2023 F4 British Championship

The 2023 ROKiT F4 British Championship is a multi-event, Formula 4 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across United Kingdom. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in Formula 4 cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. This, the ninth season, following on from the British Formula Ford Championship, is the ninth year that the cars conform to the FIA's Formula 4 regulations. Part of the TOCA tour, it forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece.

The season commenced on 22 April at Donington Park and concluded on 8 October at Brands Hatch, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after thirty races to be held at ten meetings, all but one in the support of the 2023 British Touring Car Championship.

Teams and drivers

All teams are British-registered.

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds
Rodin Carlin 2 Australia Noah Lisle 1
11 New Zealand Louis Sharp[1] 1–2
12 United Kingdom Josh Irfan[2] R 1–2
55 India Dion Gowda[3] 1–2
Hitech Pulse-Eight 4 Australia James Piszcyk[4] 1–2
5 United Kingdom William Macintyre[5] 1–2
6 Japan Kanato Le[6] 1–2
7 United Kingdom Gabriel Stilp[7] R 1–2
Virtuosi Racing 8 India Kai Daryanani[8] 1–2
14 South Africa Aqil Alibhai[9] 1–2
28 Belgium Douwe Dedecker[10] R 1–2
Phynsis by Argenti 17 Australia Patrick Heuzenroeder[11] 1–2
26 United Kingdom Isaac Barashi[lower-alpha 1][12] R 1–2
72 United Kingdom Sonny Smith[13] 1
77 India Jaden Pariat[14] 1–2
Fortec Motorsport 18 United Kingdom James Higgins[15] 1–2
29 South Africa Mika Abrahams[16] TBC
57 United Kingdom Aiden Neate[17] 1–2
Chris Dittmann Racing 23 Sweden Gustav Jonsson[18] R 1–2
49 United Kingdom Daniel Guinchard[19] 1–2
78 United Kingdom Jack Sherwood[20] 1–2
JHR Developments 72 United Kingdom Sonny Smith 2
87 United Kingdom Deagen Fairclough[21][22] 1–2
TBA TBA United Kingdom Monica Boulton Ramos[21] R TBC
Icon Class
R Rookie

Race calendar

The provisional calendar was announced on 31 May 2022, with the revision published on 26 October 2022. All races will be held in the United Kingdom. All rounds are scheduled to support 2023 British Touring Car Championship, except for the round at Silverstone Circuit held together with British Endurance Championship.[23][24]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Rookie winner
1 R1 Donington Park
(National Circuit, Leicestershire)		 22 April Australia Noah Lisle[lower-alpha 2] Australia Noah Lisle New Zealand Louis Sharp Rodin Carlin United Kingdom Josh Irfan
R2 23 April New Zealand Louis Sharp New Zealand Louis Sharp Rodin Carlin United Kingdom Josh Irfan
R3 Australia Noah Lisle[lower-alpha 2] Australia Noah Lisle Australia Noah Lisle Rodin Carlin United Kingdom Gabriel Stilp
2 R4 Brands Hatch
(Indy Circuit, Kent)		 6 May United Kingdom James Higgins United Kingdom Deagen Fairclough Japan Kanato Le Hitech Pulse-Eight Sweden Gustav Jonsson
R5 7 May United Kingdom Deagen Fairclough India Dion Gowda[lower-alpha 3] Rodin Carlin United Kingdom Gabriel Stilp
R6 United Kingdom James Higgins United Kingdom Daniel Guinchard United Kingdom James Higgins Fortec Motorsport Sweden Gustav Jonsson
3 R7 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk)		 20 May
R8 21 May
R9
4 R10 Thruxton Circuit
(Hampshire)		 3 June
R11 4 June
R12
5 R13 Oulton Park
(Island Circuit, Cheshire)		 17 June
R14 18 June
R15
6 R16 Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)		 24–25 June
R17
R18
7 R19 Croft Circuit
(North Yorkshire)		 29 July
R20
R21 30 July
8 R22 Knockhill Racing Circuit
(Fife)		 12 August
R23 13 August
R24
9 R25 Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)		 26 August
R26 27 August
R27
10 R28 Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)		 7 October
R29 8 October
R30

Championship standings

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers in races 1 and 3 and for the top eight classified finishers in race 2. Up to ten points are awarded for positions gained from the drivers' respective starting positions in race 2 which has its grid formed by reversing the order from the qualifying session. Two points are awarded for the best legal lap set in the qualifying session. Bonus points count towards only the drivers' standings.

Races Position, points per race
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   FL 
Qualifying 2
Races 1 & 3 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1
Race 2 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1

Drivers' Standings
Pos Driver DPN BHI SNE THR OUL SIL CRO KNO DPGP BHGP Pen. Pts
1 New Zealand Louis Sharp 1 110 6 Ret 43 4 82
2 United Kingdom James Higgins 8 610 8 3 125 1 69
3 India Dion Gowda 4 810 2 9 11 10 60
4 United Kingdom William Macintyre 6 20 5 2 133 2 57
5 United Kingdom Daniel Guinchard 3 162 Ret 5 77 3 52
6 Australia Noah Lisle 2 174 1 51
7 United Kingdom Deagen Fairclough 5 104 4 4 31 17 51
8 Japan Kanato Le 9 47 16 1 114 8 50
9 United Kingdom Aiden Neate 11 210 11 8 2 12 38
10 South Africa Aqil Alibhai Ret 510 NC 6 63 Ret 31
11 India Jaden Pariat 12 31 12 12 85 5 27
12 United Kingdom Jack Sherwood 13 112 3 16 16 Ret 17
13 Australia James Piszcyk 10 14 18 7 101 6 16
14 United Kingdom Gabriel Stilp 17 15 9 Ret 53 9 13
15 United Kingdom Josh Irfan 7 7 13 Ret 154 14 12
16 Sweden Gustav Jonsson Ret 12 10 10 93 7 11
17 Australia Patrick Heuzenroeder 14 9 7 11 18 11 6
18 United Kingdom Sonny Smith 18 13 14 Ret 146 Ret 6
19 Belgium Douwe Dedecker 15 18 17 13 19 13 0
20 India Kai Daryanani 16 19 Ret 14 17 16 0
21 United Kingdom Isaac Barashi DNS Ret 15 15 Ret 15 0
Pos Driver DPN BHI SNE THR OUL SIL CRO KNO DPGP BHGP Pen. Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
x – Points for positions gained

Rookie Cup
Pos Driver DPN BHI SNE THR OUL SIL CRO KNO DPGP BHGP Pen. Pts
1 Sweden Gustav Jonsson Ret 12 10 10 9 7 92
2 United Kingdom Gabriel Stilp 18 15 9 Ret 5 9 83
3 United Kingdom Josh Irfan 7 7 13 Ret 15 14 77
4 Belgium Douwe Dedecker 15 18 17 13 19 13 77
5 United Kingdom Isaac Barashi DNS Ret 15 15 Ret 15 37
Pos Driver DPN BHI SNE THR OUL SIL CRO KNO DPGP BHGP Pen. Pts

Teams Cup
Pos Team Pts
1 Rodin Carlin 103
2 Hitech Pulse-Eight 38
3 Fortec Motorsport 35
4 Chris Dittmann Racing 33
5 JHR Developments 24
6 Phinsys by Argenti 21
7 Virtuosi Racing 6

Notes
  1. Barashi is a British-Israeli-Portuguese driver competing under a British licence.
  2. Sharp set the best overall and the best second fastest time in the qualifying session, but his best lap was disallowed as he completed it under red flag. Lisle inherited pole for Race 1 and 3.
  3. Fairclough finished first but received a 2 positions drop penalty for gaining an unfair advantage. Gowda inherited the win.

References
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  3. "Dion Gowda joins Carlin's British Formula 4 team for 2023". Carlin Motorsport. 10 October 2022.
  4. "Australian talent James Piszcyk added to Hitech's 2023 line up". F4 British Championship. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  5. "Ginetta Junior Rookie Champion Macintyre confirms ROKiT British F4 switch". F4 British Championship. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  6. "Kanato Le confirms 2023 Rokit British F4 seat with Hitech GP". F4 British Championship. 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
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  11. Wood, Ida (11 November 2022). "FFord racer Patrick Heuzenroeder graduates to British F4 with Argenti". Formula Scout.
  12. "Argenti retain Isaac Barashi for 2023 season". F4 British Championship. 14 November 2022.
  13. "Sonny Smith to make British F4 debut with Phinsys by Argenti". Argenti Motorsport. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
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  16. Wood, Ida (7 February 2023). "Danish F4 winner Mika Abrahams moves to British F4 with Fortec". Formula Scout.
  17. "Alpine Academy's Aiden Neate joins ROKiT British F4 line-up". Fortec Motorsports. 19 April 2023.
  18. "Swedish karting star Gustav Jonsson completes Chris Dittmann Racing's F4 line-up". Chris Dittmann Racing. 21 March 2023.
  19. Wood, Ida (6 March 2023). "Ex-Mercedes junior Daniel Guinchard joins Chris Dittmann Racing in British F4". Formula Scout.
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  24. "Final 2023 ROKiT British F4 calendar announced". F4 British Championship. 26 October 2022.
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