Hitech Pulse Eight announced the pilot who will line up alongside Martinius Stenshorne and Gerrard Xie in the next F3 season: it's about the young man Joshua Dufek. The Austrian has already made his debut in the category with AIX Racing and is now ready for a new challenge.
From AIX Racing to Hitech Pulse-Eight
Dufek is not new to the world of Formula 3. The 2024 it was his debut season in the category with the AIX Racing team – with which he obtained a good tenth position as his best result. Joshua, previously making his debut in F3, competed in the Alpine European Regional Formula Championship and in that of EuroFormula Open.
Dufek took part in the F3 post-season testing with Hitech: the Austrian driver managed to get theeighth time in Jerezwhile a Barcelona he signed the fifth position. The official confirmation of his actual passage arrived today and Joshua said he was excited about this new chapter of his career.

Dufek to be Hitech driver for 2025 F3 season
"Taking part in my second full season in F3 with Hitech it's an important step in my career, "Said Dufek. He continued: “The team is really strong – we saw how they have always been in the fight for the title this year. I think that It will be the perfect environment for you to grow and get good results. I am really excited about this opportunity and I can't wait to work with the team and get into the new generation cars”.
Hitech Pulse-Eight Team Manager, Paul Bellringer, instead declared: “We are happy to give the welcome back to Joshua after being part of our team for the Formula Regional Asian Championship in 2022. He knows Hitech and thefamily environment will be beneficial for him as he embarks on his second season of Formula 3".
Bellringer then continued: “He drove for us in the post-season tests in October and we were thrilled pleasantly surprised by its performance. Together with Martinius Stenshorne and Gerard Xie I think that we will be able to aim for both the drivers' and constructors' titles".