F4 British Championship

Not to be confused with GB4 Championship.
F4 British Championship
CategoryFIA Formula 4
CountryUnited Kingdom
Inaugural season2015
ConstructorsTatuus
Engine suppliersAbarth
Tyre suppliersPirelli
Drivers' champion Deagen Fairclough
Teams' champion Hitech Pulse-Eight
Official websitehttp://fiaformula4.com/
Current season

The F4 British Championship (full name Wera Tools F4 British Championship certified by FIA, formerly known as F4 British Championship certified by FIA — powered by Ford (2016–21), MSA Formula (2015)) is a single-seater motorsport series based in the United Kingdom. The series is run to the FIA's Formula 4 regulations, and is administered by Motorsport UK. The championship is designed as a low-cost entrance to car racing, and is aimed at young racing drivers moving up from karting.

The championship replaces the British Formula Ford Championship, and used a chassis produced by Mygale and engines from Ford for seven seasons from 2015 to 2021. With Motorsport UK taking over the organization of the championship for years 2022–24, as Ford concluded their involvement, the championship will switch to a Tatuus chassis and Abarth as the engines supplier.[1][2]

The series is part of the TOCA tour, a series of events run alongside the British Touring Car Championship.

Championship format

Each championship event consists of three races. The series is run in support of the BTCC.

Fifteen-year-olds are eligible to compete in the series, after the MSA lowered the age limit for single-seater championships.[3] The winner of the championship will be named the FIA Formula 4 champion, and will be rewarded a test with a top-level regional Formula Three team.[4]

The car

2015–2021

Mygale M14-F4 provided a carbon-fibre monocoque chassis. The engine was a Ford 1.6L EcoBoost engine as used in the more modern Formula Ford cars, tuned to a maximum of 160 PS. All engines were prepared and tuned by Neil Brown Engineering, to lower costs and ensure engine equalisation.[4] Hankook was the sole tyre supplier, with the cars running on the same compound and construction rubber as used in Formula Three. Sadev provided the sequential paddle shift transmission. The engine control unit was an F88GDI4 from Life Racing which featured integrated paddle shift control, GPS track mapping and also functions as the complete data acquisition system.

The total price of purchasing the car is capped at £36,000.[4]

2022–present

Starting from the 2022 season, teams have started using the combination of Tatuus F4-T421 chassis and the engines supplied by Abarth.[5]

Champions

Drivers

Season Driver Team Races Poles Wins Podiums Fastest laps Points Margin
2015 Lando Norris Carlin 30 10 8 15 9 413 42
2016 Max Fewtrell Carlin 30 3 3 16 3 358 7
2017 Jamie Caroline Carlin 30 4 10 16 6 442 65.5
2018 Kiern Jewiss Double R Racing 30 2 6 18 7 445 71
2019 Zane Maloney Carlin 30 6 10 15 5 427 20
2020 Luke Browning Fortec Motorsports 26 6 7 16 7 412.5 4
2021 Matthew Rees JHR Developments 30 7 4 10 3 331 25
2022 Alex Dunne Hitech Grand Prix 27 11 11 17 11 412 69
2023 Louis Sharp Rodin Carlin 30 4 6 14 4 384 13
2024 Deagen Fairclough Hitech Pulse-Eight 30 15 14 22 19 579.5 222.5


Teams

Season Team Drivers Poles Wins Podiums Fastest laps Points Margin
2015 Carlin 3 13 12 27 17 712 85
2016 Carlin 4 11 12 41 15 618 113
2017 Carlin 4 6 12 30 10 869.5 101
2018 TRS Arden Junior Racing Team 4 9 11 39 15 837 39
2019 Double R Racing 3 8 11 31 13 730 179
2020 Carlin 3 3 10 23 5 609.5 55.5
2021 JHR Developments 5 11 13 29 12 648 73
2022 Carlin 3 5 6 39 9 789 153
2023 Rodin Carlin 4 9 15 29 9 692 40
2024 Hitech Pulse-Eight 6 16 17 33 22 807.5 66.5


Rookie class

Season Driver Team Races Poles Wins Podiums Fastest laps Points Margin
2015 Enaam Ahmed TRS Arden Junior Racing Team 30 0 6 17 0 440 32
2016 Alex Quinn Fortec Motorsports 30 2 16 26 1 589 159
2018 Jack Doohan TRS Arden Junior Racing Team 30 0 12 25 7 548 15
2019 Zane Maloney Carlin 30 6 21 26 5 608.5 180.5
2020 Christian Mansell Carlin 26 0 14 23 0 496.5 61.5
2021 Matthew Rees JHR Developments 30 7 9 19 3 426 29
2022 Ugo Ugochukwu Carlin 30 3 16 24 8 506 35
2023 Gustav Jonsson Chris Dittmann Racing 30 0 11 24 1 489 26
2024 Martin Molnar Virtuosi Racing 30 0 7 22 0 403 11

Nations Cup

Season Country Races Poles Wins Podiums Fastest laps Points Margin
2015 United States 30 3 14 26 8 590 2

Ford F4 Challenge Cup

Season Driver Team Races Poles Wins Podiums Fastest laps Points Margin
2017 Hampus Ericsson Fortec Motorsports 21 0 9 18 0 367.5 16

Circuits

Number Circuits Rounds Years
1 Brands Hatch 20[a] 2015–present
2 Thruxton Circuit 13[b] 2015–present
3 Donington Park 12[c] 2015–present
4 Silverstone Circuit 11[d] 2015–present
5 Snetterton Circuit 10 2015–present
Knockhill 10 2015–present
7 Oulton Park 9 2015–2023
Croft Circuit 9 2015–2023
9 Rockingham Motor Speedway 4 2015–2018
10 Circuit Zandvoort 1 2024–present

Notes

  1. ^ Brands Hatch hosted 2 rounds in 2015—2024.
  2. ^ Thruxton Circuit hosted 2 rounds in 2019 and 2021–2022.
  3. ^ Donington Park hosted 2 rounds in 2023—2024, and it will host 2 rounds in 2025.
  4. ^ Silverstone Circuit hosted 2 rounds in 2024, and it will host 2 rounds in 2025.

References

  1. ^ "Motorsport UK to organise the F4 British Championship from 2022". Motorsport UK. 4 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Motorsport UK announces chassis and engine supply package for F4 British Championship from 2022". Motorsport UK. 14 August 2021.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Scott (13 August 2014). "MSA to allow 15-year-olds in UK single-seaters from 2015". Autosport.com. Haymarket Media. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  4. ^ a b c Mitchell, Scott (17 September 2014). "New UK FIA Formula 4 series MSA Formula to use Mygale chassis". Autosport.com. Haymarket Media. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Motorsport UK announces chassis and engine supply package for F4 British Championship from 2022". Motorsport UK. 2021-08-14. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
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