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 Grand Prix 4 James Piszcyk[1] TBC
5 Will Macintyre[2] TBC
6 Kanato Le[3] TBC
Rodin Carlin 11 Louis Sharp[4] TBC
55 Dion Gowda[lower-alpha 1][5] R TBC
TBA Josh Irfan[6] R TBC
ROKiT F4 Racing[7] 16 Monica Boulton Ramos[7] R TBC
87 Deagen Fairclough[7] TBC
Fortec Motorsports 18 James Higgins[8] TBC
TBA Mika Abrahams[9] R TBC
Phynsis by Argenti 25 Patrick Heuzenroeder[10] TBC
26 Isaac Barashi[lower-alpha 2][11] TBC
TBA Jaden Pariat[12] 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.[13][14]

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. "SHARP REMAINS WITH CARLIN FOR 2023 F4 BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP ASSAULT". Carlin Motorsport. 8 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Dion Gowda joins Carlin's British Formula 4 team for 2023". Carlin Motorsport. 10 October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. Wood, Ida (19 January 2023). "Carlin adds karter Josh Irfan to British F4 line-up". Formula Scout.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "Teenagers crowned ROKiT Racing Stars at University of Bolton". F4 British Championship. 16 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "Fortec confirm Higgins' return for 2023 season". F4 British Championship. 26 October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. Wood, Ida (7 February 2023). "Danish F4 winner Mika Abrahams moves to British F4 with Fortec". Formula Scout.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. Wood, Ida (11 November 2022). "FFord racer Patrick Heuzenroeder graduates to British F4 with Argenti". Formula Scout.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. "Argenti retain Isaac Barashi for 2023 season". F4 British Championship. November 14, 2022. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  12. "Jaden R. Pariat joins Phinsys by Argenti for 2023 British F4 season". F4 British Championship. 30 January 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. "ROKiT British F4 unveils provisional 2023 calendar". F4 British Championship. 31 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. "Final 2023 ROKiT British F4 calendar announced". F4 British Championship. 26 October 2022.
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