2022 F4 British Championship Explained

The 2022 RoKit F4 British Championship was a multi-event, Formula 4 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across United Kingdom. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in Formula 4 cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. This, the eighth season, following on from the British Formula Ford Championship, was the eighth year that the cars conform to the FIA's Formula 4 regulations.^[1] Part of the TOCA tour, it forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece.

The season commenced on 23 April at Donington Park and concluded on 9 October at Brands Hatch, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after thirty races held at ten meetings, all in the support of the 2022 British Touring Car Championship.

This was the first season of the championship using the combination of Tatuus chassis and the engines supplied by Abarth.^[2]

Teams and drivers

All teams were British-registered. Seven teams were chosen initially to compete in the series.^[3]

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds Virtuosi Racing 2 Michael Shin^[4] All 3 Edward Pearson^[5] All Hitech Grand Prix 4 Oliver Stewart^[6] All 5 nowrap Daniel Mavlyutov All 16 Eduardo Coseteng^[7] All 22 Alex Dunne^[8] 1–9 Chris Dittmann Racing 8 Jaden Pariat 9–10 29 Joel Pearson^[9] 1–5 55 Divy Nandan^[10] 7–8 78 Jack Sherwood^[11] 7–10 Fortec Motorsports 9 Marcos Flack^[12] 9–10 18 James Higgins^[13] 9–10 Carlin 11 Louis Sharp^[14] 2–10 31 Ugo Ugochukwu^[15] All 63 Oliver Gray^[16] All JHR Developments 14 Noah Lisle^[17] All 23 Georgi Dimitrov^[18] All 84 Joseph Loake^[19] All Phinsys by Argenti 26 Isaac Barashi^[20] 9–10 49 Daniel Guinchard^[21] All 57 Aiden Neate^[22] All 88 Adam Fitzgerald^[23] All

Race calendar

All races were held in the United Kingdom. All rounds supported 2022 British Touring Car Championship. The provisional calendar was announced by BTCC on 30 June 2021 and Motorsport UK, the new organiser of the Formula 4 series, confirmed its presence alongside on 24 September 2021.^{[24] [25]}

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	23 April	nowrap	Ugo Ugochukwu	nowrap	Ugo Ugochukwu	Alex Dunne	Hitech Grand Prix	Ugo Ugochukwu
	R2		24 April		Michael Shin	Georgi Dimitrov	JHR Developments	nowrap	Daniel Guinchard
	R3			Alex Dunne	Alex Dunne	Alex Dunne	Hitech Grand Prix	Ugo Ugochukwu
2	R4	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	14 May	Alex Dunne	Alex Dunne	Alex Dunne	Hitech Grand Prix	Ugo Ugochukwu
	R5				Oliver Stewart	Michael Shin	Virtuosi Racing	Ugo Ugochukwu
	R6		15 May	Alex Dunne	Eduardo Coseteng	Ugo Ugochukwu	Carlin	Ugo Ugochukwu
3	R7	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	28 May	Alex Dunne	Ugo Ugochukwu	Alex Dunne	Hitech Grand Prix	Ugo Ugochukwu
	R8		29 May		Aiden Neate	Aiden Neate	Phinsys by Argenti	Daniel Guinchard
	R9			Alex Dunne	Alex Dunne	Alex Dunne	Hitech Grand Prix	Ugo Ugochukwu
4	R10	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	11 June	Alex Dunne	Alex Dunne	Alex Dunne	Hitech Grand Prix	Daniel Guinchard
	R11		12 June		Alex Dunne	nowrap	Daniel Guinchard	Phinsys by Argenti	Daniel Guinchard
	R12			Alex Dunne	Alex Dunne	Louis Sharp	Carlin	Daniel Guinchard
5	R13	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	25 June	Aiden Neate	Ugo Ugochukwu	Aiden Neate	Phinsys by Argenti	Ugo Ugochukwu
	R14				Alex Dunne	Alex Dunne	Hitech Grand Prix	Noah Lisle
	R15		26 June	Aiden Neate	Louis Sharp	Oliver Gray	Carlin	Oliver Stewart
6	R16	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	30 July	Ugo Ugochukwu	Alex Dunne	Joseph Loake	nowrap	JHR Developments	Oliver Stewart
	R17		31 July		nowrap	Eduardo Coseteng	Georgi Dimitrov	JHR Developments	Daniel Guinchard
	R18			Ugo Ugochukwu	Ugo Ugochukwu	Ugo Ugochukwu	Carlin	Ugo Ugochukwu
7	R19	(300 Circuit, Norfolk)	13 August	Alex Dunne	Alex Dunne	Alex Dunne	Hitech Grand Prix	Daniel Guinchard
	R20				Ugo Ugochukwu	Joseph Loake	JHR Developments	Ugo Ugochukwu
	R21		14 August	Alex Dunne	Alex Dunne	Alex Dunne	Hitech Grand Prix	Oliver Stewart
8	R22	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	27 August	Alex Dunne	Ugo Ugochukwu	Alex Dunne	Hitech Grand Prix	Ugo Ugochukwu
	R23				Alex Dunne	Oliver Stewart	Hitech Grand Prix	Oliver Stewart
	R24		28 August	Alex Dunne	Ugo Ugochukwu	Alex Dunne	Hitech Grand Prix	Ugo Ugochukwu
9	R25	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	24 September	Oliver Gray	Joseph Loake	Louis Sharp	Carlin	Daniel Guinchard
	R26		25 September		Ugo Ugochukwu	Georgi Dimitrov	JHR Developments	Ugo Ugochukwu
	R27		Oliver Gray	Joseph Loake	Oliver Gray	Carlin	Ugo Ugochukwu
10	R28	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	8 October	Joseph Loake	Joseph Loake	Joseph Loake	JHR Developments	Daniel Guinchard
	R29		9 October		nowrap	Eduardo Coseteng	nowrap	Eduardo Coseteng	Hitech Grand Prix	Ugo Ugochukwu
	R30			Joseph Loake	Joseph Loake	Joseph Loake	JHR Developments	Ugo Ugochukwu

Championship standings

Points were 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 had its grid formed by reversing the order of the ten best drivers from the qualifying session, awarded extra points for positions gained from the drivers' respective starting positions.^[26] Bonus points counted 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

Drivers' Standings

Pos Driver DON BHI THR1 OUL CRO KNO SNE THR2 SIL BHGP Pen. Pts 1 Alex Dunne 1 2^7 1 1 14 14 1 5^5 1 1 9^1 3 7 1^1 3 2 4^4 14 1 6^4 1 1 10 1 3 11 3 412 2 Oliver Gray 2 Ret 3 3 2^3 2 3 4^4 Ret 6 4^2 6 3 3^5 1 3 5^2 2 3 7 2 Ret 6^7 12 4 10 1 2 Ret 3 3 343 3 Ugo Ugochukwu 3 9^1 5 4 4^3 1 2 6^3 2 Ret 3^1 10 2 13† 13† 11 8^2 1 15 2^2 6 2 9 2 Ret 2^3 6 4 5 6 290 4 Louis Sharp 10 6 3 13 9 3 2 2^5 1 4 6 2 4 6 4 7 4 17 3 7^1 3 1 3^3 Ret Ret 3^1 2 272 5 Joseph Loake 5 3 9 2 5^1 10 4 8 Ret 7 Ret 9 8 2^2 Ret 1 10 3 5 1^2 8 6 4^1 4 Ret 5^2 2 1 7^3 1 271 6 Aiden Neate 4 Ret 2 12 10 5 14 1^5 4 3 11 5 1 4^6 11 6 3^2 5 12 9 14 4 8 6 Ret 4^5 4 6 6 4 3 234 7 8 5^1 4 NC 3^1 13 6 Ret 12 10 5^10 7 6 7 6 5 2^2 6 4 8 4 Ret 2^1 Ret 7 6 5 15 1^1 7 198 8 Georgi Dimitrov 9 1 6 6 7^1 11 5 7 11 4 6^3 2 10 Ret 5 8 1^1 9 2 10 3 11 Ret 7 5 1^1 Ret 7 4 11 197 9 Daniel Guinchard 7 6 10 11 9 7 7 2 5 5 1^4 4 5 9 14† 15† 7^4 10 6 3^2 13 5 3^1 5 2 14 7 3 8 13 3 191 10 Oliver Stewart 12 10^3 11 8 8^3 8 12 14^1 9 8 7^5 14† 9 14† 4 7 9 7 8 5 5 7 1 9 9 Ret 8 11 12^3 12 108 11 Michael Shin 13 4 8 5 1 6 9 13 Ret 9 15 12 12 Ret 8 13 14 8 13 12^1 7 10 12 13 10 Ret 14 8 2 8 87 12 Edward Pearson 6 7 7 7 11^1 9 8 Ret 6 12 8^3 Ret 14 8^5 10 9 12^2 11 9 14^1 10 8 11 10 16 Ret Ret 5 10 5 81 13 Noah Lisle 10 11^1 12 9 Ret Ret 11 3 10 11 12 8 13 5^7 9 10 13 15 11 13 11 12 Ret Ret 6 Ret 11 9 11 9 47 14 Adam Fitzgerald 11 12^2 15 13 12^1 12 10 11^3 8 14 10 11 11 11 7 12 11 12 10 17 12 9 5 8 12 13^2 10 10 9^3 16 37 15 Daniel Mavlyutov 15 13^2 14 15 13^2 15 16 12^4 13 15 13^3 13 16 12^4 12† 14 15 13 16 15^1 15 15 14^3 14 15 9^10 17† 16 15^3 18 32 16 Joel Pearson 14 8^3 13 14 Ret 4 15 10^3 7 13 14 15 15 10^5 Ret 30 17 Isaac Barashi 13 8^12 16 17 16^3 17 16 18 Jack Sherwood 14 11^3 9 13 13^2 11 8 15^2 12 13 14 10 14 19 Jaden Pariat 11 7^11 15 18 17 15 13 20 Marcos Flack 17 12^2 9 14 Ret Ret 4 21 Divy Nandan 17 16^1 16 14 15^1 15 2 22 James Higgins 14 16 13 12 13 14 0 Pos Driver DON BHI THR1 OUL CRO KNO SNE THR2 SIL BHGP Pen. Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap ^x – Positions Gained

Rookie Cup

Pos	Driver	DON			BHI			THR1			OUL			CRO			KNO			SNE			THR2			SIL			BHGP			Pen.	Pts
1	Ugo Ugochukwu	3	9	5	4	4	1	2	6	2	Ret	3	10	2	13†	13†	11	8	1	15	2	6	2	9	2	Ret	2	6	4	5	6		506
2		7	6	10	11	9	7	7	2	5	5	1	4	5	9	14†	15†	7	10	6	3	13	5	3	5	2	14	7	3	8	13	3	471
3	Oliver Stewart	12	10	11	8	8	8	12	14	9	8	7	14†	9	14†	4	7	9	7	8	5	5	7	1	9	9	Ret	8	11	12	12		395
4	Adam Fitzgerald	11	12	15	13	12	12	10	11	8	14	10	11	11	11	7	12	11	12	10	17	12	9	5	8	12	13	10	10	9	16		324
5	Noah Lisle	10	11	12	9	Ret	Ret	11	3	10	11	12	8	13	5	9	10	13	15	11	13	11	12	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	11	9	11	9		309
6	Daniel Mavlyutov	15	13	14	15	13	15	16	12	13	15	13	14	16	12	12†	14	15	13	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	9	17	16	15	18		224
7	Jaden Pariat																									11	7	15	18	17	15		47
8	Isaac Barashi																									13	8	16	17	16	17		38
Pos	Driver	DON			BHI			THR1			OUL			CRO			KNO			SNE			THR2			SIL			BHGP			Pen.	Pts

Teams Cup

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Carlin	789
2	Hitech Grand Prix	636
3	JHR Developments	506
4	Phinsys by Argenti	438
5	Virtuosi Racing	187
6	Chris Dittmann Racing	39
7	Fortec Motorsports	5

Notes and References

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2. Web site: 14 August 2021. Motorsport UK announces chassis and engine supply package for F4 British Championship from 2022. live. Motorsport UK. https://web.archive.org/web/20210814083024/https://www.motorsportuk.org/news/motorsport-uk-announces-chassis-and-engine-supply-package-for-f4-british-championship-from-2022/. 2021-08-14 .
3. Web site: 1 October 2021. First seven teams confirmed for new British Formula 4 in 2022. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211001160816/https://www.motorsportuk.org/news/first-seven-teams-confirmed-for-new-british-formula-4-in-2022/. 2021-10-01. Motorsport UK.
4. Web site: 9 March 2022. Virtuosi Racing unveil Michael Shin as second ROKiT British F4 entry. F4 British Championship.
5. Web site: Virtuosi Racing confirm Edward Pearson as first ROKiT British F4 entry. January 21, 2022. January 21, 2022.
6. Web site: 23 February 2022. Oliver Stewart steps up to British F4 with Hitech GP. live. Hitech Grand Prix. https://web.archive.org/web/20220223171126/http://f4.hitechgp.co.uk/news/oliver-stewart-steps-up-to-british-f4-with-hitech-gp/. 2022-02-23 .
7. Web site: Hitech GP kick off 2022 signings with Eduardo Coseteng and Daniel Mavlyutov. F4 Championship. 2022-02-02. 2022-02-02.
8. Web site: Wood. Ida. 20 April 2022. Alex Dunne joins Hitech GP's line-up for British F4 opener. live. Formula Scout. https://web.archive.org/web/20220420170622/https://formulascout.com/alex-dunne-joins-hitech-gps-line-up-for-british-f4-opener/92466. 2022-04-20 .
9. Web site: 5 April 2022. Chris Dittmann Racing set for F4 British Championship debut with Joel Pearson. live. Chris Dittmann Racing. https://web.archive.org/web/20220405100039/http://www.chrisdittmannracing.co.uk/chris-dittmann-racing-set-for-f4-british-championship-debut-with-joel-pearson. 2022-04-05 .
10. Web site: India's Divy Nandan to race for Chris Dittmann Racing in British F4. Formula Scout. August 10, 2022. August 10, 2022.
11. Web site: GB4 winner Sherwood to debut in British F4 with Chris Dittmann Racing. Formula Scout. August 11, 2022. August 12, 2022.
12. Web site: 20 September 2022. Marcos Flack adds sixth racing programme of year with British F4 return. Formula Scout.
13. Web site: 16 September 2022. Fortec returns to British F4 with rookie Higgins. Formula Scout.
14. Web site: 4 March 2022. 14-year-old Christchurch teen signs with Carlin for British Formula Four championship. live. Newstalk ZB. https://web.archive.org/web/20220303210222/https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/louis-sharp-14-year-old-christchurch-teen-signs-with-carlin-for-the-2022-british-formula-four-championship/. 2022-03-03 .
15. Web site: UGO UGOCHUKWU JOINS CARLIN FOR 2022 F4 BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP. Carlin Motorsport. 22 December 2021.
16. Web site: Welcoming Ollie Gray to the Williams Racing Driver Academy. 2022-03-07. www.williamsf1.com. en.
17. Web site: 28 March 2022. Noah Lisle chooses reigning champions JHR Developments for single-seater switch. F4 British Championship.
18. Web site: 29 March 2022. JHR Developments adds to 2022 F4 British line up with race winner Georgi Dimitrov. live. JHR Developments. https://web.archive.org/web/20220329083521/https://jhrdevelopments.com/post/jhr-developments-adds-to-2022-f4-british-line-up-with-race-winner-georgi-dimitrov-2022-03-29. 2022-03-29 .
19. Web site: Wood. Ida. 30 March 2022. JHR Developments retains Joseph Loake for British F4 title attack. live. Formula Scout. https://web.archive.org/web/20220330094513/https://formulascout.com/jhr-developments-retains-joseph-loake-for-british-f4-title-attack/91461. 2022-03-30 .
20. Web site: Phinsys by Argenti add Isaac Barashi to ROKiT British F4 driver line-up. September 21, 2022.
21. Web site: British Karting champion Daniel Guinchard unveiled at Argenti for 2022. January 1, 2022. January 1, 2022.
22. Web site: Meadows. Michael. 21 December 2021. Argenti retain Neate for 2022. live. Argenti Motorsport. https://web.archive.org/web/20211221101540/https://argenti-motorsport.com/argenti-retain-neate-for-2022/. 2021-12-21 .
23. Web site: Meadows. Michael. 3 March 2022. Argenti Motorsport sign Adam Fitzgerald for 2022 British F4 season. Argenti Motorsport.
24. Web site: 30 June 2021. 2022 BTCC CALENDAR ANNOUNCED. live. BTCC. https://web.archive.org/web/20210630090351/https://www.btcc.net/2021/06/30/2022-btcc-calendar-announced/. 2021-06-30 .
25. Web site: 24 September 2021. Motorsport UK launches tender process for a local organiser for the British F4 Certified by FIA Championship. live. Motorsport UK. https://web.archive.org/web/20210930155135/https://www.motorsportuk.org/news/motorsport-uk-launches-tender-process-for-a-local-organiser-for-the-british-f4-certified-by-fia-championship/. 2021-09-30 .
26. Web site: Changes made to ROKiT British F4 reverse grid format for the 2022 season. 21 April 2022. F4 British Championship. 20 April 2022 .