2016 F4 British Championship Explained

The 2016 F4 British Championship^[1] (known as 2016 MSA Formula Championship at the first two rounds) was a multi-event, Formula 4 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. 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 second season, following on from the British Formula Ford Championship, was the second year that the cars conformed to the FIA's Formula 4 regulations.^[2] Part of the TOCA tour, it formed part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece.^[3]

The season commenced on 2 April at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluded on 1 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after thirty races at ten meetings, all in support of the 2016 British Touring Car Championship season.^[4]

Teams and drivers

All teams were British-registered.

Team Drivers Class Rounds Carlin 1 Devlin DeFrancesco[5] All 10 Petru Florescu[6] All 15 James Pull All 31 Max Fewtrell[7] All Richardson Racing 2 Andrew Richardson[8] 9–10 25 Alexandra Marinescu[9] 6, 8 JHR Developments 3 Sennan Fielding[10] All 23 Billy Monger[11] 1–4, 6–10 96 Jack Butel[12] 1–6, 8–10 Fortec Motorsports Frank Bird[13] All 7 Alex Quinn[14] All 33 Ross Martin[15] 1–3 38 Jamie Caroline[16] 5–10 63 Nicolai Kjærgaard[17] All Double R Racing 8 Carrie Schreiner[18] 1, 3, 8–9 93 Zane Goddard[19] All TRS Arden Junior Racing Team 12 Ayrton Simmons 3–10 21 Rafael Martins All 26 Luis Leeds[20] All 88 Jack Martin All Falcon Motorsport 20 nowrap Alexandra Mohnhaupt[21] 6–7 Jamun Racing 35 Harry Hayek[22] 1–3 38 Jamie Caroline[23] 1–4 Joe Tandy Racing 44 Patrik Matthiesen[24] 1–6, 8–9

Race calendar and results

The calendar for the 2016 TOCA package was announced on 27 July 2015.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	2 April	Petru Florescu	Petru Florescu	Petru Florescu	Carlin	Alex Quinn
	R2				Sennan Fielding	Sennan Fielding	JHR Developments	Alex Quinn
	R3		3 April	Petru Florescu	Luis Leeds	Petru Florescu	Carlin	Alex Quinn
2	R4	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	16 April	Alex Quinn	James Pull	Alex Quinn	Fortec Motorsport	Alex Quinn
	R5		17 April		Petru Florescu	Sennan Fielding	JHR Developments	Jack Martin
	R6			Max Fewtrell	Alex Quinn	Max Fewtrell	Carlin	Ross Martin
3	R7	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	7 May	Petru Florescu	Petru Florescu	Petru Florescu	Carlin	Alex Quinn
	R8		8 May		Sennan Fielding	Luis Leeds	nowrap	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	Ayrton Simmons
	R9			Petru Florescu	nowrap	Devlin DeFrancesco	nowrap	Devlin DeFrancesco	Carlin	Alex Quinn
4	R10	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	4 June	nowrap	Devlin DeFrancesco	Jamie Caroline	nowrap	Devlin DeFrancesco	Carlin	Alex Quinn
	R11		5 June		Sennan Fielding	Rafael Martins	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	Alex Quinn
	R12			Petru Florescu	Petru Florescu	Petru Florescu	Carlin	nowrap	Nicolai Kjærgaard
5	R13	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	18 June	Zane Goddard	Zane Goddard	Zane Goddard	Double R Racing	Jack Martin
	R14		19 June		Zane Goddard	Luis Leeds	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	Jack Martin
	R15			Zane Goddard	Zane Goddard	Devlin DeFrancesco	Carlin	Alex Quinn
6	R16	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	30 July	Sennan Fielding	James Pull	Sennan Fielding	JHR Developments	Nicolai Kjærgaard
	R17				Petru Florescu	Petru Florescu	Carlin	Nicolai Kjærgaard
	R18		31 July	Sennan Fielding	Petru Florescu	Sennan Fielding	JHR Developments	Nicolai Kjærgaard
7	R19	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	13 August	Petru Florescu	Devlin DeFrancesco	Alex Quinn	Fortec Motorsport	Alex Quinn
	R20		14 August		Luis Leeds	Luis Leeds	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	Alex Quinn
	R21			Alex Quinn	Zane Goddard	Zane Goddard	Double R Racing	Alex Quinn
8	R22	Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)	27 August	James Pull	James Pull	James Pull	Carlin	Alex Quinn
	R23	28 August		Luis Leeds	Sennan Fielding	JHR Developments	Alex Quinn
	R24		Billy Monger	James Pull	Max Fewtrell	Carlin	Alex Quinn
9	R25	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	nowrap	17 September	Sennan Fielding	Max Fewtrell	Zane Goddard	Double R Racing	Ayrton Simmons
	R26		18 September		Max Fewtrell	Alex Quinn	Fortec Motorsport	Alex Quinn
	R27			Luis Leeds	Max Fewtrell	Zane Goddard	Double R Racing	Ayrton Simmons
10	R28	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	1 October	Max Fewtrell	Jamie Caroline	James Pull	Carlin	Ayrton Simmons
	R29		2 October		Billy Monger	Jamie Caroline	Fortec Motorsport	Ayrton Simmons
	R30			Max Fewtrell	Sennan Fielding	Max Fewtrell	Carlin	Ayrton Simmons

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Pts 1 Max Fewtrell 2 6 6 3 3 1 Ret Ret 3 5 5 4 2 3 3 Ret 9 3 8 3 5 3 3 1 11 7 5 3 3 1 358 2 Sennan Fielding 5 1 14 7 1 5 3 6 5 10 9 8 Ret 6 5 1 5 1 Ret 8 4 5 1 2 2 4 3 2 5 3 351 3 Luis Leeds 4 9 2 2 Ret 2 5 1 8 13 8 11 3 1 10 5 17 4 5 1 2 7 2 10 8 3 2 10 11 5 300 4 James Pull 3 3 3 4 Ret 4 6 7 4 6 2 5 8 5 6 3 2 Ret 7 5 7 1 DSQ 9 4 12 6 1 7 4 291 5 10 Ret 7 5 Ret 17 2 Ret 1 1 7 2 4 Ret 1 2 3 2 2 Ret 9 Ret 9 7 3 5 4 Ret 16 7 265 6 Petru Florescu 1 Ret 1 6 2 13 1 13 9 2 4 1 Ret 8 9 7 1 5 DSQ Ret EX Ret 7 4 5 Ret 17 6 2 8 260 7 Alex Quinn 8 7 5 1 9 6 4 12 7 4 3 Ret Ret Ret 4 9 6 15 1 4 3 2 5 5 9 1 10 8 8 11 248 8 Zane Goddard 9 4 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 6 8 Ret 10 1 2 2 4 14 7 3 2 1 9 10 12 1 6 1 13 10 6 239 9 Rafael Martins 7 5 4 10 4 8 Ret Ret Ret 7 1 6 6 4 7 8 Ret 11 Ret 7 6 6 8 6 6 2 7 4 4 10 205 10 Jamie Caroline 6 2 12 8 5 7 10 2 Ret 3 Ret 3 5 Ret 8 Ret 7 Ret 4 13 8 4 4 14 12 9 14 7 1 9 181 11 Ayrton Simmons 12 8 17 16 12 9 11 9 14 11 16 8 10 6 12 11 6 8 7 8 9 5 6 2 82 12 Billy Monger 11 8 18 9 6 11 Ret 3 2 9 6 13 Ret 11 12 Ret 9 13 15 13 3 Ret 11 8 Ret 12 Ret 78 13 Nicolai Kjærgaard 13 10 16 14 Ret 14 Ret Ret 14 14 15 7 EX 10 11 6 4 6 6 11 10 8 11 18 10 Ret 14 11 9 12 50 14 Jack Martin 16 16 13 13 8 9 Ret EX 13 11 10 12 7 7 12 12 Ret 9 9 Ret 11 12 Ret 13 14 15 12 14 13 13 25 15 Ross Martin Ret 12 9 12 Ret 3 9 9 11 21 16 Patrik Matthiesen 17 14 19 16 10 15 8 10 10 12 11 Ret 9 11 13 10 8 10 13 Ret 11 16 14 18 15 17 Carrie Schreiner 15 15 15 13 4 16 10 Ret 15 13 10 16 14 18 Jack Butel 12 13 11 Ret 7 12 7 Ret 18 17 13 14 Ret 12 16 14 13 13 17 12 16 17 13 11 9 14 14 14 19 Frank Bird 18 Ret 17 15 11 16 14 Ret 15 15 14 Ret 10 Ret 15 13 10 14 12 10 14 14 NC 17 15 16 13 12 Ret 16 3 20 Harry Hayek 14 11 10 11 12 10 11 11 12 2 21 nowrap style="text-align:left" Alexandra Mohnhaupt 16 15 17 11 12 15 0 22 Alexandra Marinescu 15 12 16 16 14 19 0 23 Andrew Richardson 18 17 19 15 15 15 0 Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookie Cup

Pos	Driver	BHI			DON			THR			OUL			CRO			SNE			KNO			ROC			SIL			BHGP			Points
1	Alex Quinn	8	7	5	1	9	6	4	12	7	4	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	9	6	15	1	4	3	2	5	5	9	1	10	8	8	11	589
2	Ayrton Simmons							12	8	17	16	12	9	11	9	14	11	16	8	9	6	12	11	6	8	7	8	9	5	6	2	430
3	Nicolai Kjaergaard	13	10	16	14	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	14	14	15	1	Ret	10	11	6	5	6	10	11	10	8	11	18	10	Ret	15	11	9	12	400
4	Jack Martin	16	16	13	13	8	9	Ret	EX	13	11	10	12	7	7	12	12	Ret	9	8	Ret	11	12	Ret	13	14	15	12	14	13	13	393
5	Ross Martin	Ret	12	9	12	Ret	3	9	9	11																						130
Pos	Driver	BHI			DON			THR			OUL			CRO			SNE			KNO			ROC			SIL			BHGP			Points

Teams Cup

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Carlin	618
2	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	505
3	JHR Developments	429
4	Fortec Motorsports	355
5	Double R Racing	253
6	Jamun Racing	97
6	JTR	15
8	Richardson Racing	0
9	Falcon Motorsport	0

Notes and References

1. News: MSA Formula officially renamed as British F4. Klein. Jamie. 3 May 2016. motorsport.com. 3 May 2016.
2. Web site: FORMULA FORD ECOBOOST ADOPTS FIA FORMULA 4 REGULATIONS FOR 2015. British Formula Ford. 23 June 2014. 8 September 2014. https://archive.today/20140908194917/http://www.britishformulaford.co.uk/formula-ford-ecoboost-adopts-fia-formula-4-regulations-for-2015/. 2014-09-08. dead.
3. News: Formula Ford returns in 2013 . . . 12 October 2012 . 12 October 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130723101130/http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3211 . 23 July 2013 .
4. News: 2016 dates. MSA Formula. Racingline. 16 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151214051845/http://msaformula.com/2016-calendar/. 14 December 2015. dead. dmy-all.
5. News: Carlin confirms MSA Formula seat for Devlin DeFrancesco. Allen. Peter. 10 December 2015. Paddock Scout. 16 December 2015.
6. News: Florescu continues with Carlin for 2016 season. Carlin. 18 March 2016. 19 March 2016. 8 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201108163939/http://www.carlin.co.uk/news/msa-formula/florescu-continues-with-carlin-for-2016-season/. dead.
7. News: Max Fewtrell and Carlin will join forces in MSA Formula. David. Gruz. 25 January 2016. Paddock Scout. 25 January 2016.
8. News: British F4 to star at Silverstone. 15 September 2016. F4 British Championship. 17 September 2016.
9. News: Richardson Racing signs Marinescu for F4 British Championship return. 27 July 2016. F4 British Championship. 30 July 2016.
10. News: More MSA Formula with JHR team for Sennan Fielding in 2016. Allen. Peter. Paddock Scout. 27 January 2016. 27 January 2016.
11. News: Monger stays with JHR for MSA Formula move. Paice. Simon. 25 February 2016. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. 26 February 2016.
12. News: Butel returns to JHR Developments with support of Yuasa. Jackson. Connor. 17 January 2016. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. 17 January 2016.
13. News: Fortec completes MSA Formula quartet with Frank Bird. Allen. Peter. 19 February 2016. Paddock Scout. 20 February 2016.
14. News: RSF selects Alex Quinn for fully-funded 2016 Fortec MSA Formula drive. Allen. Peter. 6 November 2015. Paddock Scout. 6 January 2016.
15. Web site: McNish's protege Ross Martin graduates to MSA Formula. January 18, 2016. January 19, 2016.
16. News: Caroline Switches to Fortec Motorsports for End of Season Charge . Jackson. Connor. 9 June 2016. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. 9 June 2016.
17. Web site: Kjaergaard signs with Fortec for 2016 Ford MSA Formula campaign. MSA Formula. 5 February 2016. 5 February 2016.
18. News: Drivers: Carrie Schreiner. 13 March 2016. Ford MSA Formula Championship. 13 March 2016.
19. News: Zane Goddard steps up to MSA Formula. 4 February 2016. Australian Formula 4 Championship. 4 February 2016. 8 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181008164934/http://www.formula4.com.au/?p=7629. dead.
20. News: Arden firms up full MSA Formula quartet for 2016. Allen. Peter. 11 December 2015. Paddock Scout. 16 December 2015.
21. News: RFalcon Motorsport to fly once again in F4 British Championship with Mohnhaupt. 22 July 2016. F4 British Championship. 30 July 2016.
22. News: Aussie teen Hayek joins MSA Formula grid. 17 February 2016. Speedcafe. 17 February 2016.
23. News: Ginetta Junior champion Caroline joins Jamun in MSA Formula. David. Gruz. 10 February 2016. Paddock Scout. 10 February 2016.
24. News: Matthiesen teams up with JTR for MSA Formula debut. Paice. Simon. 26 February 2016. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. 27 February 2016.