2019 F4 British Championship

2019 F4 British Championship

Drivers' Champion: Zane Maloney
Teams' Champion: Double R Racing
Rookie Cup: Zane Maloney

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2019 ToCA Support series:
2019 BTCC
2019 Renault UK Clio Cup
2019 Ginetta Junior Championship
2019 Ginetta GT4 Supercup
2019 Porsche Carrera Cup GB

The 2019 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 conform to the technical regulations for the championship. This, the fifth season, following on from the British Formula Ford Championship, was the fifth year that the cars conformed to the FIA's Formula 4 regulations. ^[1] 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 6 April at Brands Hatch  – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluded on 13 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after thirty races held at ten meetings, all in support of the 2019 British Touring Car Championship. ^[2]

The rookie cup continued with the top prize being free entry into the 2020 season. ^[3]

Zane Maloney won both the overall and rookie championship, coming out victorious ten times out of 30 races. His closest title challenger Sebastián Álvarez won five races, one win fewer than third-placed Louis Foster. Carter Williams triumphed thrice, Josh Skelton and Luke Browning won twice respectively, and Bart Horsten and Tommy Foster got one victory each.

Teams and drivers

All teams were British-registered.

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds Fortec Motorsport 7 Roberto Faria [4] R All 10 Mariano Martínez [5] All 20 Chris Lulham [6] R 9 Richardson Racing [7] 11 Luke Browning [7] All TRS Arden Junior Team 12 Abbie Munro [8] 8–10 27 Alex Connor [9] R 2–10 50 Bart Horsten [10] All 53 Tommy Foster [11] All Double R Racing 18 Reema Juffali [12] All 26 Louis Foster [13] All 94 Sebastián Álvarez [14] All Carlin [15] 21 Joe Turney [16] R 1–5 31 Zane Maloney [17] R All JHR Developments 41 Alex Walker [18] R 5–7, 9 43 Josh Skelton [19] All 55 Carter Williams [20] All

Icon Class R Rookie

• Fin Green was scheduled to compete for Carlin, but did not appear at any rounds. ^[21]

Race calendar

The calendar was announced on 5 June 2018. ^[2] All races were held in the United Kingdom. Round at Rockingham was removed from the schedule in favour of the second Thruxton round. All rounds supported 2019 British Touring Car Championship.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Rookie winner
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	6 April	Joe Turney	Zane Maloney	Luke Browning	Richardson Racing	Zane Maloney
	R2		7 April		Luke Browning	Louis Foster	Double R Racing	Joe Turney
	R3			Sebastián Álvarez	Sebastián Álvarez	Sebastián Álvarez	Double R Racing	Zane Maloney
2	R4	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	27 April	Louis Foster	Tommy Foster	Louis Foster	Double R Racing	Joe Turney
	R5		28 April		Louis Foster	Bart Horsten	TRS Arden Junior Team	Joe Turney
	R6			Louis Foster	Joe Turney	Louis Foster	Double R Racing	Alex Connor
3	R7	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	18 May	Louis Foster	Joe Turney	Luke Browning	Richardson Racing	Zane Maloney
	R8		19 May		Sebastián Álvarez	Zane Maloney	Carlin	Zane Maloney
	R9			Tommy Foster	Louis Foster	Zane Maloney	Carlin	Zane Maloney
4	R10	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	15 June	Zane Maloney	Zane Maloney	Zane Maloney	Carlin	Zane Maloney
	R11				Josh Skelton	Josh Skelton	JHR Developments	Zane Maloney
	R12		16 June	Zane Maloney	Zane Maloney	Zane Maloney	Carlin	Zane Maloney
5	R13	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	29 June	Zane Maloney	Zane Maloney	Zane Maloney	Carlin	Zane Maloney
	R14		30 June		Louis Foster	Zane Maloney	Carlin	Zane Maloney
	R15			Zane Maloney	Josh Skelton	Zane Maloney	Carlin	Zane Maloney
6	R16	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	3 August	Sebastián Álvarez	Sebastián Álvarez	Sebastián Álvarez	Double R Racing	Zane Maloney
	R17		4 August		Josh Skelton	Tommy Foster	TRS Arden Junior Team	Alex Connor
	R18			Sebastián Álvarez	Sebastián Álvarez	Sebastián Álvarez	Double R Racing	Zane Maloney
7	R19	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	17 August	Luke Browning	Sebastián Álvarez	Carter Williams	JHR Developments	Zane Maloney
	R20				Louis Foster	Josh Skelton	JHR Developments	Zane Maloney
	R21		18 August	Luke Browning	Sebastián Álvarez	Carter Williams	JHR Developments	Zane Maloney
8	R22	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	14 September	Zane Maloney	Josh Skelton	Zane Maloney	Carlin	Zane Maloney
	R23		15 September		Josh Skelton	Carter Williams	JHR Developments	Alex Connor
	R24			Zane Maloney	Bart Horsten	Louis Foster	Double R Racing	Alex Connor
9	R25	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	28 September	Louis Foster	Louis Foster	Louis Foster	Double R Racing	Zane Maloney
	R26		29 September		Louis Foster	Sebastián Álvarez	Double R Racing	Zane Maloney
	R27			Louis Foster	Louis Foster	Louis Foster	Double R Racing	Chris Lulham
10	R28	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	12 October	Alex Connor	Zane Maloney	Zane Maloney	Carlin	Zane Maloney
	R29				Louis Foster	Sebastián Álvarez	Double R Racing	Alex Connor
	R30		13 October	Alex Connor	Carter Williams	Zane Maloney	Carlin	Zane Maloney

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			THR1			CRO †			OUL			SNE			THR2			KNO			SIL			BHGP			Pen.	Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
1	Zane Maloney	3	7	2	8	6	6	2	1	1	1	5	1	1	1	1	3	Ret	4	6	5	6	1	8	NC	5	2	Ret	1	5	1		427
2	Sebastián Álvarez	2	2	1	9	5	2	5	2	3	5	2	Ret	5	9	3	1	11	1	2	3	5	3	2	2	2	1	Ret	3	1	Ret		407
3	Louis Foster	7	1	4	1	3	1	10	4	2	3	6	2	6	6	5	8	4	8	12	Ret	3	Ret	5	1	1	3	1	Ret	6	6		353
4	Josh Skelton	8	Ret	12	2	7	4	3	5	5	6	1	Ret	2	DNS	2	6	2	3	3	1	2	2	3	3	3	9	4	7	10	4		326.5
5	Bart Horsten	5	Ret	6	3	1	8	4	3	7	2	3	3	3	8	7	5	10	2	13†	Ret	4	6	9	10	Ret	5	2	5	2	5	3	275.5
6	Luke Browning	1	3	7	DNS	9	3	1	12	9	12	10	7	Ret	5	4	10	3	13	4	4	9	7	4	4	8	6	3	2	3	2		268.5
7	Carter Williams	9	6	3	7	Ret	7	11	10	6	11	11	8	7	3	11	2	Ret	5	1	6	1	4	1	5	4	10	10	6	8	12		230
8	Tommy Foster	4	10	5	10	11	Ret	7	11	4	4	4	5	8	4	12	4	1	6	5	2	7	8	6	6	Ret	8	6	8	9	8		207
9	Alex Connor				5	4	5	9	7	10	7	7	6	Ret	7	6	9	5	7	7	11	8	Ret	7	7	6	Ret	8	4	4	3		163
10	Joe Turney	6	4	9	4	2	Ret	6	9	8	9	9	4	4	2	Ret																	111
11	Roberto Faria	10	5	8	6	DNS	10	8	6	13	8	8	10	9	11	Ret	7	6	11	10	7	10	5	11	11	9	4	7	Ret	Ret	9		99
12	Mariano Martínez	11	8	10	11	8	9	Ret	8	12	10	12	9	12	10	9	13	7	10	11	10	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	12	11	9	7	7		49
13	Reema Juffali	12	9	11	12	10	11	Ret	13	11	13	13	Ret	11	12	10	12	9	12	9	8	12	Ret	Ret	8	12	14	9	10	11	10		20
14	Alex Walker													10	13	8	11	8	9	8	9	13				Ret	11	Ret					17
15	Chris Lulham																									11	7	5					16
16	Abbie Munro																						9	10	9	10	13	12	11	12	11		6
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pen.	Pts
		BHI			DON			THR1			CRO †			OUL			SNE			THR2			KNO			SIL			BHGP

^† Race 2 at Croft Circuit was stopped after two laps due to worsening weather conditions. The results were initially declared void, with the intention of running a fourth race at a later event. However, it was confirmed on 22 July that the original results would stand, with half points being awarded. ^[22]

Rookie Cup

Pos	Driver	BHI			DON			THR1			CRO †			OUL			SNE			THR2			KNO			SIL			BHGP			Pen.	Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
1	Zane Maloney	3	7	2	8	6	6	2	1	1	1	5	1	1	1	1	3	Ret	4	6	5	6	1	8	NC	5	2	Ret	1	5	1		608.5
2	Alex Connor				5	4	5	9	7	10	7	7	6	Ret	7	6	9	5	7	7	11	8	Ret	7	7	6	Ret	8	4	4	3		428
3	Roberto Faria	10	5	8	6	DNS	10	8	6	13	8	8	10	9	11	Ret	7	6	11	10	7	10	5	11	11	9	4	7	Ret	Ret	9		397.5
4	Joe Turney	6	4	9	4	2	Ret	6	8	8	9	9	4	4	2	Ret																	228
5	Alex Walker													10	13	8	11	8	9	8	9	13				Ret	11	Ret					133
6	Chris Lulham																									11	7	5					52
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pen.	Pts
		BHI			DON			THR1			CRO †			OUL			SNE			THR2			KNO			SIL			BHGP

Teams Cup

Each team nominated two drivers to score points before every round. All non-nominated drivers were ignored.

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Double R Racing	536
2	Carlin	439
3	JHR Developments	407
4	TRS Arden Junior Team	344.5
5	Richardson Racing	174
6	Fortec Motorsport	145

References

1. "FORMULA FORD ECOBOOST ADOPTS FIA FORMULA 4 REGULATIONS FOR 2015". British Formula Ford. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-09-08. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
2. "2019 F4 British Championship calendar announced". fiaformula4.com. Ford Motor Company. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
3. "British F4 confirms attractive prize offering for 2019". November 26, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
4. "Karting ace Roberto Faria graduates to British F4 with Fortec". November 30, 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
5. "Mariano Martinez switches to British F4 with Fortec Motorsport". March 12, 2019. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
6. "Fortec Motorsport adds karting ace Chris Lulham for Silverstone". September 23, 2019. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
7. "Richardson Racing confirms British F4 return". 29 October 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
8. "Abbie Munro completes Arden's F4 line up for final three events". September 5, 2019. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
9. "Alex Connor joins Arden for rookie British F4 campaign". January 18, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
10. "Australian racer Bart Horsten moves to British F4 with Arden". December 17, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
11. "Arden strengthen British F4 outfit with karting star Tommy Foster". February 1, 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
12. "Reema Juffali completes Double R Racing's 2019 driver line-up". March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
13. "Louis Foster joins reigning Champions Double R Racing for 2019". January 25, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
14. "Sebastian Alvarez and Double R re-unite for 2019 British F4 campaign". February 13, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
15. Wood, Elliot (8 October 2018). "Carlin returns to British F4 for 2019". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
16. "Carlin announce last-minute deal for Joe Turney at Brands Hatch". April 4, 2019.
17. "Carlin title push gathers momentum with addition of Zane Maloney". February 8, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
18. "Alex Walker to make British F4 debut with JHR Developments". 20 June 2019.
19. "Josh Skelton confirmed at JHR Developments for 2019 campaign". January 9, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
20. "Carter Williams joins title contenders JHR Developments for 2019". March 5, 2019. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
21. Wood, Ida (20 October 2018). "Carlin names Ginetta graduate Fin Green as first driver for British F4 return". Formula Scout. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
22. Waring, Bethonie (July 22, 2019). "British F4 will not re-run cancelled Croft race". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved July 23, 2019.

External links

• Official website