F4 British Championship

The F4 British Championship (full name ROKiT 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.

F4 British Championship

Category	FIA Formula 4
Country	United Kingdom
Inaugural season	2015
Constructors	Tatuus
Engine suppliers	Abarth
Tyre suppliers	Pirelli
Drivers' champion	Louis Sharp
Teams' champion	Carlin
Official website	http://fiaformula4.com/
Current season

Jamie Caroline British F4 Champion 2017

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-T-421 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

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

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

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

• Bold denotes a circuit will be used in the 2024 season.

Number	Circuits	Rounds	Years
1	Brands Hatch	18^[a]	2015–present
2	Thruxton Circuit	12^[b]	2015–present
3	Donington Park	10^[c]	2015–present
4	Oulton Park	9	2015–2023
	Croft Circuit	9	2015–2023
	Snetterton Circuit	9	2015–present
	Knockhill	9	2015–present
	Silverstone Circuit	9^[d]	2015–present
9	Rockingham Motor Speedway	4	2015–2018
10	Circuit Zandvoort	0	2024

Notes

1. Brands Hatch hosted 2 rounds every year.
2. Thruxton Circuit hosted 2 rounds in 2019 and 2021–2022.
3. Donington Park hosted 2 rounds in 2023 and will host 2 rounds in 2024.
4. Silverstone Circuit will host 2 rounds in 2024.

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. 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.

External links

• Official website