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
CategoryFIA Formula 4
CountryUnited Kingdom
Inaugural season2015
ConstructorsTatuus
Engine suppliersAbarth
Tyre suppliersPirelli
Drivers' championNew Zealand Louis Sharp
Teams' championUnited Kingdom Carlin
Official websitehttp://fiaformula4.com/
Current season
Jamie Caroline British F4 Champion 2017 at Knockhill Circuit
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 United Kingdom Lando Norris United Kingdom Carlin 30 10 8 15 9 413 42
2016 United Kingdom Max Fewtrell United Kingdom Carlin 30 3 3 16 3 358 7
2017 United Kingdom Jamie Caroline United Kingdom Carlin 30 4 10 16 6 442 65.5
2018 United Kingdom Kiern Jewiss United Kingdom Double R Racing 30 2 6 18 7 445 71
2019 Barbados Zane Maloney United Kingdom Carlin 30 6 10 15 5 427 20
2020 United Kingdom Luke Browning United Kingdom Fortec Motorsports 26 6 7 16 7 412.5 4
2021 United Kingdom Matthew Rees United Kingdom JHR Developments 30 7 4 10 3 331 25
2022 Republic of Ireland Alex Dunne United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix 27 11 11 17 11 412 69
2023 New Zealand Louis Sharp United Kingdom Rodin Carlin 30 4 6 14 4 384 13

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

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

Nations Cup
Season Country Races Poles Wins Podiums Fastest laps Points Margin
2015 United States 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 Sweden Hampus Ericsson United Kingdom Fortec Motorsports 21 0 9 18 0 367.5 16

Circuits
  • Bold denotes a circuit will be used in the 2023 season.
Number Circuits Rounds Years
1 England Brands Hatch 16[lower-alpha 1] 2015–present
2 England Thruxton Circuit 11[lower-alpha 2] 2015–present
3 England Donington Park 8 2015–present
England Oulton Park 8 2015–present
England Croft Circuit 8 2015–present
England Snetterton Circuit 8 2015–present
Scotland Knockhill 8 2015–present
England Silverstone Circuit 8 2015–present
9 England Rockingham Motor Speedway 4 2015–2018

Notes
  1. Brands Hatch hosted 2 rounds every year.
  2. Thruxton Circuit hosted 2 rounds in 2019 and 2021–2022.

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.
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