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

All teams are British-registered.

Team No. Driver Rounds
Valour Racing 2 Philippines Daryl DeLeon 4
3 United Kingdom Danny Harrison 4
Rossoverde Racing 5 United Kingdom Christian Lester 8
7 1, 3–4, 6–7
Fortec Motorsport 8 Sweden Elias Adestam 1–3
17 United Kingdom Jessica Edgar All
32 Thailand Carl Bennett 8
66 United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor[lower-alpha 1] All
Graham Brunton Racing 9 United Kingdom Logan Hannah All
10 United Kingdom Chloe Grant All
12 United Kingdom George Line 2
Scorpio Motorsport 14 South Africa Aqil Alibhai 8
Elite Motorsport 18 United Kingdom William Macintyre 8
41 United Kingdom Alex Walker 1–4
78 United Kingdom Jack Sherwood All
Kevin Mills Racing 20 South Africa Jarrod Waberski All
21 United Kingdom Tom Mills All
Privateer 41 United Kingdom Alex Walker 5
Hillspeed 62 United Kingdom Oliver Clarke 8
64 Canada Megan Gilkes All
81 United Kingdom Max Marzorati All
88 United Kingdom Marcus Short 6
Oldfield Motorsport 73 United Kingdom Lucas Romanek 3
Source:[9]

Calendar

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 United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor Fortec Motorsports
R2 3 April United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor United Kingdom Alex Walker Elite Motorsport
R3 United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor Canada Megan Gilkes Hillspeed
2 R4 Oulton Park (International Circuit, Cheshire) 16 April United Kingdom Alex Walker United Kingdom Alex Walker United Kingdom Alex Walker Elite Motorsport
R5 18 April United Kingdom Alex Walker United Kingdom Alex Walker United Kingdom Alex Walker Elite Motorsport
R6 Canada Megan Gilkes South Africa Jarrod Waberski Kevin Mills Racing
3 R7 Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire) 7 May United Kingdom Alex Walker United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor Fortec Motorsports
R8 8 May United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor Fortec Motorsports
R9 United Kingdom Jack Sherwood United Kingdom Lucas Romanek Oldfield Motorsport
4 R10 Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire) 28 May United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor United Kingdom Jack Sherwood United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor Fortec Motorsports
R11 29 May Canada Megan Gilkes Canada Megan Gilkes Canada Megan Gilkes Hillspeed
R12 Canada Megan Gilkes United Kingdom Logan Hannah Graham Brunton Racing
5 R13 Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk) 25 June United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor United Kingdom Jack Sherwood United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor Fortec Motorsports
R14 26 June United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor South Africa Jarrod Waberski Kevin Mills Racing
R15 United Kingdom Jack Sherwood United Kingdom Jack Sherwood Elite Motorsport
6 R16 Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire) 30–31 July United Kingdom Max Marzorati[lower-alpha 2] United Kingdom Max Marzorati United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor Fortec Motorsports
R17 United Kingdom Max Marzorati United Kingdom Max Marzorati United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor Fortec Motorsports
R18 United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor Fortec Motorsports
7 R19 Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent) 10–11 September United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor United Kingdom Tom Mills Kevin Mills Racing
R20 United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor United Kingdom Jack Sherwood United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor Fortec Motorsports
R21 South Africa Jarrod Waberski United Kingdom Jack Sherwood Elite Motorsport
8 R22 Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire) 15–16 October United Kingdom Jack Sherwood United Kingdom William Macintyre United Kingdom Tom Mills Kevin Mills Racing
R23 United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor South Africa Jarrod Waberski Kevin Mills Racing
R24 United Kingdom Nikolas Taylor South Africa Jarrod Waberski Kevin Mills Racing

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 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 United Kingdom 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 South Africa 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 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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 Canada 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 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom Alex Walker 2 1 63 1 1 73 2 Ret 84 5 9 74 WD WD WD 244
9 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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 Sweden Elias Adestam 6 5 31 5 7 41 4 6 52 151
12 United Kingdom Christian Lester 12 10 111 12 12 94 13 13 12 6 10 11 WD WD WD 11 10 113 137
13 United Kingdom William Macintyre 6 2 28 71
14 United Kingdom Lucas Romanek 8 7 14 52
15 Philippines Daryl DeLeon 3 8 9 44
16 United Kingdom Marcus Short 5 9 8 39
17 United Kingdom Oliver Clarke 10 3 Ret 35
18 South Africa Aqil Alibhai 4 Ret 62 33
19 United Kingdom George Line 8 9 101 32
20 United Kingdom Danny Harrison 9 7 Ret 27
21 Thailand Carl Bennett 12 9 12 25

Notes

  1. Taylor is a Malaysian-British driver competing under a British licence.[8]
  2. 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

  1. "BRDC extends GB3 support to include GB4 for 2022". www.gb-4.net. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  2. "2022 GB4 Championship | RacingCalendar.net". Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  3. 1 2 "GB4 Championship confirms calendar for inaugural season following Motorsport UK approval". www.gb-4.net. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  4. "MSV announces new GB4 Championship for 2022". www.gb-4.net. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  5. "George Russell Has Had a Trophy Named in His Honour". 3 March 2022.
  6. "BRSCC | £20,000 Gb4 Prize Fund Announced for Top National Formula Ford Young Driver in 2022".
  7. "MSV unveils exceptional GB3 and GB4 broadcast package for 2022".
  8. "Official Test - Snetterton 300" (PDF). TSL Timing. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  9. "GB4 Teams". GB4 Championship. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  10. "GB4 Championship confirms calendar for inaugural season". news.msv.com. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
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