Austrian / Swiss
Joshua Dufek (born in London to a German-Austrian father and a British mother, and based in Geneva) is an Austrian and Swiss racing driver who competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship across three seasons.
Before F3 he raced in the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine and in the 2023 EuroFormula Open Championship. He got his first taste of FIA Formula 3 at the end of 2023, called up by Campos Racing for the final round at Monza to replace Hugh Barter; after spinning out of qualifying he finished 14th in both races.
Dufek stepped up to a full FIA F3 season in 2024 with PHM AIX Racing. It was a hard year spent largely toward the rear of the field; a standout sixth in qualifying in Hungary was undone by disqualification for being underweight, and his single point came in the Monza finale. For 2025 he switched to Hitech TGR alongside Martinius Stenshorne and Gerrard Xie, but after failing to score in the first four rounds he left the team following the Monaco round owing to budget difficulties.
Dufek's F3 record is that of a determined but underfunded competitor who fought hard for limited results across a difficult three-year stint in the category.