2023 GB4 Championship

The 2023 GB4 Championship partnered by the BRDC was the second season of a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars in Britain. The 2023 season, which had been organised by MotorSport Vision, was run over seven triple-header rounds.

GB4 will act as a direct feeder series to higher open-wheel categories, including the existing GB3 Championship partnered by the BRDC. GB4 will run primarily on the same British GT race programme as GB3, and retain many of the same championship partners.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Rounds
KMR Sport 3 Jack Clifford[1] All
21 Tom Mills 1–6
87 Jeremy Fairbairn[2] 1–3
88 Lucas Blakeley[3] 4, 7
Oldfield Motorsport 4 Jason Conzo[4] 1–2
Rossoverde Racing 5 Christian Lester 2
Evans GP 8 Kai Daryanani[5] 3, 6
37 Cooper Webster[6] All
56 Thomas Lee[7] All
Fortec Motorsport 10 Dan Hickey 7
15 Aditya Kulkarni[8] 3–7
23 1–2
27 Ruhaan Alva[9] 1–5
62 Colin Queen[10] All
Velocity Racing Development 14 Erik Evans[11] 5
97 Zack Ping[11] 5–7
Elite Motorsport 16 Josh Irfan 1, 3, 6
17 Harri Reynolds 1–3
18 Finn Harrison 7
19 Theo Micouris 7
Fox Motorsport 48 Liam McNeilly[12] All
99 Sid Smith[13] All
Dylan Hotchin Racing 50 Dylan Hotchin[14] All
Graham Brunton Racing 68 Harry Burgoyne Jr.[15] All
87 Jeremy Fairbairn[16] 4
91 Sebastian Murray[17] 6–7
Belk Racing 98 Lexie Belk 7
Source:[18]

Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar was announced on 15 October 2022. The championship will support the British GT championship at six of its seven meetings.[19]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Oulton Park
(International Circuit, Cheshire) 		8 April Tom Mills Liam McNeilly Jeremy Fairbairn KMR Sport
R2 10 April Tom Mills Tom Mills Tom Mills KMR Sport
R3 Liam McNeilly Liam McNeilly Fox Motorsport
2 R4 Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire) 		6 May Tom Mills race cancelled due to weather conditions, rescheduled to 27 May[20]
R5 7 May Tom Mills Tom Mills Tom Mills KMR Sport
R6 Harri Reynolds Harri Reynolds Elite Motorsport
3 R4 Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire) 		27 May Tom Mills Cooper Webster Tom Mills KMR Sport
R7 Tom Mills Colin Queen Tom Mills KMR Sport
R8 28 May Colin Queen Tom Mills Tom Mills KMR Sport
R9 Tom Mills Liam McNeilly Fox Motorsport
4 R10 Snetterton Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk) 		17–18 June Cooper Webster Cooper Webster Cooper Webster Evans GP
R11 Cooper Webster Cooper Webster Tom Mills KMR Sport
R12 Cooper Webster Cooper Webster Evans GP
5 R13 Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire) 		29–30 July Tom Mills Tom Mills Tom Mills KMR Sport
R14 Tom Mills Tom Mills Tom Mills KMR Sport
R15 race cancelled due to adverse weather conditions[21]
6 R16 Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent) 		9–10 September Tom Mills Cooper Webster Tom Mills KMR Sport
R17 Tom Mills Tom Mills Tom Mills KMR Sport
R18 Liam McNeilly Kai Daryanani Evans GP
7 R19 Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire) 		21–22 October Cooper Webster Liam McNeilly Cooper Webster Evans GP
R20 Cooper Webster Cooper Webster Cooper Webster Evans GP
R21 Colin Queen Cooper Webster Evans GP


Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in races one and two, with the third race awarding points to only the top 15. Race three, which had its grid formed by reversing the qualifying order, awarded extra points for positions gained from the drivers' respective starting positions.

Races Position, points per race
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Races 1 & 2 35 29 24 21 19 17 15 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Race 3 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver OUL SIL1 DON1 SNE SIL2 BRH DON2 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Tom Mills 2 1 67 C 1 38 1 1 1 49 2 1 37 1 1 C 1 1 74 505
2 Cooper Webster 3 11 92 C 3 Ret 2 2 2 29 1 2 110 4 2 C 3 2 44 1 1 110 494
3 Liam McNeilly 6 2 18 C 7 52 6 4 8 17 5 4 10 2 3 C 2 3 37 2 3 73 419
4 Colin Queen 4 Ret 37 C 2 46 3 3 3 13 3 3 54 3 4 C 4 9 12 7 2 27 379
5 Aditya Kulkarni 11 7 11 C 11 7 11 9 6 34 10 6 2 7 7 C 8 10 2 9 8 33 256
6 Harry Burgoyne Jr. 9 5 8 C 8 102 7 10 9 5 4 8 9 9 8 C 7 6 Ret 5 6 4 256
7 Jack Clifford 8 10 10 C 6 6 8 7 Ret 9 8 11 4 5 6 C 10 8 8 13 Ret 13 207
8 Sid Smith 13 Ret 5 C 9 Ret 5 12 7 7 9 5 Ret 8 10 C 6 5 5 8 Ret 11 203
9 Jeremy Fairbairn 1 6 12 C 5 9 4 5 4 6 7 9 6 190
10 Ruhaan Alva 7 Ret 7 C 14 2 10 8 5 14 6 10 8 6 5 C 165
11 Dylan Hotchin 14 8 131 C 13 121 13 DNS Ret Ret 12 12 Ret 12 11 C 12 12 103 10 10 Ret 132
12 Harri Reynolds 10 4 25 C 4 15 9 13 Ret 11 125
13 Josh Irfan 5 3 44 6 Ret 10 5 7 Ret 117
14 Thomas Lee 15 DNS DNS C Ret Ret 12 14 11 123 13 13 DSQ 13 12 C 14 13 113 12 Ret 124 113
15 Lucas Blakeley 11 7 71 3 5 5 89
16 Zack Ping 10 Ret C 13 4 63 4 Ret Ret 74
17 Sebastian Murray 11 11 93 11 9 93 62
18 Kai Daryanani 11 10 8 9 Ret 1 61
19 Theo Micouris 6 7 62 44
20 Jason Conzo 12 9 Ret C 10 8 40
21 Finn Harrison Ret 4 8 29
22 Erik Evans 11 9 C 22
23 Christian Lester C 12 114 18
24 Lexie Belk Ret 11 141 13
25 Dan Hickey Ret Ret 104 10
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
OUL SIL1 DON1 SNE SIL2 BRH DON2
Source:[22]
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championship

Pos. Team Points
1 KMR Sport 837
2 Fortec Motorsport 678
3 Evans GP 629
4 Fox Motorsport 622
5 Graham Brunton Racing 355
6 Elite Motorsport 315
7 Dylan Hotchin Racing 132
8 Velocity Racing Development 96
9 Oldfield Motorsport 40
10 Rossoverde Racing 18
11 Belk Racing 13

Notes

References

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