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
Velocity Racing Development 2 Ava Dobson 5–6
Rossoverde Racing 5 Christian Lester 2
Elite Motorsport 7 Nick Ellis 6
21 Alisha Palmowski All
38 Finn Harrison All
Fox Motorsport 9 Megan Bruce All
24 Branden Templeton All
49 Liam McNeilly 3
Luzio.com 11 Marcus Luzio 1–3
Fortec Motorsport 16 Linus Granfors All
17 Dan Hickey All
50 Jack Taylor All
Idola Motorsport 18 Aleksander Mizera 6
Arden Motorsport 27 Leon Wilson All
Graham Brunton Racing 44 Mayer Deonarine 1–3, 5
45 Callum Baxter All
48 Bas Visser 2
KMR Sport 66 Chloe Grant All
68 Harry Burgoyne Jr. All
88 Lucas Blakeley 4–7
89 Brandon McCaughan 1–3
Source:

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.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Oulton Park
(International Circuit, Cheshire) 		30 March Brandon McCaughan Harry Burgoyne Jr. Alisha Palmowski Elite Motorsport
R2 1 April Brandon McCaughan Leon Wilson Brandon McCaughan KMR Sport
R3 Leon Wilson Linus Granfors Fortec Motorsport
2 R4 Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire) 		27 April Finn Harrison Linus Granfors Linus Granfors Fortec Motorsport
R5 28 April Finn Harrison Marcus Luzio Linus Granfors Fortec Motorsport
R6 race cancelled due to adverse weather conditions
3 R7 Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire) 		25 May Linus Granfors Liam McNeilly Linus Granfors Fortec Motorsport
R8 26 May Linus Granfors Brandon McCaughan Brandon McCaughan KMR Sport
R9 Branden Templeton Branden Templeton Fox Motorsport
4 R10 Snetterton Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk) 		13 July Alisha Palmowski Lucas Blakeley Lucas Blakeley KMR Sport
R11 14 July Alisha Palmowski Alisha Palmowski Alisha Palmowski Elite Motorsport
R12 Lucas Blakeley Alisha Palmowski Elite Motorsport
5 R13 Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire) 		27 July Linus Granfors Linus Granfors Linus Granfors Fortec Motorsport
R14 28 July Linus Granfors Lucas Blakeley Lucas Blakeley KMR Sport
R15 Lucas Blakeley Finn Harrison Elite Motorsport
6 R16 Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire) 		7 September Finn Harrison Branden Templeton Lucas Blakeley KMR Sport
R17 8 September Finn Harrison Linus Granfors Linus Granfors Fortec Motorsport
R18 Lucas Blakeley Harry Burgoyne Jr. KMR Sport
7 R19 Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent) 		28 September Linus Granfors Lucas Blakeley Harry Burgoyne Jr. KMR Sport
R20 29 September Linus Granfors Lucas Blakeley Lucas Blakeley KMR Sport
R21 Finn Harrison Finn Harrison 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 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 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 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 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 Lucas Blakeley 1 3 56 2 1 47 1 3 26 2 1 Ret 306
6 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Brandon McCaughan 3 1 Ret 6 8 C 2 1 68 171
14 Marcus Luzio 12 8 9 3 10 C 4 8 12 102
15 Mayer Deonarine 9 7 Ret 13 7 C 13 11 4 WD WD WD 81
16 Liam McNeilly 3 2 85 66
17 Ava Dobson 13 9 11 14 14 15 40
18 Nick Ellis 8 13 8 29
19 Aleksander Mizera 12 15 113 23
20 Christian Lester 12 13 C 17
21 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:
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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 KMR Sport 659
2 Fortec Motorsport 484
3 Elite Motorsport 462
4 Fox Motorsport 408
5 Graham Brunton Racing 288
6 Arden Motorsport 119
7 Luzio.com 102
8 Velocity Racing Development 25
9 Rossoverde Racing 17

Notes

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