2020 in Europe but that little thing called COVID got in the way of that!
Last year was my first year in cars in the Ginetta Junior Championships with my brother’s old team R-Racing. After some solid pre-season testing it started so well with five outright victories in the first eight races. However, it was a season also dogged with controversy and, I’m sorry to say, its fair share of politics so didn’t end as I would have wanted. But anyway, that’s in the past and I’m proud of the seven victories – equal highest of the season – and multiple other podiums, including winning the triple at Brands Hatch.
The controversy led me to question whether I should continue in Ginetta Juniors so with the support of EDGE management I tested both an F4 and a GB3 car mid-season, both of which I loved. This experience led me to decide on a switch to single seaters, so, in some respects the challenges I faced last year led me directly to choose GB3 for 2022 rather than stay in saloons.