Hillspeed

Hillspeed

Founded	1970
Base	Markham Vale, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Team principal(s)	Richard Ollerenshaw
Current series	GB3 Championship GB4 Championship
Former series	British Saloon Car Championship ARP Formula 3 Championship Formula Renault 2.0 UK BARC Formula Renault Ginetta Juniors Ginetta GT Supercup
Current drivers	GB3 Championship: 19. Kanato Le 24. Michael Shin 27. Freddie Slater 56. Yuanpu Cui 66. Hiyu Yamakoshi GB4 Championship: 49. Daniel Guinchard 77. Leandro Juncos
Drivers' Championships	2010 Formula Renault (Powell) 2010 Ginetta Juniors (Ingram) 2011 Ginetta Juniors (Morris) 2012 Ginetta Juniors (Rookie Cup) (Massot)
Website	https://www.hillspeed.co.uk

Hillspeed is a British motorsport team, based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. The team currently participates in the GB3 Championship and the GB4 Championship.

Notable past drivers for the team include Alice Powell, Ameya Vaidyanathan, Rahul Raj Mayer, Seb Morris, Al Faisal Al Zubair, Jusuf Owega, Jonathan Browne, Nick Gilkes, Gerrard Xie and Daniel Mavlyutov.

History

The team was founded in 1970 as Hill Speed Racing to support Morgan Ollerenshaw's entry in 1970 season of the British Saloon Car Championship, now known as British Touring Car Championship. It is possible that the team is named after Hill Top (located at the outskirts of Sheffield), where the team was formerly based. According to an Autosport article in 2020, the team has become a "promine fixture" in United Kingdom motorsport after 50 years of existence. ^{[1] [2]}

GB3 Championship

Hillspeed joined the GB3 Championship when it was founded in 2013 as BRDC Formula 4 Championship. For this season, the team signed Seb Morris, Struan Moore and Rahul Raj Mayer. ^[3]

Alfredo Zabalza, Gustavo Lima were signed for the team in the 2014 season. ^{[4] [5]} Rahul Raj Mayer also stayed with the team for his sophomore season. ^[6]

For the 2015 season, the team signed Al Faisal Al Zubair, Ameya Vaidyanathan and Sebastian Lanzetti. ^{[7] [8]} Riki Christodoulou and Hernán Fallas also drove for the team for a part-time basis. ^{[9] [10]}

In the 2016 season, when the BRDC F4 was renamed to BRDC F3, Hillspeed signed Bahraini driver Ali Al Khalifa for a part-time entry. ^[11]

For the 2017 season, Hillspeed entered into cooperation with Cliff Dempsey Racing. ^[12] The cooperated entry signed three drivers: Chase Owen, Jordan Cane and Nick Worm. ^[13] Later, Jordan Cane moved to Douglas Motorsport without driving for Hillspeed. ^[14]

Hillspeed signed Ben Hurst, Sasakorn Chaimongkol and Jusuf Owega for the 2018 season. ^{[15] [16] [17]}

In 2019, the team reduced to a two-car entry, as Sasakorn Chaimongkol remained with the team and Nicolás Varrone drove for the team in selected rounds. ^{[18] [19]}

For the 2020 season, Sasakorn Chaimongkol stayed with Hillspeed for his third BRDC F3 season. The team signed Oliver Clarke for the second car. ^[20]

Jonathan Browne and Flynn Jackes drove for the team for a part-time basis in 2021, when the BRDC F3 was renamed to GB3 Championship. ^{[21] [22]}

2022 saw the team field only one car for Canadian driver Nick Gilkes. ^{[23] [24]}

In 2023, the team partnered with Hitech Grand Prix to field two Hitech GP Academy drivers: Gerrard Xie and Daniel Mavlyutov. ^[25]

Hillspeed signed Indian driver Aditya Kulkarni for the team's only full-time entry in the 2024 season. ^[26] Later, they added Marcus Luzio for their GB3 squad for selected rounds. ^[27]

The team entered 2025 without any full-time entry, instead, Hillspeed's 2025 GB3 squad consisted of three part-time entries: Freddie Slater, Kanato Le and Hiyu Yamakoshi. ^{[28] [29]} Later, Michael Shin and Yuanpu Cui joined the team in the fifth round. ^{[30] [31]}

GB4 Championship

In 2021, the team was announced to join GB4 Championship and became the first team to commit to participate in the 2022 season. ^[32]

In 2025, the team returned to GB4 after two-year absent. ^{[33] [34]}

Other series

The team won the 2010 Formula Renault BARC season with Alice Powell as well as back-to-back Ginetta Junior championships in 2010 and 2011. ^[3]

In 2025, the team entered into cooperation with newly-formed, Formula Regional-level AU3 Championship's organiser. The team was announced to offer the AU3 Championship winner a fully-funded GB3 multi-day test program. ^[35]

The team also formerly competed in ARP Formula 3 Championship, later known as MotorSport Vision Formula 3 Cup. ^[1]

Current series results

BRDC Formula 4 Championship / BRDC British Formula 3 Championship / GB3 Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2013	Ralph Firman Racing-Duratec MSV F4-013	Seb Morris	24	1	0	1	10	410	2nd	N/A
		Struan Moore	24	1	0	0	4	275	9th
		Rahul Raj Mayer	24	0	0	0	0	136	17th
2014	Ralph Firman Racing-Duratec MSV F4-013	Rahul Raj Mayer	24	0	0	0	0	223	12th	N/A
		Gustavo Lima	18	1	0	0	1	194	14th
		Alfredo Zabalza	20	0	0	0	0	124	17th
2015	Ralph Firman Racing-Duratec MSV F4-013	Ameya Vaidyanathan	24	0	0	0	3	217	12th	N/A
		Al Faisal Al Zubair	18	0	0	0	1	189	16th
		Hernán Fallas	18	0	0	0	0	103	19th
		Sebastian Lanzetti	9	0	0	0	1	89	20th
		Riki Christodoulou	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2015 (AT)	Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016	Struan Moore	3	0	0	0	1	45	7th	N/A
		Ameya Vaidyanathan	4	0	0	0	0	40	8th
2016	Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016	Ali Al Khalifa	3	0	0	0	0	5	29th	N/A
2017	Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016	Chase Owen	24	0	0	1	1	302	7th	N/A
		Nick Worm	20	0	0	0	0	159	15th
2018	Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016	Sasakorn Chaimongkol	23	0	0	0	2	242	9th	N/A
		Jusuf Owega	20	0	0	0	0	187	11th
		Ben Hurst	23	0	0	0	1	137	16th
2019	Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016	Sasakorn Chaimongkol	24	1	0	1	2	314	8th	N/A
		Nicolás Varrone	9	1	0	0	2	109	17th
2020	Tatuus-Cosworth BF3-020	Sasakorn Chaimongkol	24	0	0	0	1	318	7th	N/A
		Oliver Clarke	24	0	0	0	2	310	8th
2021	Tatuus-Cosworth BF3-020	Jonathan Browne	9	0	0	0	1	83	19th	8th
		Flynn Jackes	3	0	0	0	0	6	28th
2022	Tatuus- Cosworth MSV-022	Nick Gilkes	23	1	0	0	2	165.5	14th	9th
2023	Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022	Gerrard Xie	22	1	0	1	1	128	20th	9th
		Daniel Mavlyutov	23	4	0	0	4	116	22nd
2024	Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022	Aditya Kulkarni	23	0	0	0	0	111	19th	8th
		Marcus Luzio	6	0	0	0	0	17	30th
2025	Tatuus- Cosworth MSV-025	Kanato Le	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Freddie Slater	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Hiyu Yamakoshi	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Michael Shin
		Yuanpu Cui

GB4 Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.
2022	Tatuus F4-T014	Max Marzorati	24	0	2	2	10	482	3rd
		Megan Gilkes	24	2	1	3	3	375	6th
		Marcus Short	3	0	0	0	0	39	16th
		Oliver Clarke	3	0	0	0	1	35	17th
2025	Tatuus MSV GB4-025	Daniel Guinchard
		Leandro Juncos

References

1. Stefan Mackley (21 April 2020). "The national racing team celebrating a golden anniversary" . Autosport . Retrieved 5 February 2025.
2. "History". Hillspeed. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
3. Peter Allen (27 April 2013). "2013 BRDC Formula 4 Championship season preview". Formula Scout. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
4. Peter Allen (4 April 2014). "Alfredo Zabalza joins Hillspeed for BRDC F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
5. Valentin Khorounzhiy (20 January 2014). "Lima joins Hillspeed for sophomore BRDC F4 campaign". Formula Scout. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
6. "2014 Championship entries". BRDC Formula 4 Championship . British Racing Drivers' Club. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
7. "Rookie Vaidyanathan completes Hillspeed's BRDC F4 line-up". BRDC Formula 4 Championship . British Racing Drivers' Club. 23 March 2015. Archived from the original on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
8. Valentin Khorounzhiy (6 January 2015). "Hillspeed confirm Al Zubair and Lanzetti for 2015 BRDC F4 season". Formula Scout. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
9. Allen, Peter (30 May 2015). "Will Palmer takes Silverstone BRDC F4 pole by nearly a second". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
10. "Fallas to race with Hillspeed at Snetterton". BRDC Formula 4 Championship . British Racing Drivers' Club. 20 August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
11. "Bahraini Ali Al Khalifa signs with Hillspeed for final five BRDC British F3 races of 2016". BRDC British Formula 3 Championship . 28 April 2016. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
12. Steve Whitfield (14 August 2023). "Top FF1600 team Ammonite Motorsport to join GB3 in 2024". Formula Scout. Retrieved 30 June 2025. Prior to that, the team had a successful three decades in single-seaters as Cliff Dempsey Racing [...] It also ran in BRDC British Formula 3 (now GB3) in association with Hillspeed in 2017...
13. "Hillspeed completes three-car 2017 British F3 line-up with German Nick Worm". BRDC British Formula 3 Championship . British Racing Drivers' Club. 28 March 2017. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2025. Hillspeed with Cliff Dempsey Racing has today (28 March) completed its 2017 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship line-up by signing German driver Nick Worm. The 16-year-old joins Brit Jordan Cane and American Chase Owen at the Hathersage-based outfit, which will field a capacity three-car team for the upcoming season.
14. Jackson, Connor (25 May 2017). "Jordan Cane Switches to Douglas Prior to F3 Debut". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
15. Ida Wood (8 January 2018). "Hillspeed signs Canadian F1600 champion Hurst for BRDC British F3". Formula Scout. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
16. Ida Wood (28 March 2018). "BRDC British Formula 3 2018 season preview". Formula Scout. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
17. "Hillspeed confirms Sasakorn Chaimongkol for 2018 BRDC British F3". BRDC British Formula 3 Championship . British Racing Drivers' Club. 30 March 2018. Archived from the original on 31 March 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
18. Rob Hansford (28 May 2019). "FR2.0 champion Nicolas Varrone joins British F3 with Hillspeed". Formula Scout. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
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20. Ida Wood (24 July 2020). "2020 BRDC British Formula 3 season preview". Formula Scout. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
21. Ida Wood (5 August 2021). "FFord Festival winner Jonathan Browne to join GB3 with Hillspeed". Formula Scout. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
22. Ida Wood (8 October 2021). "Hillspeed adds second car in GB3 finale for debutant Flynn Jackes". Formula Scout. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
23. Steve Whitfield (13 April 2022). "2022 GB3 team-by-team season preview". Formula Scout. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
24. Mark Duffy (7 January 2022). "Rising star Nick Gilkes signs with Markham Vale-based Hillspeed for 2022". Derbyshire Times . Retrieved 1 July 2025.
25. Steve Whitfield (13 February 2023). "Chinese F4 champion Xie lands GB3 seat with Hillspeed in Hitech tie-up". Formula Scout. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
26. Steve Whitfield (27 March 2024). "GB4 podium-finisher Aditya Kulkarni steps up to GB3 with Hillspeed". Formula Scout. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
27. Steve Whitfield (27 May 2024). "Karting star Marcus Luzio to make GB3 debut with Hillspeed at Spa". Formula Scout. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
28. Ida Wood (20 January 2025). "FRME points leader Freddie Slater to race in GB3 with Hillspeed". Formula Scout. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
29. Steve Whitfield (23 April 2025). "Red Bull junior Tarnvanichkul among four last-minute entries for GB3". Formula Scout. Retrieved 1 July 2025. Hillspeed has expanded to a full three-car line-up for round one after signing both Kanato Le and Hiyu Yamakoshi for partial campaigns alongside Freddie Slater.
30. Wood, Ida (30 July 2025). "Euroformula title contender Michael Shin to make GB3 cameo return". Formula Scout. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
31. Whitfield, Steve (31 July 2025). "Raber steps up to GB3 with Argenti as Cui makes Hillspeed switch". Formula Scout. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
32. Peter Allen (9 September 2021). "Hillspeed becomes first team to commit to GB4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
33. Steve Whitfield (12 December 2024). "ADM signs Jason Pribyl after entering GB4, Luke Hilton joins Douglas". Formula Scout. Retrieved 15 March 2025. Hillspeed also recently revealed it is making a return to the championship next season, having been front-runner during GB4's inaugural season in 2022 when it guided Megan Gilkes to two victories and Max Marzorati to third in the standings.
34. "Hillspeed". GB4 Championship. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
35. Chapman, Simon (5 February 2025). "New Formula Regional Australia open-wheel series rebranded". Speedcafe . Retrieved 5 February 2025.

External links

• Official website