2022 GB4 Championship
The 2022 GB4 Championship partnered by the BRDC[1] was the first season of a new motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars in Britain. The 2022 season was the inaugural season for the championship, which was organised by MotorSport Vision. The season ran over eight triple-header rounds and started on 2 April at Snetterton Circuit.[2]
GB4 acts as a direct feeder series to higher open-wheel categories, including the existing GB3 Championship partnered by the BRDC. GB4 runs primarily on the same British GT race programme as GB3, and retains many of the same championship partners.[3] Teams use the Tatuus F4-T014 chassis in the 2022 championship.[3] The car is powered by a 1.4 litre turbocharged 160 HP engine by Autotecnica Motori.
GB4 offered its inaugural champion a £50,000 prize towards their next season of single-seater racing as part of the overall prize package.[4] Other prizes included the George Russell Pole Position Cup with a prize fund of £4,000[5] and a £20,000 shoot out prize for teenage drivers in the BRSCC National Formula Ford Championship.[6]
All 24 races in the debut season were shown live online.[7]
Teams and drivers
[edit]All teams are British-registered.
| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valour Racing | 2 |  Daryl DeLeon
|
4 |
| 3 |  Danny Harrison
|
4 | |
| Rossoverde Racing | 5 | Christian Lester
|
8 |
| 7 | 1, 3–4, 6–7 | ||
| Fortec Motorsport | 8 |  Elias Adestam
|
1–3 |
| 17 | Jessica Edgar
|
All | |
| 32 |  Carl Bennett
|
8 | |
| 66 | Nikolas Taylor[a]
|
All | |
| Graham Brunton Racing | 9 | Logan Hannah
|
All |
| 10 | Chloe Grant
|
All | |
| 12 | George Line
|
2 | |
| Scorpio Motorsport | 14 |  Aqil Alibhai
|
8 |
| Elite Motorsport | 18 | William Macintyre
|
8 |
| 41 | Alex Walker
|
1–4 | |
| 78 | Jack Sherwood
|
All | |
| Kevin Mills Racing | 20 | Jarrod Waberski
|
All |
| 21 | Tom Mills
|
All | |
| Privateer | 41 | Alex Walker
|
5 |
| Hillspeed | 62 | Oliver Clarke
|
8 |
| 64 |  Megan Gilkes
|
All | |
| 81 | Max Marzorati
|
All | |
| 88 | Marcus Short
|
6 | |
| Oldfield Motorsport | 73 | Lucas Romanek
|
3 |
| Source:[9] | |||
Calendar
[edit]The provisional calendar was announced on 22 October 2021. The championship will support the British GT championship at seven of its eight meetings.[10]
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk) | 2 April | Nikolas Taylor
|
Nikolas Taylor
|
Nikolas Taylor
|
Fortec Motorsports |
| R2 | 3 April | Nikolas Taylor
|
Nikolas Taylor
|
Alex Walker
|
Elite Motorsport | ||
| R3 | Nikolas Taylor
|
Megan Gilkes
|
Hillspeed | ||||
| 2 | R4 | Oulton Park (International Circuit, Cheshire) | 16 April | Alex Walker
|
Alex Walker
|
Alex Walker
|
Elite Motorsport |
| R5 | 18 April | Alex Walker
|
Alex Walker
|
Alex Walker
|
Elite Motorsport | ||
| R6 | Megan Gilkes
|
Jarrod Waberski
|
Kevin Mills Racing | ||||
| 3 | R7 | Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire) | 7 May | Alex Walker
|
Nikolas Taylor
|
Nikolas Taylor
|
Fortec Motorsports |
| R8 | 8 May | Nikolas Taylor
|
Nikolas Taylor
|
Nikolas Taylor
|
Fortec Motorsports | ||
| R9 | Jack Sherwood
|
Lucas Romanek
|
Oldfield Motorsport | ||||
| 4 | R10 | Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire) | 28 May | Nikolas Taylor
|
Jack Sherwood
|
Nikolas Taylor
|
Fortec Motorsports |
| R11 | 29 May | Megan Gilkes
|
Megan Gilkes
|
Megan Gilkes
|
Hillspeed | ||
| R12 | Megan Gilkes
|
Logan Hannah
|
Graham Brunton Racing | ||||
| 5 | R13 | Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk) | 25 June | Nikolas Taylor
|
Jack Sherwood
|
Nikolas Taylor
|
Fortec Motorsports |
| R14 | 26 June | Nikolas Taylor
|
Nikolas Taylor
|
Jarrod Waberski
|
Kevin Mills Racing | ||
| R15 | Jack Sherwood
|
Jack Sherwood
|
Elite Motorsport | ||||
| 6 | R16 | Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire) | 30–31 July | Max Marzorati[b]
|
Max Marzorati
|
Nikolas Taylor
|
Fortec Motorsports |
| R17 | Max Marzorati
|
Max Marzorati
|
Nikolas Taylor
|
Fortec Motorsports | |||
| R18 | Nikolas Taylor
|
Nikolas Taylor
|
Fortec Motorsports | ||||
| 7 | R19 | Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent) | 10–11 September | Nikolas Taylor
|
Nikolas Taylor
|
Tom Mills
|
Kevin Mills Racing |
| R20 | Nikolas Taylor
|
Jack Sherwood
|
Nikolas Taylor
|
Fortec Motorsports | |||
| R21 | Jarrod Waberski
|
Jack Sherwood
|
Elite Motorsport | ||||
| 8 | R22 | Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire) | 15–16 October | Jack Sherwood
|
William Macintyre
|
Tom Mills
|
Kevin Mills Racing |
| R23 | Nikolas Taylor
|
Nikolas Taylor
|
Jarrod Waberski
|
Kevin Mills Racing | |||
| R24 | Nikolas Taylor
|
Jarrod Waberski
|
Kevin Mills Racing | ||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
- Notes
- 1 2 3 refers to positions gained and thus extra points earned during race three.
Drivers' championship
[edit]| Pos | Driver | SNE1 | OUL | SIL1 | DON1 | SNE2 | SIL2 | BRH | DON2 | Pts | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||
| 1 | Nikolas Taylor
|
1 | 6 | 82 | 6 | 3 | 54 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 67 | 1 | Ret | 54 | 1 | 1 | 16 | Ret | 1 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 546 |
| 2 | Jarrod Waberski
|
5 | 3 | 53 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 2 | Ret | 8 | 5 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 43 | Ret | 3 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 496 |
| 3 | Max Marzorati
|
4 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 63 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 482 |
| 4 | Tom Mills
|
3 | 2 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 33 | 1 | Ret | 57 | 435 |
| 5 | Jack Sherwood
|
8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 13 | Ret | 6 | 54 | 2 | 3 | 13 | DNS | 5 | 49 | 417 |
| 6 | Megan Gilkes
|
7 | Ret | 11 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 84 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 47 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 5 | Ret | 9 | 375 |
| 7 | Jessica Edgar
|
9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 269 |
| 8 | Alex Walker
|
2 | 1 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 2 | Ret | 84 | 5 | 9 | 74 | WD | WD | WD | 244 | |||||||||
| 9 | Chloe Grant
|
11 | 8 | Ret | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | Ret | 242 |
| 10 | Logan Hannah
|
10 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | Ret | 8 | 9 | Ret | 10 | 238 |
| 11 | Elias Adestam
|
6 | 5 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 41 | 4 | 6 | 52 | 151 | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | Christian Lester
|
12 | 10 | 111 | 12 | 12 | 94 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 11 | WD | WD | WD | 11 | 10 | 113 | 137 | ||||||
| 13 | William Macintyre
|
6 | 2 | 28 | 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Lucas Romanek
|
8 | 7 | 14 | 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Daryl DeLeon
|
3 | 8 | 9 | 44 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Marcus Short
|
5 | 9 | 8 | 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Oliver Clarke
|
10 | 3 | Ret | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Aqil Alibhai
|
4 | Ret | 62 | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | George Line
|
8 | 9 | 101 | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Danny Harrison
|
9 | 7 | Ret | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Carl Bennett
|
12 | 9 | 12 | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ Taylor is a Malaysian-British driver competing under a British licence.[8]
- ^ Megan Gilkes set the fastest time in qualifying, but received a three-place grid penalty for an incident at the previous round at Snetterton. Max Marzorati was promoted to pole position in her place.
References
[edit]- ^ "BRDC extends GB3 support to include GB4 for 2022". www.gb-4.net. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ "2022 GB4 Championship | RacingCalendar.net". Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ a b "GB4 Championship confirms calendar for inaugural season following Motorsport UK approval". www.gb-4.net. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ "MSV announces new GB4 Championship for 2022". www.gb-4.net. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ "George Russell Has Had a Trophy Named in His Honour". 3 March 2022.
- ^ "BRSCC | £20,000 Gb4 Prize Fund Announced for Top National Formula Ford Young Driver in 2022".
- ^ "MSV unveils exceptional GB3 and GB4 broadcast package for 2022".
- ^ "Official Test - Snetterton 300" (PDF). TSL Timing. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ "GB4 Teams". GB4 Championship. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "GB4 Championship confirms calendar for inaugural season". news.msv.com. Retrieved 22 February 2022.