2024 GB4 Championship

The 2024 GB4 Championship partnered by the BRDC was the third season of a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars in Britain. The 2024 season, which was organised by MotorSport Vision, was run over seven triple-header rounds.

GB4 will act as a direct feeder series to higher open-wheel categories, including the existing GB3 Championship partnered by the BRDC. GB4 will run primarily on the same British GT race programme as GB3, and retain many of the same championship partners.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Rounds
United States VRD Racing 2 United States Ava Dobson[1] 5–6
United Kingdom Rossoverde Racing 5 United Kingdom Christian Lester[2] 2
United Kingdom Elite Motorsport 7 Isle of Man Nick Ellis[3] 6
21 United Kingdom Alisha Palmowski[4] All
38 United Kingdom Finn Harrison[5] All
United Kingdom Fox Motorsport 9 United Kingdom Megan Bruce[6] All
24 United Kingdom Branden Templeton[7] All
49 United Kingdom Liam McNeilly[8] 3
United Kingdom Luzio.com 11 United Kingdom Marcus Luzio[9] 1–3
United Kingdom Fortec Motorsport 16 Sweden Linus Granfors[10] All
17 United Kingdom Dan Hickey[11] All
50 Australia Jack Taylor[12] All
United Kingdom Idola Motorsport 18 Poland Aleksander Mizera[13] 6
United Kingdom Arden Motorsport 27 United Kingdom Leon Wilson[14] All
United Kingdom Graham Brunton Racing 44 Canada Mayer Deonarine[15] 1–3, 5
45 Canada Callum Baxter[16] All
48 Netherlands Bas Visser[17] 2
United Kingdom KMR Sport 66 United Kingdom Chloe Grant[18] All
68 United Kingdom Harry Burgoyne Jr.[19] All
88 United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley[20] 4–7
89 Republic of Ireland Brandon McCaughan[21] 1–3
Source:[22]
  • Oldfield Motorsport was announced to participate with Nathan Yu but did not appear at any round.[23]
  • Indian Warriors Racing and Preptech UK also announced their entries to the championship but did not appear at any round.[24][25]

Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar was announced on 22 November 2023. The championship will support the British GT championship at six of its seven meetings.[26]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Oulton Park
(International Circuit, Cheshire) 		30 March Republic of Ireland Brandon McCaughan United Kingdom Harry Burgoyne Jr. United Kingdom Alisha Palmowski United Kingdom Elite Motorsport
R2 1 April Republic of Ireland Brandon McCaughan United Kingdom Leon Wilson Republic of Ireland Brandon McCaughan United Kingdom KMR Sport
R3 United Kingdom Leon Wilson Sweden Linus Granfors United Kingdom Fortec Motorsport
2 R4 Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire) 		27 April United Kingdom Finn Harrison Sweden Linus Granfors Sweden Linus Granfors United Kingdom Fortec Motorsport
R5 28 April United Kingdom Finn Harrison United Kingdom Marcus Luzio Sweden Linus Granfors United Kingdom Fortec Motorsport
R6 race cancelled due to adverse weather conditions
3 R7 Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire) 		25 May Sweden Linus Granfors United Kingdom Liam McNeilly Sweden Linus Granfors United Kingdom Fortec Motorsport
R8 26 May Sweden Linus Granfors Republic of Ireland Brandon McCaughan Republic of Ireland Brandon McCaughan United Kingdom KMR Sport
R9 United Kingdom Branden Templeton United Kingdom Branden Templeton United Kingdom Fox Motorsport
4 R10 Snetterton Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk) 		13 July United Kingdom Alisha Palmowski United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley United Kingdom KMR Sport
R11 14 July United Kingdom Alisha Palmowski United Kingdom Alisha Palmowski United Kingdom Alisha Palmowski United Kingdom Elite Motorsport
R12 United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley United Kingdom Alisha Palmowski United Kingdom Elite Motorsport
5 R13 Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire) 		27 July Sweden Linus Granfors Sweden Linus Granfors Sweden Linus Granfors United Kingdom Fortec Motorsport
R14 28 July Sweden Linus Granfors United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley United Kingdom KMR Sport
R15 United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley United Kingdom Finn Harrison United Kingdom Elite Motorsport
6 R16 Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire) 		7 September United Kingdom Finn Harrison United Kingdom Branden Templeton United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley United Kingdom KMR Sport
R17 8 September United Kingdom Finn Harrison Sweden Linus Granfors Sweden Linus Granfors United Kingdom Fortec Motorsport
R18 United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley United Kingdom Harry Burgoyne Jr. United Kingdom KMR Sport
7 R19 Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent) 		28 September Sweden Linus Granfors United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley United Kingdom Harry Burgoyne Jr. United Kingdom KMR Sport
R20 29 September Sweden Linus Granfors United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley United Kingdom KMR Sport
R21 United Kingdom Finn Harrison United Kingdom Finn Harrison United Kingdom Elite Motorsport

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

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver OUL SIL1 DON1 SNE SIL2 DON2 BRH Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 R19 R20 R21
1 Sweden Linus Granfors 7 4 18 1 1 C 1 4 96 4 4 Ret 1 2 84 4 1 64 3 2 38 467
2 United Kingdom Alisha Palmowski 1 5 Ret 2 4 C Ret 9 36 2 1 111 3 5 76 3 4 36 4 3 24 422
3 United Kingdom Harry Burgoyne Jr. 2 2 39 5 5 C 5 3 74 3 2 46 4 3 63 15 5 13 1 4 72 421
4 United Kingdom Branden Templeton 5 3 53 8 6 C 10 13 14 6 7 33 6 6 33 7 10 7 5 7 43 317
5 United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley 1 3 56 2 1 47 1 3 26 2 1 Ret 306
6 United Kingdom Finn Harrison Ret Ret Ret 4 2 C 7 DSQ 11 5 5 7 9 4 12 2 2 13 6 6 14 291
7 Canada Callum Baxter 4 10 46 9 9 C 8 5 26 7 11 26 5 11 Ret 5 6 10 9 8 5 285
8 United Kingdom Chloe Grant 8 13 24 7 Ret C 6 6 Ret Ret 8 Ret 10 10 53 10 9 5 8 10 6 208
9 Australia Jack Taylor 10 12 8 10 12 C 14 7 5 9 9 Ret 8 7 22 9 11 121 10 9 Ret 202
10 United Kingdom Leon Wilson 6 11 61 11 3 C 9 Ret 13 DSQ 6 Ret 7 Ret Ret 6 7 92 7 5 8 202
11 United Kingdom Megan Bruce 11 9 7 14 11 C 11 10 14 10 12 6 12 8 9 11 8 14 12 12 93 183
12 United Kingdom Dan Hickey 13 6 10 16 14 C 12 12 10 8 10 Ret 11 12 10 13 12 4 11 11 10 172
13 Republic of Ireland Brandon McCaughan 3 1 Ret 6 8 C 2 1 68 171
14 United Kingdom Marcus Luzio 12 8 9 3 10 C 4 8 12 102
15 Canada Mayer Deonarine 9 7 Ret 13 7 C 13 11 4 WD WD WD 81
16 United Kingdom Liam McNeilly 3 2 85 66
17 United States Ava Dobson 13 9 11 14 14 15 40
18 Isle of Man Nick Ellis 8 13 8 29
19 Poland Aleksander Mizera 12 15 113 23
20 United Kingdom Christian Lester 12 13 C 17
21 Netherlands Bas Visser 15 15 C 12
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 R19 R20 R21 Pts
OUL SIL1 DON1 SNE SIL2 DON2 BRH
Source:[27]
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championship

Pos. Team Points
1 United Kingdom KMR Sport 935
2 United Kingdom Elite Motorsport 718
3 United Kingdom Fortec Motorsport 694
4 United Kingdom Fox Motorsport 546
5 United Kingdom Graham Brunton Racing 366
6 United Kingdom Arden Motorsport 202
7 United Kingdom Luzio.com 102
8 United States VRD Racing 40
9 United Kingdom Idola Motorsport 23
10 United Kingdom Rossoverde Racing 17

Notes

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