Joshua Dufek joins Hitech Pulse-Eight for 2025 season

Hitech Pulse-Eight have confirmed Joshua Dufek for the 2025 FIA Formula 3 season. He joins Martinius Stenshorne and Gerrard Xie and completes the team’s line-up for next year.

The Austrian driver completed his rookie campaign with AIX Racing in 2024, finishing the year with a best-finish of 10th.

Dufek took part in post-season testing with Hitech, finishing eighth fastest in Jerez and fifth in Barcelona on the second and final day of the respective tests.

Prior to F3, Dufek raced in Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine, and raced in the EuroFormula Open Championship in 2023.

Dufek said that joining Hitech was a great move for him and that he was hoping to hit the ground running with the British outfit in 2025.

“Moving up to my second full season of F3 with Hitech is a fantastic next step in my career. The team is really strong and we’ve seen this year that they were always in the fight for the title. I think it will be the perfect environment for me to build on my 2024 experience and achieve some good results. I’m really excited about this opportunity and I’m looking forward to getting to work with the team and with a brand-new generation of F3 car.”

Hitech F3 Team Manager Paul Bellringer added: “We’re very happy to welcome Joshua back to Hitech after he was part of the team’s Formula Regional Asian campaign in 2022. He knows Hitech well and that familiar environment will be of benefit to him as he embarks on his second full season in Formula 3.

“He drove for us in the end of season tests in October and we were very pleased with his performances. Together with Martinius Stenshorne and Gerrard Xie I think we can make another strong bid for both Championship titles.”