Prologue: The 2025 British F4 Season

The 2025 British F4 Season is right around the corner with young stars looking to make a name for themselves as they start their journey to the topflight series’ in both national and international Motorsports.

Many of the stars of the future come through the ranks of British F4, the likes of Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, Logan Sargeant, Jack Doohan went through British F4 to get to F1. Ricky Collard came through the series on his way to winning the 2024 British GT championship with his father. But 2024 saw the most dominant and record-breaking performance from any driver in the history of the championship by Deagen Fairclough on his way to winning almost half of the races that season and the championship.

However, dominance in most junior formula breeds excitement for the following year as 2025 looks to be an exciting season with rookie drivers flooding in aiming to make a big impression and returning drivers looking to claim the crown. Furthered by the addition of a new cup for the junior drivers who can’t compete at every race, what could 2025 hold for British F4?

British F4 launches The Challenge Cup

Heading into 2025, the series will launch a new class for drivers who are not able to commit to a full 10 round season (30 races) drivers are able to apply for the Challenge Cup and race at seven pre-selected rounds from the 10 rounds that form the 2025 season. The class will have a £25,000 prize for the cup winner which will go towards their full season British F4 entry the following year. Drivers who enter this will also be eligible for the overall championship and if a rookie then the Rookie Cup as well.

The Calendar

The series continues to run a 10-round season across 30 races but there are some quite significant differences compared to last season. While the opening round remains at Donighton Park at the end of April the second round at Brands Hatch on its Indy circuit layout has been replaced by Silverstone’s Grand Prix layout at the beginning of May before rejoining the BTCC’s as a support series for the following three weekends at Snetterton at the end of May, Thruxton at the beginning of June and Oulton Park later that month. Then the series crosses the channel to the Netherlands to race at the Zandvoort circuit at the end of July. The final four races remain as a support series for the BTCC with racing continuing at Knockhill in mid-August and a few weeks later a return to Donighton Park this time on the full Grand Prix circuit. The penultimate round sees the drivers go back to Silverstone this time for the shorter National circuit before taking the championship to the finale at Brands Hatch at the start of October. Full Calendar Below:

1.      Donighton Park National: 26th-27th April

2.      Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit: 2nd-3rd May

3.      Snetterton 300 Circuit: 24th-25th May

4.      Thruxton: 7th-8th May

5.      Oulton Park Island Circuit: 21st-22nd June

6.      Zandvoort: 26th-27th July

7.      Knockhill: 16th-17th August

8.      Donighton Park Grand Prix Circuit: 30th-31st August

9.      Silverstone National Circuit: 20th-21st September

10. Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit: 4th-5th October

The Grid So Far…

Currently 8 drivers have been confirmed for the season ahead with 4 of them being in the rookie class.

Hitech Pulse-Eight

Hitech have confirmed that Leo Robinson will join them for 2025 after competing with JHR Developments the previous year where he placed 6th in the overall standings claiming 3 wins in the process. He will be joined by Thomas Bearman, younger brother of F1 driver Ollie Bearman, who will be making his full season debut in 2025 and will be one of the drivers competing in the rookie class. Fionn McLaughlin will also race alongside them joining Bearman in the rookie class. The Red Bull Junior looking to make a strong impression as he climbs the ranks and aiming to find his way further up the junior programme.

Argenti Motorsport

Argenti Motorsport, previously known as Phinsys by Argenti who finished 4th in the Teams Cup, have announced two drivers for their 2025 campaign so far. British driver Ethan Jeff-Hall and American driver Henry Mercier have been named as there drivers so far for the upcoming season. Jeff-Hall won the 2024 Ginetta Junior Cup and was vice-champion of the Rotax World Grand Finals and BKC Junior Rotax series. Meanwhile Mercier spent the last year racing in competitive karting across Europe. He will be racing in the rookie class for 2025 hoping to claim his first title with the team.           

Xcel Motorsport

Xcel Motorsport have confirmed three drivers for there drive lineup ahead of the 2025 season with Chase Fernandez, the 2023 Ginetta Junior Champion, being joined by Cole Hewetson who raced in the 2024 the FIA Karting World Championship. Both drivers looking to bring the team forward after a relatively disappointing 2024 UAE-based team. They will also be joined by rookie Theo Palmer from the 2nd round in Silverstone once he is old enough to race in the series.