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2023 GB4 Championship

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The 2023 GB4 Championship partnered by the BRDC was the second season of a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars in Britain. The 2023 season, which had been organised by MotorSport Vision, was 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

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Team No. Driver Rounds
United Kingdom KMR Sport 3 Australia Jack Clifford[1] All
21 United Kingdom Tom Mills 1–6
87 United States Jeremy Fairbairn[2] 1–3
88 United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley[3] 4, 7
United Kingdom Oldfield Motorsport 4 United States Jason Conzo[4] 1–2
United Kingdom Rossoverde Racing 5 United Kingdom Christian Lester 2
Australia Evans GP 8 India Kai Daryanani[5] 3, 6
37 Australia Cooper Webster[6] All
56 United States Thomas Lee[7] All
United Kingdom Fortec Motorsport 10 United Kingdom Dan Hickey 7
15 India Aditya Kulkarni[8] 3–7
23 1–2
27 India Ruhaan Alva[9] 1–5
62 United States Colin Queen[10] All
United States Velocity Racing Development 14 United States Erik Evans[11] 5
97 United States Zack Ping[11] 5–7
United Kingdom Elite Motorsport 16 United Kingdom Josh Irfan 1, 3, 6
17 United Kingdom Harri Reynolds 1–3
18 United Kingdom Finn Harrison 7
19 United Kingdom Theo Micouris 7
United Kingdom Fox Motorsport 48 United Kingdom Liam McNeilly[12] All
99 United Kingdom Sid Smith[13] All
United Kingdom Dylan Hotchin Racing 50 United Kingdom Dylan Hotchin[14] All
United Kingdom Graham Brunton Racing 68 United Kingdom Harry Burgoyne Jr.[15] All
87 United States Jeremy Fairbairn[16] 4
91 United Arab Emirates Sebastian Murray[17] 6–7
United Kingdom Belk Racing 98 United Kingdom Lexie Belk 7
Source:[18]

Race calendar and results

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The provisional calendar was announced on 15 October 2022. 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)
8 April United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom Liam McNeilly United States Jeremy Fairbairn United Kingdom KMR Sport
R2 10 April United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom KMR Sport
R3 United Kingdom Liam McNeilly United Kingdom Liam McNeilly United Kingdom Fox Motorsport
2 R4 Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)
6 May United Kingdom Tom Mills race cancelled due to weather conditions, rescheduled to 27 May[20]
R5 7 May United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom KMR Sport
R6 United Kingdom Harri Reynolds United Kingdom Harri Reynolds United Kingdom Elite Motorsport
3 R4 Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)
27 May United Kingdom Tom Mills Australia Cooper Webster United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom KMR Sport
R7 United Kingdom Tom Mills United States Colin Queen United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom KMR Sport
R8 28 May United States Colin Queen United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom KMR Sport
R9 United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom Liam McNeilly United Kingdom Fox Motorsport
4 R10 Snetterton Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk)
17–18 June Australia Cooper Webster Australia Cooper Webster Australia Cooper Webster Australia Evans GP
R11 Australia Cooper Webster Australia Cooper Webster United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom KMR Sport
R12 Australia Cooper Webster Australia Cooper Webster Australia Evans GP
5 R13 Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)
29–30 July United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom KMR Sport
R14 United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom KMR Sport
R15 race cancelled due to adverse weather conditions[21]
6 R16 Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)
9–10 September United Kingdom Tom Mills Australia Cooper Webster United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom KMR Sport
R17 United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom Tom Mills United Kingdom KMR Sport
R18 United Kingdom Liam McNeilly India Kai Daryanani Australia Evans GP
7 R19 Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)
21–22 October Australia Cooper Webster United Kingdom Liam McNeilly Australia Cooper Webster Australia Evans GP
R20 Australia Cooper Webster Australia Cooper Webster Australia Cooper Webster Australia Evans GP
R21 United States Colin Queen Australia Cooper Webster Australia Evans GP


Championship standings

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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

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Pos Driver OUL SIL1 DON1 SNE SIL2 BRH DON2 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 United Kingdom Tom Mills 2 1 67 C 1 38 1 1 1 49 2 1 37 1 1 C 1 1 74 505
2 Australia Cooper Webster 3 11 92 C 3 Ret 2 2 2 29 1 2 110 4 2 C 3 2 44 1 1 110 494
3 United Kingdom Liam McNeilly 6 2 18 C 7 52 6 4 8 17 5 4 10 2 3 C 2 3 37 2 3 73 419
4 United States Colin Queen 4 Ret 37 C 2 46 3 3 3 13 3 3 54 3 4 C 4 9 12 7 2 27 379
5 India Aditya Kulkarni 11 7 11 C 11 7 11 9 6 34 10 6 2 7 7 C 8 10 2 9 8 33 256
6 United Kingdom Harry Burgoyne Jr. 9 5 8 C 8 102 7 10 9 5 4 8 9 9 8 C 7 6 Ret 5 6 4 256
7 Australia Jack Clifford 8 10 10 C 6 6 8 7 Ret 9 8 11 4 5 6 C 10 8 8 13 Ret 13 207
8 United Kingdom Sid Smith 13 Ret 5 C 9 Ret 5 12 7 7 9 5 Ret 8 10 C 6 5 5 8 Ret 11 203
9 United States Jeremy Fairbairn 1 6 12 C 5 9 4 5 4 6 7 9 6 190
10 India Ruhaan Alva 7 Ret 7 C 14 2 10 8 5 14 6 10 8 6 5 C 165
11 United Kingdom Dylan Hotchin 14 8 131 C 13 121 13 DNS Ret Ret 12 12 Ret 12 11 C 12 12 103 10 10 Ret 132
12 United Kingdom Harri Reynolds 10 4 25 C 4 15 9 13 Ret 11 125
13 United Kingdom Josh Irfan 5 3 44 6 Ret 10 5 7 Ret 117
14 United States Thomas Lee 15 DNS DNS C Ret Ret 12 14 11 123 13 13 DSQ 13 12 C 14 13 113 12 Ret 124 113
15 United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley 11 7 71 3 5 5 89
16 United States Zack Ping 10 Ret C 13 4 63 4 Ret Ret 74
17 United Arab Emirates Sebastian Murray 11 11 93 11 9 93 62
18 India Kai Daryanani 11 10 8 9 Ret 1 61
19 United Kingdom Theo Micouris 6 7 62 44
20 United States Jason Conzo 12 9 Ret C 10 8 40
21 United Kingdom Finn Harrison Ret 4 8 29
22 United States Erik Evans 11 9 C 22
23 United Kingdom Christian Lester C 12 114 18
24 United Kingdom Lexie Belk Ret 11 141 13
25 United Kingdom Dan Hickey Ret Ret 104 10
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
OUL SIL1 DON1 SNE SIL2 BRH DON2
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Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did 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

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Pos. Team Points
1 United Kingdom KMR Sport 837
2 United Kingdom Fortec Motorsport 678
3 Australia Evans GP 629
4 United Kingdom Fox Motorsport 622
5 United Kingdom Graham Brunton Racing 355
6 United Kingdom Elite Motorsport 315
7 United Kingdom Dylan Hotchin Racing 132
8 United States Velocity Racing Development 96
9 United Kingdom Oldfield Motorsport 40
10 United Kingdom Rossoverde Racing 18
11 United Kingdom Belk Racing 13

Notes

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References

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