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 ran 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[edit]

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	Aditya Kulkarni^[8]	1–2
	27	Ruhaan Alva^[9]	1–5
	62	Colin Queen^[10]	All
Velocity Racing Development	14	Erik Evans^[11]	5
Velocity Racing Development	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
Fox Motorsport	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[edit]

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		10 April		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		7 May		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		27 May	Tom Mills	Colin Queen	Tom Mills	KMR Sport
	R8		28 May	Colin Queen	Tom Mills	Tom Mills	KMR Sport
	R9		28 May		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[edit]

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
Races	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[edit]

Pos	Driver	OUL			SIL1			DON1				SNE			SIL2			BRH			DON2			Pts
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
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
Pos	Driver	OUL			SIL1			DON1				SNE			SIL2			BRH			DON2			Pts
Source:^[22]

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

^ Wood, Ida (2023-01-17). "Kevin Mills Racing signs Australian FFord driver Jack Clifford for GB4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
^ Whitfield, Steve (2022-11-18). "USF Juniors racer Fairbairn makes UK switch to GB4 in 2023". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
^ Whitfield, Steve (2023-06-16). "F1 Esports champion Blakeley to make Formula 4 debut this weekend". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
^ "Oldfield Motorsport Confirms USA Star Jason Conzo in GB4 Line-up". MSV. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
^ Wood, Ida (2023-05-23). "Daryanani and Yamakoshi add extra F4 programmes to their schedules". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
^ Wood, Ida (2022-12-19). "Evans GP makes Tasman Series runner-up Webster its first GB4 signing". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
^ Whitfield, Steve (2023-01-11). "Evans GP adds Thomas Lee to GB4 line-up". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
^ Whitfield, Steve (2023-04-06). "Karting graduate Aditya Kulkarni joins GB4 with Fortec". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
^ Whitfield, Steve (2023-04-04). "Indian junior karting champion Ruhaan Alva joins GB4 with Fortec". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
^ Whitfield, Steve (2022-12-07). "GB4 scholarship winner Colin Queen to race in the series with Fortec". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
^ ^a ^b "ZACK PING AND ERIK EVANS JOIN GB4 CHAMPIONSHIP WITH VRD RACING". www.gb-4.net. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
^ Whitfield, Steve (2022-10-15). "Fox Motorsport to join GB4 in 2023 with Liam McNeilly". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
^ Wood, Ida (2022-12-15). "Fiesta Junior champion Sid Smith to GB4 with Fox Motorsport". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
^ Wood, Ida (2022-12-12). "GB4 attracts privateer F4 entry for its second season". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
^ Whitfield, Steve (2023-02-13). "Kart star Harry Burgoyne Jr joins GB4 grid with Graham Brunton Racing". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
^ Whitfield, Steve (2023-06-14). "Jeremy Fairbairn makes GB4 switch to Graham Brunton Racing". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
^ Wood, Ida (2023-09-04). "Seb Murray joins Graham Brunton Racing in GB4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
^ "GB4 Teams". www.gb-4.net. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
^ "2023 Calendar Confirmed for GB4 Championship". gb-4.net. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
^ "Additional GB4 race confirmed for Donington Park this weekend". GB4 Championship. 2023-05-22.
^ Whitfield, Steve (2023-07-30). "Rain at Silverstone forces abandonment of GB3 and GB4 races". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
^ "GB4 Standings". www.gb-4.net. Retrieved 2023-06-02.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] Wood, Ida (2023-01-17). "Kevin Mills Racing signs Australian FFord driver Jack Clifford for GB4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-09-04.

[2] Whitfield, Steve (2022-11-18). "USF Juniors racer Fairbairn makes UK switch to GB4 in 2023". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-12-27.

[3] Whitfield, Steve (2023-06-16). "F1 Esports champion Blakeley to make Formula 4 debut this weekend". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-09-04.

[4] "Oldfield Motorsport Confirms USA Star Jason Conzo in GB4 Line-up". MSV. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2023.

[5] Wood, Ida (2023-05-23). "Daryanani and Yamakoshi add extra F4 programmes to their schedules". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-09-04.

[6] Wood, Ida (2022-12-19). "Evans GP makes Tasman Series runner-up Webster its first GB4 signing". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-09-04.

[7] Whitfield, Steve (2023-01-11). "Evans GP adds Thomas Lee to GB4 line-up". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-09-04.

[8] Whitfield, Steve (2023-04-06). "Karting graduate Aditya Kulkarni joins GB4 with Fortec". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-09-04.

[9] Whitfield, Steve (2023-04-04). "Indian junior karting champion Ruhaan Alva joins GB4 with Fortec". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-09-04.

[10] Whitfield, Steve (2022-12-07). "GB4 scholarship winner Colin Queen to race in the series with Fortec". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-12-27.

[:0-11] "ZACK PING AND ERIK EVANS JOIN GB4 CHAMPIONSHIP WITH VRD RACING". www.gb-4.net. Retrieved 2023-07-27.

[12] Whitfield, Steve (2022-10-15). "Fox Motorsport to join GB4 in 2023 with Liam McNeilly". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-12-27.

[13] Wood, Ida (2022-12-15). "Fiesta Junior champion Sid Smith to GB4 with Fox Motorsport". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-12-27.

[14] Wood, Ida (2022-12-12). "GB4 attracts privateer F4 entry for its second season". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-12-27.

[15] Whitfield, Steve (2023-02-13). "Kart star Harry Burgoyne Jr joins GB4 grid with Graham Brunton Racing". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-03-29.

[16] Whitfield, Steve (2023-06-14). "Jeremy Fairbairn makes GB4 switch to Graham Brunton Racing". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-09-04.

[17] Wood, Ida (2023-09-04). "Seb Murray joins Graham Brunton Racing in GB4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-09-04.

[18] "GB4 Teams". www.gb-4.net. Retrieved 2023-03-29.

[19] "2023 Calendar Confirmed for GB4 Championship". gb-4.net. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

[20] "Additional GB4 race confirmed for Donington Park this weekend". GB4 Championship. 2023-05-22.

[21] Whitfield, Steve (2023-07-30). "Rain at Silverstone forces abandonment of GB3 and GB4 races". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-07-30.

[22] "GB4 Standings". www.gb-4.net. Retrieved 2023-06-02.

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