2023 GB4 Championship

The 2023 GB4 Championship partnered by the BRDC is the second season of a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars in Britain. The 2023 season, which has been organised by MotorSport Vision, is scheduled to be run 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
Team No. Driver Rounds
United Kingdom KMR Sport 3 Australia Jack Clifford 1–2
21 United Kingdom Tom Mills 1–2
87 United States Jeremy Fairbairn[1] 1–2
United Kingdom Oldfield Motorsport 4 United States Jason Conzo[2] 1–2
United Kingdom Rossoverde Racing 5 United Kingdom Christian Lester 2
United Kingdom Elite Motorsport 16 United Kingdom Josh Irfan 1
17 United Kingdom Harri Reynolds 1–2
United Kingdom Fortec Motorsport 23 India Aditya Kulkarni 1–2
27 India Ruhaan Alva 1–2
62 United States Colin Queen[3] 1–2
Australia Evans GP 37 Australia Cooper Webster 1–2
56 United States Thomas Lee 1–2
United Kingdom Fox Motorsport 48 United Kingdom Liam McNeilly[4] 1–2
99 United Kingdom Sid Smith[5] 1–2
United Kingdom Dylan Hotchin Racing 50 United Kingdom Dylan Hotchin[6] 1–2
United Kingdom Graham Brunton Racing 68 United Kingdom Harry Burgoyne Jr.[7] 1–2
Source:[8]

Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar was announced on 15 October 2022. The championship will support the British GT championship at six of its seven meetings.[9]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Oulton Park
(International Circuit, Cheshire)		 8 April United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom Liam McNeilly United States Jeremy Fairbairn United Kingdom KMR Sport
R2 10 April United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom KMR Sport
R3 United Kingdom Liam McNeilly United Kingdom Liam McNeilly United Kingdom Fox Motorsport
2 R4 Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)		 6–7 May United Kingdom Tom Mills Race cancelled due to weather conditions
R5 United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom KMR Sport
R6 United Kingdom Harri Reynolds United Kingdom Harri Reynolds United Kingdom Elite Motorsport
3 R7 Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)		 27–28 May
R8
R9
4 R10 Snetterton Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk)		 17–18 June
R11
R12
5 R13 Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)		 29–30 July
R14
R15
6 R16 Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)		 9–10 September
R17
R18
7 R19 Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)		 21–22 October
R20
R21

Championship standings
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
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
Pos Driver OUL SIL1 DON1 SNE SIL2 BRA DON2 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 United Kingdom Tom Mills 2 1 67 C 1 38 139
2 United Kingdom Liam McNeilly 6 2 18 C 7 52 102
3 United Kingdom Harri Reynolds 10 4 25 C 4 15 100
4 United States Colin Queen 4 Ret 37 C 2 46 91
5 United States Jeremy Fairbairn 1 6 12 C 5 9 82
6 Australia Cooper Webster 3 11 92 C 3 Ret 67
7 United Kingdom Josh Irfan 5 3 44 60
8 United Kingdom Harry Burgoyne Jr. 9 5 8 C 8 102 60
9 Australia Jack Clifford 8 10 10 C 6 6 57
10 India Aditya Kulkarni 11 7 11 C 11 7 49
11 India Ruhaan Alva 7 Ret 7 C 14 2 48
12 United States Jason Conzo 12 9 Ret C 10 8 40
13 United Kingdom Dylan Hotchin 14 8 131 C 13 121 37
14 United Kingdom Sid Smith 13 Ret 5 C 9 Ret 31
15 United Kingdom Christian Lester C 12 114 18
16 United States Thomas Lee 15 DNS DNS C Ret Ret 6
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
OUL SIL1 DON1 SNE SIL2 BRA DON2

References
  1. Whitfield, Steve (2022-11-18). "USF Juniors racer Fairbairn makes UK switch to GB4 in 2023". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  2. "Oldfield Motorsport Confirms USA Star Jason Conzo in GB4 Line-up". MSV. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  3. Whitfield, Steve (2022-12-07). "GB4 scholarship winner Colin Queen to race in the series with Fortec". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  4. Whitfield, Steve (2022-10-15). "Fox Motorsport to join GB4 in 2023 with Liam McNeilly". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  5. Wood, Ida (2022-12-15). "Fiesta Junior champion Sid Smith to GB4 with Fox Motorsport". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  6. Wood, Ida (2022-12-12). "GB4 attracts privateer F4 entry for its second season". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  7. Whitfield, Steve (2023-02-13). "Kart star Harry Burgoyne Jr joins GB4 grid with Graham Brunton Racing". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  8. "GB4 Teams". www.gb-4.net. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  9. "2023 Calendar Confirmed for GB4 Championship". gb-4.net. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
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