F4 British Championship
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Category | FIA Formula 4 |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Inaugural season | 2015 |
Constructors | Tatuus |
Engine suppliers | Abarth |
Tyre suppliers | Pirelli |
Drivers' champion | ![]() |
Teams' champion | ![]() |
Official website | http://fiaformula4.com/ |
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F4 British Championship (full name F4 British Championship certified by FIA — powered by Ford, formerly known as MSA Formula) is a single-seater motorsport series based in the United Kingdom. The series is run to the FIA's Formula 4 regulations, and is administered by Motorsport UK. The championship is designed as a low-cost entrance to car racing, and is aimed at young racing drivers moving up from karting.
The championship replaces the British Formula Ford Championship, and used a chassis produced by Mygale and engines from Ford for seven seasons from 2015 to 2021. With Motorsport UK taking over the organization of the championship for years 2022–24, as Ford concluded their involvement, the championship will switch to a Tatuus chassis and Abarth as the engines supplier.[1][2]
The series is part of the TOCA tour, a series of events run alongside the British Touring Car Championship.
Championship format[]
Each championship event consists of three races. The series is run in support of the BTCC.
Fifteen-year-olds are eligible to compete in the series, after the MSA lowered the age limit for single-seater championships.[3] The winner of the championship will be named the FIA Formula 4 champion, and will be rewarded a test with a top-level regional Formula Three team.[4]
The car[]
2015–2021[]
Mygale provide a carbon-fibre monocoque chassis. The engine is a Ford 1.6L EcoBoost engine as used in the more modern Formula Ford cars, tuned to a maximum of 160 PS. All engines are prepared and tuned by Neil Brown Engineering, to lower costs and ensure engine equalisation.[4] Hankook are the sole tyre supplier, with the cars running on the same compound and construction rubber as used in Formula Three. Sadev provide the sequential paddle shift transmission. The engine control unit is an F88GDI4 from which features integrated paddle shift control, GPS track mapping and also functions as the complete data acquisition system.
The total price of purchasing the car is capped at £36,000.[4]
2022-[]
Starting from the 2022 season, teams will start using the combination of Tatuus chassis and the engines supplied by Abarth.[5]
Champions[]
Drivers[]
Season | Driver | Team | Races | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Fastest laps | Points | Margin |
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2015 | ![]() |
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30 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 413 | 42 |
2016 | ![]() |
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30 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 358 | 7 |
2017 | ![]() |
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30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 442 | 65.5 |
2018 | ![]() |
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30 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 445 | 71 |
2019 | ![]() |
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30 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 427 | 20 |
2020 | ![]() |
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26 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 412.5 | 4 |
2021 | ![]() |
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30 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 331 | 25 |
Teams'[]
Season | Team | Drivers | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Fastest laps | Points | Margin |
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2015 | ![]() |
3 | 13 | 12 | 27 | 17 | 712 | 85 |
2016 | ![]() |
4 | 11 | 12 | 41 | 15 | 618 | 113 |
2017 | ![]() |
4 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 10 | 869.5 | 101 |
2018 | ![]() |
4 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 15 | 837 | 39 |
2019 | ![]() |
3 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 13 | 730 | 179 |
2020 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 609.5 | 55.5 |
2021 | ![]() |
5 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 12 | 648 | 73 |
Rookie class[]
Season | Driver | Team | Races | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Fastest laps | Points | Margin |
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2015 | ![]() |
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30 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 440 | 32 |
2016 | ![]() |
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30 | 2 | 16 | 26 | 1 | 589 | 159 |
2018 | ![]() |
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30 | 0 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 548 | 15 |
2019 | ![]() |
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30 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 5 | 608.5 | 180.5 |
2020 | ![]() |
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26 | 0 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 496.5 | 61.5 |
2021 | ![]() |
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30 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 426 | 29 |
Nations Cup[]
Season | Country | Races | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Fastest laps | Points | Margin |
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2015 | ![]() |
30 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 590 | 2 |
Ford F4 Challenge Cup[]
Season | Driver | Team | Races | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Fastest laps | Points | Margin |
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2017 | ![]() |
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21 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 367.5 | 16 |
Circuits[]
- Bold denotes a current Formula One Circuit.
- Italic denotes a former Formula One Circuit.
Number | Countries, Circuits | Years |
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1 | ![]() |
2015-2021 |
2 | ![]() |
2015-2021 |
3 | ![]() |
2015-2021 |
4 | ![]() |
2015-2021 |
5 | ![]() |
2015-2021 |
6 | ![]() |
2015-2021 |
7 | ![]() |
2015-2021 |
8 | ![]() |
2015-2018 |
9 | ![]() |
2015-2021 |
References[]
- ^ "Motorsport UK to organise the F4 British Championship from 2022". Motorsport UK. 4 August 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Motorsport UK announces chassis and engine supply package for F4 British Championship from 2022". Motorsport UK. 14 August 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Mitchell, Scott (13 August 2014). "MSA to allow 15-year-olds in UK single-seaters from 2015". Autosport.com. Haymarket Media. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ a b c Mitchell, Scott (17 September 2014). "New UK FIA Formula 4 series MSA Formula to use Mygale chassis". Autosport.com. Haymarket Media. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "Motorsport UK announces chassis and engine supply package for F4 British Championship from 2022". Motorsport UK. 2021-08-14. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
External links[]
- British F4 Championship
- Auto racing series in the United Kingdom
- One-make series