2022 GB4 Championship

The 2022 GB4 Championship partnered by the BRDC[1] is the first season of a new motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars in Britain. The 2022 season is the inaugural season for the championship, which has been organised by MotorSport Vision. The season is scheduled to be run over eight triple-header rounds and will start on 2 April at Snetterton Circuit.[2]

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.[3] Teams will use the Tatuus F4-T014 chassis in the 2022 championship.[4] The car is powered by a 1.4 litre turbocharged 160 HP engine by Autotecnica Motori.

GB4 will offer its inaugural champion a £50,000 prize towards their next season of single-seater racing as part of the overall prize package.[5] Other prizes include the George Russell Pole Position Cup with a prize fund of £4,000[6] and a £20,000 shoot out prize for teenage drivers in the BRSCC National Formula Ford Championship.[7]

All 24 races in the debut season will be shown live online.[8]

Teams and drivers

All teams are British-registered.

Team No. Driver Rounds
Rossoverde Racing 7 Christian Lester 1
Fortec Motorsports 8 Elias Adestam 1–2
17 Jessica Edgar 1–2
66 Nikolas Taylor[lower-alpha 1] 1–2
Graham Brunton Racing 9 Logan Hannah 1–2
10 Chloe Grant 1–2
12 George Line 2
Kevin Mills Racing 20 Jarrod Waberski 1–2
21 Tom Mills 1–2
TBA TBA TBA
Elite Motorsport 41 Alex Walker 1–2
78 Jack Sherwood 1–2
Hillspeed 64 Megan Gilkes 1–2
81 Max Marzorati 1–2
Arden Motorsport TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA TBA
JHR Developments TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA TBA
Oldfield Motorsport TBA TBA TBA
Richardson Racing TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA TBA
Source:[10]

Calendar

The provisional calendar was announced on 22 October 2021. The championship will support the British GT championship at seven of its eight meetings.[11]

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) 16–18 April Alex Walker Alex Walker Alex Walker Elite Motorsport
R5 Alex Walker Alex Walker Alex Walker Elite Motorsport
R6 Megan Gilkes Jarrod Waberski Kevin Mills Racing
3 R7 Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire) 7–8 May
R8
R9
4 R10 Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire) 28–29 May
R11
R12
5 R13 Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk) 25–26 June
R14
R15
6 R16 Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire) 30–31 July
R17
R18
7 R19 Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent) 10–11 September
R20
R21
8 R22 Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire) 15–16 October
R23
R24

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
Notes
  • 1 2 3 refers to positions gained and thus extra points earned during race three.

Drivers' championship
Pos Driver SNE1 OUL SIL1 DON1 SNE2 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 R1 R2 R3
1 Alex Walker 2 1 63 1 1 73 159
2 Max Marzorati 4 4 23 2 6 34 127
3 Jarrod Waberski 5 3 53 3 4 12 124
4 Nikolas Taylor 1 6 82 6 3 54 118
5 Tom Mills 3 2 42 11 2 8 115
6 Elias Adestam 6 5 31 5 7 41 100
7 Megan Gilkes 7 Ret 11 4 5 11 81
8 Jack Sherwood 8 7 7 7 10 6 73
9 Jessica Edgar 9 9 10 10 12 2 67
10 Chloe Grant 11 8 Ret 9 11 12 49
11 Logan Hannah 10 Ret 9 Ret 8 9 38
12 George Line 8 9 101 32
13 Christian Lester 12 10 111 26

Notes
  1. Taylor is a Malaysian-British driver competing under a British licence.[9]

References
  1. "BRDC extends GB3 support to include GB4 for 2022". www.gb-4.net. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  2. https://racingcalendar.net/championship/gb4-championship/2022
  3. "GB4 Championship confirms calendar for inaugural season following Motorsport UK approval". www.gb-4.net. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  4. "GB4 Championship confirms calendar for inaugural season following Motorsport UK approval". www.gb-4.net. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  5. "MSV announces new GB4 Championship for 2022". www.gb-4.net. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  6. https://wtf1.com/post/george-russell-has-had-a-trophy-named-in-his-honour/
  7. https://brscc.co.uk/20000-gb4-prize-fund-announced-for-top-national-formula-ford-young-driver-in-2022/
  8. https://www.gb-4.net/news/2022/msv-unveils-exceptional-gb3-and-gb4-broadcast-package-for-2022
  9. "Official Test - Snetterton 300" (PDF). TSL Timing. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  10. "GB4 Teams". GB4 Championship. Archived from the original on 2021-11-12. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  11. "GB4 Championship confirms calendar for inaugural season". news.msv.com. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
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