2024 F4 British Championship
The 2024 ROKiT F4 British Championship was a multi-event, Formula 4 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across United Kingdom. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in Formula 4 cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. This, the tenth season, following on from the British Formula Ford Championship, was the tenth year that the cars conform to the FIA's Formula 4 regulations. Part of the TOCA tour, it formed part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece.
The season commenced on 27 April at Donington Park, utilising the National circuit, and concluded on 6 October at Brands Hatch, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after thirty races to held at ten meetings, eight of ten meetings were in the support of the 2024 British Touring Car Championship.
Teams and drivers
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Race calendar
[edit]All but one rounds were held in the United Kingdom as the championship featured its first abroad round in the Netherlands. Initially, as of 15 May 2023, all rounds were scheduled to support 2024 British Touring Car Championship.[34] The revision published on 29 November contained the replacement of the rounds at the Oulton Park and the Croft Circuit by the Grand Prix layout at the Silverstone Circuit and the Circuit Zandvoort.[35]
Championship standings
[edit]Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in races 1 and 3 and for the top eight classified finishers in race 2. Race two, which had its grid formed by reversing the top twelve from the qualifying order, awarded extra points, up until a maximum of ten, for positions gained from the drivers' respective starting positions. Two points were awarded for the best legal lap set in the qualifying session. Bonus points counted towards only the drivers' standings.
| Races | Position, points per race | ||||||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | FL | |
| Qualifying | 2 | ||||||||||
| Races 1 & 3 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Race 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Drivers' Standings
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Rookie Cup
[edit]| Pos | Driver | DPN
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BHI
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SNE[c]
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THR
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SSGP
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ZAN
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KNO
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DPGP
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SSN
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BHGP[d]
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Pen. | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 |  Martin Molnár
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15 | Ret | C | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | C | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 403 | |
| 2 |  Cui Yuanpu
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4 | 10 | C | 8 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 11 | DSQ | 8 | Ret | 6 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 14 | C | 14 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 392 |
| 3 | Rowan Campbell-Pilling
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12 | 11 | C | 3 | 8 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 6 | DSQ | 9 | 9 | Ret | 15 | 8 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 6 | C | DNS | 6 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 349 | |
| 4 | Bart Harrison
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10 | 9 | C | 13 | 11 | 9 | DSQ[e] | 17 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 21 | C | 15 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 27 | 227 | |||||
| 5 |  Zack Scoular
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16 | 20 | C | 19 | 3 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 19 | 13 | 20 | 19 | 10 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 17 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 16 | 22 | C | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 198 |
| 6 | Yuhao Fu
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18 | 19 | C | 18 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 20 | Ret | 15 | 13 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 18 | C | 10 | 13 | 18 | 17 | Ret | 183.5 | |
| 7 | Nina Gademan
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19 | 18 | C | 16 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 12 | Ret | 14 | 11 | 14 | 16 | C | 17 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 179 | |||||
| 8 |  Joel Bergström
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17 | 13 | C | 12 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 137.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | August Raber
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Ret | 21 | C | 20 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 15 | Ret | DNS | DNS | WD | WD | WD | DNS | 22 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 16 | Ret | 10 | C | 16 | 19 | 14 | 14 | Ret | 114 | ||||
| 10 |  Matúš Ryba
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14 | 12 | 12 | Ret | 25 | 9 | 12 | C | 19 | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Thomas Bearman
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17 | C | DNS | 17 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 |  Ernesto Rivera
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5 | 26 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Emily Cotty
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19 | C | 18 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BHI
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SNE[c]
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THR
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SSGP
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ZAN
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KNO
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DPGP
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SSN
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BHGP[d]
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Pen. | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams Cup
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| 1 | Hitech Pulse-Eight
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807.5 |
| 2 | Rodin Motorsport
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741 |
| 3 | JHR Developments
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328 |
| 4 | Phinsys by Argenti
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230 |
| 5 | Virtuosi Racing
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153 |
| 6 | Fortec Motorsport
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145 |
| 7 | Chris Dittmann Racing
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58 |
| 8 | Xcel Motorsport
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58 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Berg finished first but received two five seconds penalties for exceeding track limits and weaving on approach to grid. Abrahams inherited the win.
- ^ Race initially held on 13 July but abandoned due to an incident at the start following a technical issue at the circuit. Rescheduled to 14 July.
- ^ a b c d Half points were awarded for Round 9 as the leader completed more than two laps but less than 75% of the original race distance.
- ^ a b c d Half points were awarded for Round 29 as the leader completed more than two laps but less than 75% of the original race distance.
- ^ a b Harrison was disqualified from the results of the meeting for a physical assault on Mika Abrahams in parc fermé after race two.
References
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