2023 F4 British Championship Explained

The 2023 ROKiT F4 British Championship is 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, is 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 commenced on 22 April at Donington Park and concluded 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

All teams are British-registered.

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds Rodin Carlin 2 Noah Lisle 1, 3–10 11 Louis Sharp[1] All 12 Josh Irfan[2] All 55 Dion Gowda[3] All Hitech Pulse-Eight 4 James Piszcyk[4] All 5 William Macintyre[5] All 6 Kanato Le[6] All 7 Gabriel Stilp[7] All Virtuosi Racing 8 Kai Daryanani[8] All 14 Aqil Alibhai[9] All 28 Douwe Dedecker[10] All Phynsis by Argenti 15 Alvise Rodella[11] 9 17 nowrap Patrick Heuzenroeder[12] All 26 Isaac Barashi[13] All 53 Matteo De Palo 3–4 72 Sonny Smith[14] 1 77 Jaden Pariat[15] 1–6 88 Griffin Peebles[16] 8–9 Fortec Motorsport 18 James Higgins[17] All 29 Mika Abrahams[18] 4–10 57 Aiden Neate[19] 1–6 JHR Developments 21 Tom Mills 9 72 Sonny Smith 2–7 87 Deagen Fairclough[20] [21] All Chris Dittmann Racing 23 Gustav Jonsson[22] All 49 Daniel Guinchard[23] 1–6 78 Jack Sherwood[24] All Double R Racing 27 Freddie Slater[25] 9–10

• Monica Boulton Ramos was set to compete in the championship as the female winner of the ROKiT Racing Stars but did not participate in any rounds.

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.^{[26] [27]}

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	22 April	Noah Lisle	Noah Lisle	Louis Sharp	Rodin Carlin	Josh Irfan
	R2		23 April		Louis Sharp	Louis Sharp	Rodin Carlin	Josh Irfan
	R3			Noah Lisle	Noah Lisle	Noah Lisle	Rodin Carlin	Gabriel Stilp
2	R4	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	6 May	James Higgins	Deagen Fairclough	Kanato Le	Hitech Pulse-Eight	nowrap	Gustav Jonsson
	R5		7 May		Deagen Fairclough	Dion Gowda	Rodin Carlin	Gabriel Stilp
	R6			James Higgins	Daniel Guinchard	James Higgins	Fortec Motorsport	Gustav Jonsson
3	R7	(300 Circuit, Norfolk)	20 May	Dion Gowda	race declared null and void, rescheduled to 26–27 August[28]
	R8		21 May		Noah Lisle	Aqil Alibhai	Virtuosi Racing	Gustav Jonsson
	R9			Dion Gowda	Noah Lisle	Dion Gowda	Rodin Carlin	Gabriel Stilp
4	R10	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	3 June	James Piszcyk	James Piszcyk	James Piszcyk	Hitech Pulse-Eight	Gabriel Stilp
	R11		4 June		Dion Gowda	Noah Lisle	Rodin Carlin	Gustav Jonsson
	R12			William Macintyre	Deagen Fairclough	William Macintyre	Hitech Pulse-Eight	Gabriel Stilp
5	R13	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	17 June	James Higgins	Kanato Le	Kanato Le	Hitech Pulse-Eight	Gustav Jonsson
	R14		18 June		Louis Sharp	Sonny Smith	JHR Developments	nowrap	Douwe Dedecker
	R15			James Higgins	Kanato Le	James Higgins	Fortec Motorsport	Gabriel Stilp
6	R16	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)	24 June	William Macintyre	Gabriel Stilp	Josh Irfan	Rodin Carlin	Josh Irfan
	R17		25 June		Kanato Le	Noah Lisle	Rodin Carlin	Gustav Jonsson
	R18			James Piszcyk	Kanato Le	James Piszcyk	Hitech Pulse-Eight	Gabriel Stilp
7	R19	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	29 July	Louis Sharp	Louis Sharp	Louis Sharp	Rodin Carlin	Josh Irfan
	R20				Gabriel Stilp	Sonny Smith	JHR Developments	Gabriel Stilp
	R21		30 July	Louis Sharp	Louis Sharp	Louis Sharp	Rodin Carlin	Josh Irfan
8	R22	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	nowrap	12 August	nowrap	William Macintyre	nowrap	William Macintyre	nowrap	William Macintyre	Hitech Pulse-Eight	Gustav Jonsson
	R23		13 August		nowrap	William Macintyre	Deagen Fairclough	JHR Developments	Gabriel Stilp
	R24			Dion Gowda	James Piszcyk	Dion Gowda	Rodin Carlin	Gustav Jonsson
9	R25	Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)	26 August	Mika Abrahams	Mika Abrahams	Louis Sharp	Rodin Carlin	Gustav Jonsson
	R7			Dion Gowda	Gustav Jonsson	Dion Gowda	Rodin Carlin	Gustav Jonsson
	R26		27 August		William Macintyre	Deagen Fairclough	JHR Developments	Gabriel Stilp
	R27			Mika Abrahams	Freddie Slater	Gabriel Stilp	Hitech Pulse-Eight	Gabriel Stilp
10	R28	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	nowrap	7 October	Louis Sharp	Deagen Fairclough	Louis Sharp	Rodin Carlin	Gustav Jonsson
	R29		8 October		Deagen Fairclough	Josh Irfan	Rodin Carlin	Josh Irfan
	R30			Louis Sharp	nowrap	Deagen Fairclough	nowrap	Deagen Fairclough	nowrap	JHR Developments	Gabriel Stilp

Championship standings

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers in races 1 and 3 and for the top eight classified finishers in race 2. Up to ten points are awarded for positions gained from the drivers' respective starting positions in race 2 which has its grid formed by reversing the order from the qualifying session. Two points are awarded for the best legal lap set in the qualifying session. Bonus points count 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 OUL SIL CRO KNO DPGP BHGP Pen. Pts 1 Louis Sharp 1 1 6 Ret 43 4 C 136 3 3 127 3 4 19 6 12 37 9 1 163 1 2 151 7 1 3 6 3 1 118 2 384 2 William Macintyre 6 20 5 2 133 2 C 6 4 2 11 1 14 133 3 2 5 2 3 152 2 1 17 2 9 6 27 4 3 79 3 371 3 Deagen Fairclough 5 104 4 4 31 17 C 17 8 15 4 6 3 86 4 6 210 4 5 78 3 7 11 10 12 4 17 8 2 6 1 18 296 4 Dion Gowda 4 8 2 9 11 10 C 10 1 7 38 Ret 5 182 5 11 5 5 6 95 4 13 Ret 1 Ret 1 95 17 EX 123 9 27 226 5 James Piszcyk 10 14 18 7 101 6 C 510 5 1 155 5 10 73 15 3 10 1 8 54 8 10 32 18 7 10 124 6 4 104 4 220 6 James Higgins 8 610 8 3 125 1 C 14 9 10 17 Ret 15 166 1 4 116 8 2 126 Ret Ret 21 11 5 2 116 5 10 52 13 217 7 Kanato Le 9 47 16 1 114 8 C 128 2 6 5 21 1 147 20 15 17 6 9 14 6 15 104 3 8 8 13 9 5 81 12 195 8 Aqil Alibhai Ret 5 NC 6 63 Ret C 16 10 8 Ret 7 2 105 7 14 94 12 15 8 10 4 112 5 10 12 5 2 13 134 6 169 9 Gabriel Stilp 17 15 9 Ret 53 9 C 99 14 5 202 4 Ret 153 9 20 155 3 11 24 14 8 45 14 6 14 7 1 17 93 5 164 10 Noah Lisle 2 174 1 C 27 20 Ret 13 16 8 12 8 7 16 10 12 Ret 9 6 18 12 16 13 310 7 7 15 14 12 156 11 Gustav Jonsson Ret 12 10 10 93 7 C 8 16 16 25 10 12 53 11 8 410 7 10 10 7 5 16 6 3 5 Ret 14 8 14 10 133 12 Josh Irfan 7 7 13 Ret 154 14 C Ret Ret 11 81 13 19 32 13 1 132 11 4 115 5 12 71 17 15 7 Ret Ret 12 11 16 105 13 Daniel Guinchard 3 162 Ret 5 77 3 C Ret 12 21 143 8 6 17 2 5 12 15 95 14 Aiden Neate 11 2 11 8 2 12 C 75 6 4 138 2 Ret Ret DNS WD WD WD 91 15 Jack Sherwood 13 112 3 16 16 Ret C 15 11 17 6 14 11 43 12 13 Ret 16 Ret 41 11 3 66 8 13 9 19 18 9 23 18 89 16 Sonny Smith 18 13 14 Ret 146 Ret C 46 7 9 94 11 16 15 19 19 19 Ret 17 12 12 69 17 Freddie Slater 4 4 15 14 47 7 52 18 Mika Abrahams 12 18 9 9 92 10 10 16 13 7 13 Ret 9 14 12 2 175 19 11 Ret 8 46 19 Patrick Heuzenroeder 14 9 7 11 18 11 C 33 13 Ret Ret 17 7 63 Ret 9 81 14 13 17 Ret Ret 9 9 Ret 11 Ret 16 6 17 11 9 37 20 Isaac Barashi DNS Ret 15 15 Ret 15 C 19 18 19 Ret 18 Ret Ret 16 Ret 14 20 18 3 13 Ret 127 16 Ret 17 18 10 15 3 15 28 21 Douwe Dedecker 15 18 17 13 19 13 C 18 17 18 7 15 17 22 18 16 6 19 14 Ret 15 14 5 15 17 15 15 13 16 18 17 26 22 Griffin Peebles Ret 132 4 14 101 12 15 23 Jaden Pariat 12 31 12 12 85 5 C WD WD 20 16 20 18 20 17 18 Ret 17 12 15 24 Kai Daryanani 16 19 Ret 14 17 16 C 16 15 14 102 19 13 11 14 17 18 18 16 6 16 11 8 19 18 16 8 DNS Ret 16 19 8 25 Matteo De Palo C 11 19 13 19 12 0 26 Tom Mills 11 14 11 0 27 Alvise Rodella Ret 16 Ret 0 Pos Driver DPN BHI SNE THR OUL SIL CRO KNO DPGP BHGP Pen. Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap x – Points for positions gained

Rookie Cup

Pos	Driver	DPN			BHI			SNE			THR			OUL			SIL			CRO			KNO			DPGP				BHGP			Pen.	Pts
1	Gustav Jonsson	Ret	12	10	10	9	7	C	8	16	16	2	10	12	5	11	8	4	7	10	10	7	5	16	5	3	5	Ret	14	8	14	10		489
2	Gabriel Stilp	18	15	9	Ret	5	9	C	9	14	5	20	4	Ret	15	9	20	15	3	11	2	14	8	4	14	6	14	7	1	17	9	5		463
3	Josh Irfan	7	7	13	Ret	15	14	C	Ret	Ret	11	8	13	19	3	13	1	13	11	4	11	5	12	7	17	15	7	Ret	Ret	12	1	16		380
4	Douwe Dedecker	15	18	17	13	19	13	C	18	17	18	7	15	17	2	18	16	6	19	14	Ret	15	14	5	15	17	15	15	13	16	18	17		354
5	Isaac Barashi	DNS	Ret	15	15	Ret	15	C	19	18	19	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	14	20	18	3	13	Ret	12	16	Ret	17	18	10	15	3	15		238
6	Matteo De Palo							C	11	19	13	19	12																					58
Pos	Driver	DPN			BHI			SNE			THR			OUL			SIL			CRO			KNO			DPGP				BHGP			Pen.	Pts

Teams Cup

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Rodin Carlin	692
2	Hitech Pulse-Eight	652
3	JHR Developments	323
4	Fortec Motorsport	313
5	Chris Dittmann Racing	286
6	Virtuosi Racing	181
7	Phinsys by Argenti	117
8	Double R Racing	36

Notes and References

1. Web site: 8 December 2022. SHARP REMAINS WITH CARLIN FOR 2023 F4 BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP ASSAULT. Carlin Motorsport.
2. Web site: Wood. Ida. 19 January 2023. Carlin adds karter Josh Irfan to British F4 line-up. Formula Scout.
3. Web site: 10 October 2022. Dion Gowda joins Carlin's British Formula 4 team for 2023. Carlin Motorsport.
4. Web site: Australian talent James Piszcyk added to Hitech's 2023 line up. F4 British Championship. November 10, 2022. November 10, 2022.
5. Web site: Ginetta Junior Rookie Champion Macintyre confirms ROKiT British F4 switch. F4 British Championship. 4 November 2022. 4 November 2022.
6. Web site: Kanato Le confirms 2023 Rokit British F4 seat with Hitech GP. F4 British Championship. November 8, 2022. November 8, 2022.
7. Web site: Wood. Ida. 2023-04-17. Hitech completes F4 line-up with British karting champion Gabriel Stilp. Formula Scout.
8. Web site: 2023-03-08. Kai Daryanani joins Virtuosi Racing for the 2023 British F4 season. Virtuosi Racing.
9. Web site: 2023-03-09. Aqil Alibhai completes Virtuosi Racing's British F4 line-up. Virtuosi Racing.
10. Web site: 2023-03-07. Virtuosi Racing announce Douwe Dedecker for the 2023 British F4 season. Virtuosi Racing.
11. Web site: Wood. Ida. 2023-08-24. GB4 leader Tom Mills and Alvise Rodella join British F4 at Donington Park. Formula Scout.
12. Web site: Wood. Ida. 11 November 2022. FFord racer Patrick Heuzenroeder graduates to British F4 with Argenti. Formula Scout.
13. Web site: Argenti retain Isaac Barashi for 2023 season. F4 British Championship. 14 November 2022.
14. Web site: Sonny Smith to make British F4 debut with Phinsys by Argenti. Argenti Motorsport. 2023-04-20. 2023-04-20.
15. Web site: 30 January 2023. Jaden R. Pariat joins Phinsys by Argenti for 2023 British F4 season. F4 British Championship.
16. Web site: 10 August 2023. HQ57 TOCA BTCC Meeting - Knockhill - 12th & 13th August 2023 - Entry List. BARC.
17. Web site: 26 October 2022. Fortec confirm Higgins' return for 2023 season. F4 British Championship.
18. Web site: Wood. Ida. 7 February 2023. Danish F4 winner Mika Abrahams moves to British F4 with Fortec. Formula Scout.
19. Web site: 19 April 2023. Alpine Academy's Aiden Neate joins ROKiT British F4 line-up. Fortec Motorsports.
20. Web site: 16 May 2022. Teenagers crowned ROKiT Racing Stars at University of Bolton. F4 British Championship.
21. Web site: 2023-03-27. ROKiT Racing Stars' Deagen Fairclough 2023 F4 campaign confirmed. F4 British Championship.
22. Web site: 2023-03-21. Swedish karting star Gustav Jonsson completes Chris Dittmann Racing's F4 line-up. Chris Dittmann Racing.
23. Web site: Wood. Ida. 2023-03-06. Ex-Mercedes junior Daniel Guinchard joins Chris Dittmann Racing in British F4. Formula Scout.
24. Web site: Jack Sherwood returns to CDR for full British F4 campaign. F4 British Championship. 16 February 2023. 16 February 2023.
25. Web site: Wood. Ida. 2023-08-24. Rising star Freddie Slater making British F4 debut with Double R Racing. Formula Scout.
26. Web site: 31 May 2022. ROKiT British F4 unveils provisional 2023 calendar. F4 British Championship.
27. Web site: 26 October 2022. Final 2023 ROKiT British F4 calendar announced. F4 British Championship.
28. Web site: Waring. Bethonie. 2023-05-20. First British F4 race at Snetterton declared void after two red flags. Formula Scout. en-US.