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

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[lower-alpha 1] 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

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[lower-alpha 2] 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
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 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
  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. "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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