2024 F4 British Championship Explained

The 2024 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 tenth season, following on from the British Formula Ford Championship, was the tenth year that the cars conform to the FIA's Formula 4 regulations. Part of the TOCA tour, it formed part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece.

The season commenced on 27 April at Donington Park, utilising the National circuit, and concluded on 6 October at Brands Hatch, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after thirty races to held at ten meetings, eight of ten meetings were in the support of the 2024 British Touring Car Championship.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds Fortec Motorsport 3 Nina Gademan^[1] 1–7, 9–10 8 Kai Daryanani^[2] All 48 Alexander Berg^[3] All Hitech Pulse-Eight 4 Reza Seewooruthun^[4] All 5 Mika Abrahams^[5] 1–5 6 Bianca Bustamante^[6] 6 7 Deagen Fairclough^[7] All 50 Thomas Bearman^[8] 9–10 55 Ernesto Rivera^[9] 6 Rodin Motorsport 9 Abbi Pulling^[10] 1–7, 10 12 Alex Ninovic^[11] All 18 James Higgins^[12] All 78 Jack Sherwood^[13] All JHR Developments 10 Harri Reynolds^[14] 9 11 Chloe Chong^[15] All 22 Joel Bergström^[16] 1–3, 5 33 Leo Robinson^[17] All 44 Ella Lloyd^[18] 1–8, 10 Chris Dittmann Racing 15 Carrie Schreiner^[19] 5–6 36 Gustav Jonsson^[20] 9 47 Jessica Edgar^[21] 6 77 Bart Harrison^[22] nowrap 1–3, 5–10 Phinsys by Argenti 16 Aurelia Nobels^[23] 6 19 Matúš Ryba 5–6, 9 21 Emily Cotty^[24] 9 42 nowrap Rowan Campbell-Pilling^[25] All 56 Yuanpu Cui^[26] All Virtuosi Racing 17 Maxwell Dodds^[27] 1–8 24 Martin Molnár^[28] All 99 Yuhao Fu^[29] All Xcel Motorsport^[30] 23 Zack Scoular^[31] All 27 Chester Kieffer^[32] 6 29 August Raber^[33] 1–6, 8–10

Race calendar

All but one rounds were held in the United Kingdom as the championship featured its first abroad round in the Netherlands. Initially, as of 15 May 2023, all rounds were scheduled to support 2024 British Touring Car Championship.^[34] The revision published on 29 November contained the replacement of the rounds at the Oulton Park and the Croft Circuit by the Grand Prix layout at the Silverstone Circuit and the Circuit Zandvoort.^[35]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	27 April	James Higgins	Deagen Fairclough	Deagen Fairclough	Hitech Pulse-Eight	Yuanpu Cui
	R2		28 April		Deagen Fairclough	Mika Abrahams	Hitech Pulse-Eight	Bart Harrison
	R3			Alex Ninovic	race cancelled due to adverse weather conditions, rescheduled to 24 August
2	R4	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	11 May	Deagen Fairclough	Deagen Fairclough	Deagen Fairclough		nowrap	Rowan Campbell-Pilling
	R5		12 May		Abbi Pulling	Abbi Pulling	Rodin Motorsport	Zack Scoular
	R6			nowrap	Deagen Fairclough	nowrap	Reza Seewooruthun	nowrap	Deagen Fairclough	nowrap	Hitech Pulse-Eight	Yuanpu Cui
3	R7	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	25 May	Alex Ninovic	Alex Ninovic	Alex Ninovic	Rodin Motorsport	Joel Bergström
	R8	26 May		Deagen Fairclough	Yuanpu Cui	Phinsys by Argenti	Yuanpu Cui
	R9		Alex Ninovic	Alex Ninovic	Alex Ninovic	Rodin Motorsport	Joel Bergström
4	R10	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	8 June	Deagen Fairclough	Deagen Fairclough	Deagen Fairclough	Hitech Pulse-Eight	Yuhao Fu
	R11		9 June		Reza Seewooruthun	Alexander Berg	Fortec Motorsport	Yuanpu Cui
	R12			Deagen Fairclough	Deagen Fairclough	Reza Seewooruthun	Hitech Pulse-Eight	Zack Scoular
5	R13	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)	15 June	Deagen Fairclough	Deagen Fairclough	Deagen Fairclough	Hitech Pulse-Eight	Yuanpu Cui
	R14		16 June		Leo Robinson	Leo Robinson	nowrap	JHR Developments	Joel Bergström
	R15			nowrap	Reza Seewooruthun	nowrap	Reza Seewooruthun	nowrap	Reza Seewooruthun	Hitech Pulse-Eight	nowrap	Rowan Campbell-Pilling
6	R16	Circuit Zandvoort (Zandvoort)	13 July	Deagen Fairclough	Deagen Fairclough	Deagen Fairclough		Martin Molnár
	R17		14 July		Deagen Fairclough	Alex Ninovic	Rodin Motorsport	Yuanpu Cui
	R18			Deagen Fairclough	Alex Ninovic	Deagen Fairclough	Hitech Pulse-Eight	Martin Molnár
7	R19	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	10 August	Deagen Fairclough	Deagen Fairclough	Deagen Fairclough	Hitech Pulse-Eight	Martin Molnár
	R20		11 August		Deagen Fairclough	Leo Robinson	JHR Developments	Yuanpu Cui
	R21			Deagen Fairclough	Deagen Fairclough	Deagen Fairclough	Hitech Pulse-Eight	Martin Molnár
8	R22	Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)	24 August	Deagen Fairclough	Deagen Fairclough	Alex Ninovic	Rodin Motorsport	Zack Scoular
	R3			Alex Ninovic	Deagen Fairclough	James Higgins	Rodin Motorsport	Yuanpu Cui
	R23		25 August		Deagen Fairclough	James Higgins	Rodin Motorsport	Rowan Campbell-Pilling
	R24			Deagen Fairclough	Deagen Fairclough	Deagen Fairclough	Hitech Pulse-Eight	Rowan Campbell-Pilling
9	R25	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	nowrap	21 September	Deagen Fairclough	Alex Ninovic	Deagen Fairclough	Hitech Pulse-Eight	Rowan Campbell-Pilling
	R26		22 September	race cancelled due to adverse weather conditions, rescheduled to 5 October
	R27			Deagen Fairclough	Deagen Fairclough	Deagen Fairclough	Hitech Pulse-Eight	Martin Molnár
10	R28	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	5 October	Deagen Fairclough	Deagen Fairclough	Deagen Fairclough	Hitech Pulse-Eight	Rowan Campbell-Pilling
	R26				Alex Ninovic	Leo Robinson	JHR Developments	Martin Molnár
	R29		6 October		Jack Sherwood	Alex Ninovic	Rodin Motorsport	Martin Molnár
	R30			Deagen Fairclough	Deagen Fairclough	Deagen Fairclough	Hitech Pulse-Eight	Yuanpu Cui

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 top twelve from the qualifying order, awarded extra points, up until a maximum of ten, for positions gained from the drivers' respective starting positions. Two points were awarded for the best legal lap set in the qualifying session. Bonus points counted towards only the drivers' standings.

Races	Position, points per race
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	FL
Qualifying	2
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 DPN BHI SNE THR SILGP ZAN KNO DPGP SILN BHGP Pen. Pts 1 Deagen Fairclough 1 2^7 C 1 7^5 1 3 3^8 NC 1 5^7 Ret 1 Ret 2 1 3^9 1 1 5^7 1 2 2 2^10 1 1 C 1 1 5^5 5^7 1 579.5 2 Alex Ninovic 3 5^7 C 2 17 Ret 1 4^8 1 3 3^3 2 3 3^5 3 2 1^2 18 2 Ret 3 1 7 7^1 2 20 C Ret Ret 3^5 1^7 4 357 3 Reza Seewooruthun 5 14 C 4 18 3 5 18 5 16 7^1 1 2 8^4 1 11 24 2 4 4^1 8 8 4 5^9 13 5 C 6 2 2 9^2 3 271 4 James Higgins 2 4^7 C 5 4^4 4 2 15 3 8 6^1 5 4 5^4 Ret 8 8^5 10 12 Ret 11 5 1 1^2 5 2 C 2 5 7^2 7^2 5 268.5 5 Jack Sherwood 6 3^2 C 6 2^1 19 4 2^7 2 4 Ret 3 Ret Ret 5 Ret 4 3 5 9 5 Ret 3 10 10 3 C 4 4 6 Ret DNS 230 6 Leo Robinson 13 12^1 C 14 DSQ 7 12 7 Ret 7 4 7 7 1^1 4 Ret 9^6 Ret 7 1^2 10 3 5 9^1 4 11 C 11 3 1^2 10 2 18 164 7 Abbi Pulling 7 17 C 7 1 6 9 5^9 7 2 12 4 11 10^6 11 9 2 20 6 7 7 18 4 8 130 8 Martin Molnár 15 Ret C 9 9^4 10 10 16 9 14 13 8 13 16^2 17 3 7^2 5 3 10 2 14 10 12^3 9 9 C 3 9 4^2 3^1 13 117.5 9 Yuanpu Cui 4 10 C 8 13 5 8 1^1 11 DSQ 8 Ret 6 7 13 7 6^2 11 10 3^1 9 9 8 8 6 14 C 14 11 15 11^3 7 3 102.5 10 Rowan Campbell-Pilling 12 11^4 C 3 8^2 21 13 11 6 DSQ 9^4 9 Ret 15 8 10 Ret Ret 8 16 4 7 13 6^5 3 6 C DNS 6 8 8 11 100.5 11 Ella Lloyd 8 7 C Ret 12^9 20 7 9 12 10 17^1 15 5 2 7 12 5 7 Ret 2 DNS Ret 17 3^6 12 12 2 9 99 12 Kai Daryanani 11 8^2 C 10 Ret 12 18 8^10 19 9 10^4 12 9 11^6 Ret 6 13 4 11 8 12 4 Ret 4^2 8 13 C 13 8 12^5 13 6 93 13 Mika Abrahams 9 1^5 C Ret 6^3 2 Ret 20 8 6 2 10 10 9^5 14 76 14 Alexander Berg 14 6 C 11 15 8 11 19^1 13 5 1 11 16 Ret 21 22 15^6 12 Ret 15 13 10 6 13 Ret 8 C 9 15 10^3 15^5 12 60.5 15 Zack Scoular 16 20 C 19 3^3 14 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 6 19 13^7 20 19 10^10 Ret 13 Ret 17 6 9 Ret 16 22 C 5 10 16 6 16 9 52 16 Maxwell Dodds 20 15^4 C 17 16^2 18 15 10^6 10 11 11^9 16 12 Ret 6 4 11 Ret 15 13^2 18 12 14 Ret 11 43.5 17 Joel Bergström 17 13 C 12 10^6 16 6 6^4 4 8 4 10 41 18 Yuhao Fu 18 19^1 C 18 14^8 17 17 13^9 18 12 15^2 17 20 Ret 15 13 23 21 16 14^3 16 15 15 15^3 14 18 C 10 13 18 17 Ret 27 19 Nina Gademan 19 18^3 C 16 19^1 13 16 12^7 16 13 14^2 14 15 17^2 18 16 12^2 Ret 14 11^5 14 16 C 17 14 13 12^6 14 25 20 Bart Harrison 10 9^8 C 13 11^6 9 DSQ 17 6 9 14 16 19 9 6^1 6 11 11 14^2 15 21 C 15 7 11^5 18 15 27 24 21 August Raber Ret 21^1 C 20 5 11 14 14^7 15 Ret DNS DNS WD WD WD DNS 22^2 17 13 12 16^1 Ret 10 C 16 19 14^1 14^1 Ret 19.5 22 Ernesto Rivera 5 26 6 18 23 Gustav Jonsson 4 C 8 16 24 Chloe Chong 21 16^2 C 15 20 15 19 17 17 15 16 13 18 14^1 16 17 21^5 14 Ret 12^2 15 Ret 16 11 7 15 C 12 16 17 19 17 16 25 Harri Reynolds 7 C 7 12 26 Aurelia Nobels 23 18^9 16 9 27 Carrie Schreiner 21 18^3 19 21 20^5 13 8 28 Jessica Edgar 15 14^8 15 8 29 Bianca Bustamante 18 17^2 8 6 30 Chester Kieffer 20 19^4 Ret 4 31 Matúš Ryba 14 12^1 12 Ret 25 9 12 C 19 3 32 Thomas Bearman 17 C DNS 17 9 16 10 1 33 Emily Cotty 19 C 18 0 Pos Driver DPN BHI SNE THR SSGP ZAN KNO DPGP SSN BHGP Pen. Pts

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

Rookie Cup

Pos	Driver	DPN			BHI			SNE			THR			SSGP			ZAN			KNO			DPGP				SSN			BHGP				Pen.	Pts
1	Martin Molnár	15	Ret	C	9	9	10	10	16	9	14	13	8	13	16	17	3	7	5	3	10	2	14	10	12	9	9	C	3	9	4	3	13		403
2	Yuanpu Cui	4	10	C	8	13	5	8	1	11	DSQ	8	Ret	6	7	13	7	6	11	10	3	9	9	8	8	6	14	C	14	11	15	11	7	3	392
3	Rowan Campbell-Pilling	12	11	C	3	8	21	13	11	6	DSQ	9	9	Ret	15	8	10	Ret	Ret	8	16	4	7	13	6	3	6	C	DNS	6	8	8	11		349
4	Bart Harrison	10	9	C	13	11	9	DSQ				17	6	9	14	16	19	9	6	6	11	11	14	15	21	C	15	7	11	18	15	27	227
5	Zack Scoular	16	20	C	19	3	14	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	6	19	13	20	19	10	Ret	13	Ret	17	6	9	Ret	16	22	C	5	10	16	6	16	9	198
6	Yuhao Fu	18	19	C	18	14	17	17	13	18	12	15	17	20	Ret	15	13	23	21	16	14	16	15	15	15	14	18	C	10	13	18	17	Ret		183.5
7	Nina Gademan	19	18	C	16	19	13	16	12	16	13	14	14	15	17	18	16	12	Ret	14	11	14					16	C	17	14	13	12	14		179
8	Joel Bergström	17	13	C	12	10	16	6	6	4				8	4	10																			137.5
9	August Raber	Ret	21	C	20	5	11	14	14	15	Ret	DNS	DNS	WD	WD	WD	DNS	22	17				13	12	16	Ret	10	C	16	19	14	14	Ret		114
10	Matúš Ryba													14	12	12	Ret	25	9								12	C	19						62
11	Thomas Bearman																										17	C	DNS	17	9	16	10		39
12	Ernesto Rivera																5	26	6																36
13	Emily Cotty																										19	C	18						6
Pos	Driver	DPN			BHI			SNE			THR			SSGP			ZAN			KNO			DPGP				SSN			BHGP				Pen.	Pts

Teams Cup

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Hitech Pulse-Eight	807.5
2	Rodin Motorsport	741
3	JHR Developments	328
4	Phinsys by Argenti	230
5	Virtuosi Racing	153
6	Fortec Motorsport	145
7	Chris Dittmann Racing	58
8	Xcel Motorsport	58

Notes and References

1. Web site: Strebelow. Vivien. 2023-11-23. Nina Pothof joins British F4 grid in 2024 with Fortec Motorsports. Racers.
2. Web site: 2024-02-01. Kai Daryanani joins Fortec Motorsports on F4 British Championship return. Fortec Motorsport.
3. Web site: 2024-03-21. F4 US race winner Alex Berg joins Fortec Motorsports for ROKiT British F4 Campaign. British F4.
4. Web site: 2023-11-27. Reza Seewooruthun to race in the 2024 ROKiT British F4 and UAE F4 Championships. Hitech Pulse-Eight.
5. Web site: 2024-01-02. Mika Abrahams joins Hitech Pulse-Eight in the 2024 ROKiT F4 British Championship certified by FIA. Hitech Grand Prix.
6. Web site: Hitech provide Bianca Bustamante with ROKiT F4 British Championship debut opportunity. 2024-07-03. en.
7. Web site: 2023-11-09. Deagen Fairclough set to race with Hitech in 2024 ROKiT British F4 Championship. Hitech Grand Prix.
8. Web site: Wood. Ida. 2024-09-17. Thomas Bearman and Harri Reynolds to debut in British F4. 2024-09-17. Formula Scout. en-US.
9. Web site: 2024-07-10. Heading to Zandvoort for historic first overseas race for British F4. Hitech Grand Prix.
10. Web site: Pulling returns for F1 Academy assault alongside British F4. 2023-12-11. www.carlin.co.uk.
11. Web site: 8 December 2023. Alex Ninovic confirmed for ROKiT British F4 with Rodin Carlin for 2024. British F4.
12. Web site: 2024-02-22. James Higgins joins Rodin Motorsport’s British F4 Team. Rodin Motorsport.
13. Web site: Wood. Ida. 2024-03-06. Sherwood joins Rodin in British F4 as Fairclough tops test at Silverstone. 2024-03-07. Formula Scout. en-US.
14. Web site: 16 September 2024. Harri Reynolds set to make ROKiT British F4 debut with JHR Developments. 16 September 2024. British F4.
15. Web site: 2024-01-11. Chloe Chong joins JHR for British F4 season. Racers.
16. Web site: 15 January 2024. JHR Developments signs talented karting star Joel Bergström for maiden ROKiT British F4 campaign. 15 January 2024. British F4.
17. Web site: 25 January 2024. Talented racer Leo Robinson joins JHR Developments for maiden British F4 season. 25 January 2024. JHR Developments.
18. Web site: RACERS. 2024-02-29. Ella Lloyd to contest British F4 with JHR. 2024-02-29. Racers. en.
19. Web site: BARC Race Meeting - Silverstone GP - 15 /16 June 2024. 2024-06-12. en.
20. Web site: 2023 ROKiT British F4 Rookie Champion Gustav Jonsson set for Chris Dittmann Racing return. 2024-09-18. en.
21. Web site: Chris Dittmann Racing lines up F1 Academy’s Jess Edgar for Zandvoort ROKiT British F4 weekend. 2024-07-03. en.
22. Web site: 2023-12-21. British karting star Bart Harrison joins Chris Dittmann Racing for F4 British Championship campaign. 2023-12-21. Chris Dittmann Racing. en-US.
23. Web site: 2024-07-10. ANNOUNCEMENT F1 ACADEMY driver @aurelianobels16 will be joining team Argenti for round 6 of the 2024 @britishf4 championship In Zandvoort this weekend. Instagram.
24. Web site: ROKIT BRITISH F4 HEADS TO SILVERSTONE NATIONAL FOR THE PENULTIMATE ROUND OF 2024 CHAMPIONSHIP. 2024-09-18. en.
25. Web site: Allen. Peter. 2 November 2023. Argenti signs Campbell-Pilling as first British F4 driver for 2024. Formula Scout.
26. Web site: 25 November 2023. Yuanpu Cui Joins Argenti Motorsport for the 2024 ROKiT F4 British Championship. British F4.
27. Web site: 2024-04-05. Maxwell Dodds completes Virtuosi Racing’s 2024 British F4 line-up. Virtuosi Racing.
28. Web site: 2024-03-11. Martin Molnár to begin his racing journey to Formula One in the home of motorsports. Virtuosi Racing F4.
29. Web site: 2024-03-12. Yuhao Fu joins Virtuosi Racing for the 2024 British F4 Season. Virtuosi Racing F4.
30. xcelmotorsport. C4OLpL4SVL5. Xcel Motorsport is gearing up for a thrilling venture into the British F4 Championship in 2024.. 2024-03-07.
31. Web site: 2024-03-21. DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT Scoular steps up to the British F4 Championship in 2024 with Xcel.. Instagram.
32. Web site: 2024-07-09. The coming weekend I will be participating at one stage of the @britishf4 championship at the fabulous @circuitzandvoort. Instagram.
33. Web site: 2024-04-23. August Raber joins Xcel Motorsport for ROKiT British F4 Season Opener. F4 British Championship.
34. Web site: Wood. Ida. 2023-05-15. British F4 to return to Silverstone's National layout in 2024. Formula Scout.
35. Web site: 29 November 2023. ROKiT British F4 Announces First Overseas Round As Part Of 2024 Calendar. 29 November 2023. British F4.