2024 GB4 Championship

The 2024 GB4 Championship partnered by the BRDC is the third season of a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars in Britain. The 2024 season, which has been organised by MotorSport Vision, will be run over seven triple-header rounds.

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.

Teams and drivers
Team No. Driver Rounds
Rossoverde Racing 5 Christian Lester[1] 2
Fox Motorsport 9 Megan Bruce[2] 1–3
24 Branden Templeton[3] 1–3
49 Liam McNeilly 3
Luzio.com 11 Marcus Luzio[4] 1–3
Fortec Motorsport 16 Linus Granfors[5] 1–3
17 Dan Hickey[6] 1–3
50 Jack Taylor[7] 1–3
Elite Motorsport 21 Alisha Palmowski[8] 1–3
38 Finn Harrison[9] 1–3
Arden Motorsport 27 Leon Wilson[10] 1–3
Graham Brunton Racing 44 Mayer Deonarine[11] 1–3
45 Callum Baxter[12] 1–3
48 Bas Visser[13] 2
KMR Sport 66 Chloe Grant[14] 1–3
68 Harry Burgoyne Jr.[15] 1–3
89 Brandon McCaughan[16] 1–3
Oldfield Motorsport TBA Nathan Yu[17] TBC
Preptech UK TBA TBA TBC
Scorpio Motorsport TBA TBA TBC
Velocity Racing Development TBA TBA TBC
Source:[18]

Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar was announced on 22 November 2023. The championship will support the British GT championship at six of its seven meetings.[19]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Oulton Park
(International Circuit, Cheshire)		 30 March Brandon McCaughan Harry Burgoyne Jr. Alisha Palmowski Elite Motorsport
R2 1 April Brandon McCaughan Leon Wilson Brandon McCaughan KMR Sport
R3 Leon Wilson Linus Granfors Fortec Motorsport
2 R4 Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)		 27–28 April Finn Harrison Linus Granfors Linus Granfors Fortec Motorsport
R5 Finn Harrison Marcus Luzio Linus Granfors Fortec Motorsport
R6 race cancelled due to adverse weather conditions
3 R7 Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)		 25–26 May Linus Granfors Liam McNeilly Linus Granfors Fortec Motorsport
R8 Linus Granfors Brandon McCaughan Brandon McCaughan KMR Sport
R9 Branden Templeton Branden Templeton Fox Motorsport
4 R10 Snetterton Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk)		 13–14 July
R11
R12
5 R13 Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)		 27–28 July
R14
R15
6 R16 Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)		 7–8 September
R17
R18
7 R19 Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)		 28–29 September
R20
R21

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

Drivers' championship
Pos Driver OUL SIL1 DON1 SNE SIL2 DON2 BRH Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Linus Granfors 7 4 18 1 1 C 1 4 96 203
2 Harry Burgoyne Jr. 2 2 39 5 5 C 5 3 74 176
3 Brandon McCaughan 3 1 Ret 6 8 C 2 1 68 171
4 Alisha Palmowski 1 5 Ret 2 4 C Ret 9 36 137
5 Branden Templeton 5 3 53 8 6 C 10 13 14 130
6 Callum Baxter 4 10 46 9 9 C 8 5 26 130
7 Marcus Luzio 12 8 9 3 10 C 4 8 12 102
8 Chloe Grant 8 13 24 7 Ret C 6 6 Ret 91
9 Leon Wilson 6 11 61 11 3 C 9 Ret 13 87
10 Mayer Deonarine 9 7 Ret 13 7 C 13 11 4 81
11 Jack Taylor 10 12 8 10 12 C 14 7 5 81
12 Megan Bruce 11 9 7 14 11 C 11 10 14 71
13 Finn Harrison Ret Ret Ret 4 2 C 7 DSQ 11 70
14 Dan Hickey 13 6 10 16 14 C 12 12 10 67
15 Liam McNeilly 3 2 85 66
16 Christian Lester 12 13 C 17
17 Bas Visser 15 15 C 12
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
OUL SIL1 DON1 SNE SIL2 DON2 BRH
Source:[20]
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championship
Pos. Team Points
1 KMR Sport 331
2 Fortec Motorsport 276
3 Fox Motorsport 180
4 Elite Motorsport 169
5 Graham Brunton Racing 158
6 Luzio.com 85
7 Arden Motorsport 84

Notes

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