Isaac Phelps | |
|---|---|
| Born | Isaac Phelps Berkhamsted, United Kingdom |
| Nationality |  British |
| Championship titles | |
| 2024 | Ginetta Junior Winter Series |
Isaac Phelps (born 2009) is a British racing driver who last competed for Elite Motorsport in the GB4 Championship.
Phelps started karting in 2020 and continued karting until 2023, [1] most notably winning the 2021 Shenington Kart Racing Club title in the Mini X class. [2] Stepping up to car racing in 2024, Phelps joined Elite Motorsport to race in the Ginetta Junior Championship. [3] In the season-opening round at Oulton Park, Phelps finished third in race one before winning the other two races. [4] Phelps then scored just three podiums in the following six rounds, before taking his third and final win of the season in race one at the season-ending round at Brands Hatch. [5] At the end of the year, Phelps participated in the Ginetta Junior Winter Series, in which he took two wins and took the title by edging out Colin Cronin by five points. [6]
The following year, Phelps remained with Elite Motorsport to step up to drive in the GB4 Championship. [7] In the season-opening round at Donington Park, Phelps won race one and finished second in race two before finishing 19th in race three after a first-lap accident and leaving the round second in points. [8] [9] In the following round at Silverstone, Phelps took his second win of the season in race two to remain second in points after finishing fifth and 12th in the other two races. [10] [11] Phelps then finished no higher than fourth at Oulton Park, [12] before taking his fourth podium of the season at Snetterton by finishing second in race one. [13] A difficult round at Silverstone then ensued, with Phelps finishing seventh, sixth and fifth in the three races and entering the final two rounds third in points. [14] [15] In the second-to-last round at Brands Hatch, Phelps won both races while race three was cancelled, to climb up to second in the standings ahead of the season-finale at Donington Park. [16] [17] Phelps then took pole for the first two races at Donington, [18] but finished no higher than fourth throughout the weekend as he ended the year runner-up to Ary Bansal by 11 points. [19] [20]
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Shenington Kart Racing Club – Mini X | 7th | |
| 2021 | Shenington Kart Racing Club – Mini X | 1st | |
| British Kart Championship – X30 Mini | Jade Racing Team | 15th | |
| 2022 | Shenington Kart Racing Club – X30 Junior | 5th | |
| 2023 | British Kart Championship – X30 Junior | Jamie Green Racing | 29th |
| IAME Euro Series – X30 Junior | 13th | ||
| Shenington Kart Racing Club – X30 Junior | 17th | ||
| Sources: [21] [22] | |||
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ginetta Junior Championship | Elite Motorsport | 21 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 503 | 5th |
| Ginetta Junior Winter Series | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 90 | 1st | ||
| 2025 | GB4 Championship | Elite Motorsport | 21 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 391 | 2nd |
| Sources: [23] [21] | |||||||||
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Elite Motorsport | OUL 1 3 | OUL 2 1 | OUL 3 1 | SIL1 1 5 | SIL1 2 7 | SIL1 3 5 | DON1 1 8 | DON1 2 6 | DON1 3 3 | ANG 1 6 | ANG 2 4 | ANG 3 11 | ANG 4 4 | SNE 1 14 | SNE 2 8 | SNE 3 Ret | SIL2 1 3 | SIL2 2 3 | SIL2 3 6 | DON2 1 Ret | DON2 2 4 | DON2 3 4 | BRH 1 1 | BRH 2 2 | BRH 3 7 | 5th | 503 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Elite Motorsport | DON 1 1 | DON 2 2 | DON 3 19 | SIL1 1 5 | SIL1 2 1 | SIL1 3 12 | OUL 1 17 | OUL 2 4 | OUL 3 22 | SNE 1 2 | SNE 2 4 | SNE 3 92 | SIL2 1 7 | SIL2 2 6 | SIL2 3 51 | BRH 1 1 | BRH 2 1 | BRH 3 C | DON2 1 9 | DON2 2 4 | DON2 3 48 | DON2 4 56 | 2nd | 391 |