Rodin Motorsport 2025 Season Review: Another step in the right direction

It took until the final round of the 2025 season, but Rodin Motorsport finally got their race victory after Roman Bilinski completed a stellar comeback season in his own right, winning the Monza Sprint Race.

In a campaign full of podiums and points finishes, it was an important exclamation mark on another positive year for the Rodin outfit.

Team Manager Sam Waple says the team took a great deal of satisfaction from improving on their 2024 finishing position of eighth, but is already eyeing up the next step forward.

“We always want more, of course we do, but we shouldn't forget that it was our most successful year in the current FIA F3 format. So, from our side, we are very happy.”

Two of the three Rodin drivers achieved podium finishes, with Louis Sharp the only one not to, though the New Zealander came very close back in Imola, finishing fourth in the Sprint Race.

Callum Voisin and Bilinski combined for four podium visits, and the team achieved 21 point-scoring results across the campaign.

Waple says it was a great showing by all three, and the chemistry between drivers and the team were something he was eager to replicate going forward.

“They were all capable of podiums and regular point scoring, but I think the competitiveness of the championship this year has been at an all-time high, I'd say.

“We’re very happy with them. I think there were opportunities that sort of slipped away, that could have been even better, but they all did a great job this year.

“The three of them instantly got on. You could tell that even from before we were at the circuit. They instantly had a good connection, and that only grew during the year.

“Working together and developing the car and the team, and it takes a team effort, and the way that they work together, and the fact that they remained really good friends through it made the environment and atmosphere within the team really strong.

“You can't undervalue that, I think that it’s incredibly important, and I'm not sure how I'll be able to do that again. I'd really like to be able to replicate it each year, and maybe I will, but it did feel like quite a unique year. They were great characters and well-liked by everyone.”

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2025 was the start of a new era in Formula 3, with the introduction of the new car meaning all teams had to start from scratch, and develop across the season in both their understanding of the car and how to best extract pace.

For Rodin, Waple says they were able to quickly get on top of things in the early part of the year, but it was actually the progress the team made in 2024 that counted most this season.

“It would be easy to say, ‘Oh, look, new car, they've got on top of that, and that's the change.’ But I actually would disagree.

“From the mid-part of last year onwards, we showed that we had a capability of winning races and scoring regular points. And I think that came from a slightly different mindset to how we go about the weekends.

“It was nice that we could carry that momentum on from the last car into the new one. I felt we had the groundwork in order to then deliver with the new car. Then we started running with it.”

With the 2025 campaign in the books, attentions turn to 2026 and what comes next. First up is post-season testing, with three two-day meetings set in October for teams to get prepared ahead of year two with the new car.

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Waple says that it has been a fulfilling season for Rodin, but the hard work will not stop. With a clear step forward in terms of competitiveness and speed, the team will be flat out as they aim to continue on their upward trajectory.

“We have worked incredibly hard to try and move the team on from the sort of reputation in F3 that hasn't been particularly strong.

“The amount of work that was put in over winter was massive. And I think that really showed almost from day one in the Barcelona test. We immediately felt quite comfortable with the performance that we had, and that didn't seem to fade too much.

“It's something that the whole team can be very proud of, because it takes everybody involved to work at their absolute highest standard to be able to compete at this level with all the other teams that are also incredibly talented as well.

“I think that it's hats off to everyone involved to push it on, really. And it's so nice to arrive at weekends with the expectation to win rather than just the expectation to circulate, you know. So, it's been a great step forward.

“There's lots of testing to be done. We still need to iron out some things to make sure we're competitive at every round. We like to make sure that we don't leave any stones unturned, and make sure that there are no unforeseen errors.

“We just want to keep the trajectory going and moving up the Teams’ Championship. There's absolutely no reason why we can't continue to move up the grid. Everybody is focusing on going forward and looking in the right places. I think we've got all the ingredients to do that.”