2023 F4 British Championship

The 2023 ROKit F4 British Championship will be a multi-event, Formula 4 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across United Kingdom. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in Formula 4 cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. This, the ninth season, following on from the British Formula Ford Championship, will be the ninth year that the cars conform to the FIA's Formula 4 regulations. Part of the TOCA tour, it forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece.

The season will commence on 22 April at Donington Park and will conclude on 8 October at Brands Hatch, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after thirty races to be held at ten meetings, all but one in the support of the 2023 British Touring Car Championship.

Teams and drivers
Team No. Drivers Class Rounds
Hitech Pulse-Eight 4 Australia James Piszcyk[1] TBC
5 United Kingdom Will Macintyre[2] TBC
6 Japan Kanato Le[3] TBC
Virtuosi Racing 8 India Kai Daryanani[4] TBC
14 South Africa Aqil Alibhai[5] TBC
28 Belgium Douwe Dedecker[6] R TBC
Rodin Carlin 11 New Zealand Louis Sharp[7] TBC
12 United Kingdom Josh Irfan[8] R TBC
55 Singapore Dion Gowda[lower-alpha 1][9] TBC
Phynsis by Argenti 17 Australia Patrick Heuzenroeder[10] TBC
26 Israel Isaac Barashi[lower-alpha 2][11] R TBC
77 India Jaden Pariat[12] TBC
Fortec Motorsports 18 United Kingdom James Higgins[13] TBC
29 South Africa Mika Abrahams[14] TBC
Chris Dittmann Racing 23 Sweden Gustav Jonsson[15] R TBC
49 United Kingdom Daniel Guinchard[16] TBC
78 United Kingdom Jack Sherwood[17] TBC
JHR Developments 87 United Kingdom Deagen Fairclough[18][19] TBC
TBA TBA United Kingdom Monica Boulton Ramos[18] R TBC
Icon Class
R Rookie

Race calendar

The provisional calendar was announced on 31 May 2022, with the revision published on 26 October 2022. All races will be held in the United Kingdom. All rounds are scheduled to support 2023 British Touring Car Championship, except for the round at Silverstone Circuit held together with British Endurance Championship.[20][21]

Round Circuit Date
1 R1 Donington Park
(National Circuit, Leicestershire)		 22–23 April
R2
R3
2 R4 Brands Hatch
(Indy Circuit, Kent)		 6–7 May
R5
R6
3 R7 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk)		 20–21 May
R8
R9
4 R10 Thruxton Circuit
(Hampshire)		 3–4 June
R11
R12
5 R13 Oulton Park
(Island Circuit, Cheshire)		 17–18 June
R14
R15
6 R16 Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)		 24–25 June
R17
R18
7 R19 Croft Circuit
(North Yorkshire)		 29–30 July
R20
R21
8 R22 Knockhill Racing Circuit
(Fife)		 12–13 August
R23
R24
9 R25 Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)		 26–27 August
R26
R27
10 R28 Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)		 7–8 October
R29
R30

Championship standings

Points will be awarded to the top ten classified finishers in races 1 and 3 and for the top eight classified finishers in race 2. Race two, which has its grid formed by reversing the order of the ten best drivers from the qualifying session, awards extra points for positions gained from the drivers' respective starting positions. Bonus points count towards only the drivers' standings.

Races Position, points per race
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   FL 
Races 1 & 3 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1
Race 2 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1

Notes
  1. Gowda is an Indian driver competing under a Singaporean licence.
  2. Barashi is a British-Israeli-Portuguese driver competing under an Israeli licence.

References
  1. "Australian talent James Piszcyk added to Hitech's 2023 line up". F4 British Championship. November 10, 2022. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  2. "Ginetta Junior Rookie Champion Macintyre confirms ROKiT British F4 switch". F4 British Championship. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  3. "Kanato Le confirms 2023 Rokit British F4 seat with Hitech GP". F4 British Championship. November 8, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  4. "Kai Daryanani joins Virtuosi Racing for the 2023 British F4 season". Virtuosi Racing. 2023-03-08.
  5. "Aqil Alibhai completes Virtuosi Racing's British F4 line-up". Virtuosi Racing. 2023-03-09.
  6. "Virtuosi Racing announce Douwe Dedecker for the 2023 British F4 season". Virtuosi Racing. 2023-03-07.
  7. "SHARP REMAINS WITH CARLIN FOR 2023 F4 BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP ASSAULT". Carlin Motorsport. 8 December 2022.
  8. Wood, Ida (19 January 2023). "Carlin adds karter Josh Irfan to British F4 line-up". Formula Scout.
  9. "Dion Gowda joins Carlin's British Formula 4 team for 2023". Carlin Motorsport. 10 October 2022.
  10. Wood, Ida (11 November 2022). "FFord racer Patrick Heuzenroeder graduates to British F4 with Argenti". Formula Scout.
  11. "Argenti retain Isaac Barashi for 2023 season". F4 British Championship. 14 November 2022.
  12. "Jaden R. Pariat joins Phinsys by Argenti for 2023 British F4 season". F4 British Championship. 30 January 2023.
  13. "Fortec confirm Higgins' return for 2023 season". F4 British Championship. 26 October 2022.
  14. Wood, Ida (7 February 2023). "Danish F4 winner Mika Abrahams moves to British F4 with Fortec". Formula Scout.
  15. "Swedish karting star Gustav Jonsson completes Chris Dittmann Racing's F4 line-up". Chris Dittmann Racing. 2023-03-21.
  16. Wood, Ida (2023-03-06). "Ex-Mercedes junior Daniel Guinchard joins Chris Dittmann Racing in British F4". Formula Scout.
  17. "Jack Sherwood returns to CDR for full British F4 campaign". F4 British Championship. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  18. "Teenagers crowned ROKiT Racing Stars at University of Bolton". F4 British Championship. 16 May 2022.
  19. "ROKiT Racing Stars' Deagen Fairclough 2023 F4 campaign confirmed". F4 British Championship. 2023-03-27.
  20. "ROKiT British F4 unveils provisional 2023 calendar". F4 British Championship. 31 May 2022.
  21. "Final 2023 ROKiT British F4 calendar announced". F4 British Championship. 26 October 2022.
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