2022 GB4 Championship

2022 GB4 Championship

Drivers' Champion:
Nikolas Taylor
Teams' Champion:
Kevin Mills Racing

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The 2022 GB4 Championship partnered by the BRDC ^[1] was the first season of a new motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars in Britain. The 2022 season was the inaugural season for the championship, which was organised by MotorSport Vision. The season ran over eight triple-header rounds and started on 2 April at Snetterton Circuit. ^[2]

GB4 acts as a direct feeder series to higher open-wheel categories, including the existing GB3 Championship partnered by the BRDC. GB4 runs primarily on the same British GT race programme as GB3, and retains many of the same championship partners. ^[3] Teams use the Tatuus F4-T014 chassis in the 2022 championship. ^[3] The car is powered by a 1.4 litre turbocharged 160 HP engine by Autotecnica Motori.

GB4 offered its inaugural champion a £50,000 prize towards their next season of single-seater racing as part of the overall prize package. ^[4] Other prizes included the George Russell Pole Position Cup with a prize fund of £4,000 ^[5] and a £20,000 shoot out prize for teenage drivers in the BRSCC National Formula Ford Championship. ^[6]

All 24 races in the debut season were shown live online. ^[7]

Teams and drivers

All teams are British-registered.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Valour Racing	2	Daryl DeLeon	4
	3	Danny Harrison	4
Rossoverde Racing	5	Christian Lester	8
	7		1, 3–4, 6–7
Fortec Motorsport	8	Elias Adestam	1–3
	17	Jessica Edgar	All
	32	Carl Bennett	8
	66	Nikolas Taylor [a]	All
Graham Brunton Racing	9	Logan Hannah	All
	10	Chloe Grant	All
	12	George Line	2
Scorpio Motorsport	14	Aqil Alibhai	8
Elite Motorsport	18	William Macintyre	8
	41	Alex Walker	1–4
	78	Jack Sherwood	All
Kevin Mills Racing	20	Jarrod Waberski	All
	21	Tom Mills	All
Privateer	41	Alex Walker	5
Hillspeed	62	Oliver Clarke	8
	64	Megan Gilkes	All
	81	Max Marzorati	All
	88	Marcus Short	6
Oldfield Motorsport	73	Lucas Romanek	3
Source: [9]

Calendar

The provisional calendar was announced on 22 October 2021. The championship will support the British GT championship at seven of its eight meetings. ^[10]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	2 April	Nikolas Taylor	Nikolas Taylor	Nikolas Taylor	Fortec Motorsports
	R2		3 April	Nikolas Taylor	Nikolas Taylor	Alex Walker	Elite Motorsport
	R3				Nikolas Taylor	Megan Gilkes	Hillspeed
2	R4	Oulton Park (International Circuit, Cheshire)	16 April	Alex Walker	Alex Walker	Alex Walker	Elite Motorsport
	R5		18 April	Alex Walker	Alex Walker	Alex Walker	Elite Motorsport
	R6				Megan Gilkes	Jarrod Waberski	Kevin Mills Racing
3	R7	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)	7 May	Alex Walker	Nikolas Taylor	Nikolas Taylor	Fortec Motorsports
	R8		8 May	Nikolas Taylor	Nikolas Taylor	Nikolas Taylor	Fortec Motorsports
	R9				Jack Sherwood	Lucas Romanek	Oldfield Motorsport
4	R10	Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)	28 May	Nikolas Taylor	Jack Sherwood	Nikolas Taylor	Fortec Motorsports
	R11		29 May	Megan Gilkes	Megan Gilkes	Megan Gilkes	Hillspeed
	R12				Megan Gilkes	Logan Hannah	Graham Brunton Racing
5	R13	Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	25 June	Nikolas Taylor	Jack Sherwood	Nikolas Taylor	Fortec Motorsports
	R14		26 June	Nikolas Taylor	Nikolas Taylor	Jarrod Waberski	Kevin Mills Racing
	R15				Jack Sherwood	Jack Sherwood	Elite Motorsport
6	R16	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)	30–31 July	Max Marzorati [b]	Max Marzorati	Nikolas Taylor	Fortec Motorsports
	R17			Max Marzorati	Max Marzorati	Nikolas Taylor	Fortec Motorsports
	R18				Nikolas Taylor	Nikolas Taylor	Fortec Motorsports
7	R19	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	10–11 September	Nikolas Taylor	Nikolas Taylor	Tom Mills	Kevin Mills Racing
	R20			Nikolas Taylor	Jack Sherwood	Nikolas Taylor	Fortec Motorsports
	R21				Jarrod Waberski	Jack Sherwood	Elite Motorsport
8	R22	Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)	15–16 October	Jack Sherwood	William Macintyre	Tom Mills	Kevin Mills Racing
	R23			Nikolas Taylor	Nikolas Taylor	Jarrod Waberski	Kevin Mills Racing
	R24				Nikolas Taylor	Jarrod Waberski	Kevin Mills Racing

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in races one and two, with the third race awarding points to only the top 15. Race three, which had its grid formed by reversing the qualifying order, awarded extra points for positions gained from the drivers' respective starting positions.

Races	Position, points per race
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
Races 1 & 2	35	29	24	21	19	17	15	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Race 3	20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Notes

• ¹²³ refers to positions gained and thus extra points earned during race three.

Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	SNE1			OUL			SIL1			DON1			SNE2			SIL2			BRH			DON2			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
1	Nikolas Taylor	1	6	82	6	3	54	1	1	Ret	1	2	67	1	Ret	54	1	1	16	Ret	1	26	2	4	38	546
2	Jarrod Waberski	5	3	53	3	4	12	7	2	Ret	8	5	33	2	1	43	Ret	3	35	3	2	43	3	1	16	496
3	Max Marzorati	4	4	23	2	6	34	3	3	63	2	4	46	4	2	24	9	2	28	4	6	6	7	6	8	482
4	Tom Mills	3	2	42	11	2	8	9	9	7	4	6	53	6	5	35	2	4	6	1	8	33	1	Ret	57	435
5	Jack Sherwood	8	7	7	7	10	6	5	5	38	6	3	25	3	3	13	Ret	6	54	2	3	13	DNS	5	49	417
6	Megan Gilkes	7	Ret	11	4	5	11	6	4	44	7	1	84	5	4	7	3	5	47	6	7	9	5	Ret	9	375
7	Jessica Edgar	9	9	10	10	12	2	11	10	10	11	12	10	9	8	9	4	8	9	5	5	7	13	8	7	269
8	Alex Walker	2	1	63	1	1	73	2	Ret	84	5	9	74	WD	WD	WD										244
9	Chloe Grant	11	8	Ret	9	11	12	13	11	11	12	11	11	7	6	6	8	11	10	7	4	5	8	7	Ret	242
10	Logan Hannah	10	Ret	9	Ret	8	9	10	8	2	10	10	13	8	7	8	7	7	7	8	Ret	8	9	Ret	10	238
11	Elias Adestam	6	5	31	5	7	41	4	6	52																151
12	Christian Lester	12	10	111				12	12	94	13	13	12				6	10	11	WD	WD	WD	11	10	113	137
13	William Macintyre																						6	2	28	71
14	Lucas Romanek							8	7	14																52
15	Daryl DeLeon										3	8	9													44
16	Marcus Short																5	9	8							39
17	Oliver Clarke																						10	3	Ret	35
18	Aqil Alibhai																						4	Ret	62	33
19	George Line				8	9	101																			32
20	Danny Harrison										9	7	Ret													27
21	Carl Bennett																						12	9	12	25

Notes

1. Taylor is a Malaysian-British driver competing under a British licence. ^[8]
2. Megan Gilkes set the fastest time in qualifying, but received a three-place grid penalty for an incident at the previous round at Snetterton. Max Marzorati was promoted to pole position in her place.

References

1. "BRDC extends GB3 support to include GB4 for 2022". www.gb-4.net. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
2. "2022 GB4 Championship | RacingCalendar.net" . Retrieved 19 March 2023.
3. "GB4 Championship confirms calendar for inaugural season following Motorsport UK approval". www.gb-4.net. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
4. "MSV announces new GB4 Championship for 2022". www.gb-4.net. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
5. "George Russell Has Had a Trophy Named in His Honour". 3 March 2022.
6. "BRSCC | £20,000 Gb4 Prize Fund Announced for Top National Formula Ford Young Driver in 2022".
7. "MSV unveils exceptional GB3 and GB4 broadcast package for 2022".
8. "Official Test - Snetterton 300" (PDF). TSL Timing. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
9. "GB4 Teams". GB4 Championship. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
10. "GB4 Championship confirms calendar for inaugural season". news.msv.com. Retrieved 22 February 2022.

External links

• Official website