2017 F4 British Championship

Jamie Caroline pictured at the Knockhill round. With ten victories, Caroline won the championship by 65.5 points ahead of his closest rival, Oscar Piastri.

The 2017 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 third season, following on from the British Formula Ford Championship, was the third year that the cars conformed to the FIA's Formula 4 regulations.^[1] 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 1 April at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluded on 1 October at the same venue, using the Grand Prix circuit, after thirty races held at ten meetings, all in the support of the 2017 British Touring Car Championship.^[2] The championship featured Ford F4 Challenge Cup for the first time for the drivers with low budgets.^[3][4] The Challenge Cup Required competitors to enter 7 of the weekends of the championship, which had to include the rounds at Knockhill Racing Circuit and the finale at Brands Hatch.^[5]

The season was marred by an incident involving Billy Monger, who had both his lower legs amputated after crashing into Patrik Pasma during the third race at the Donington Park round.^[6]

Teams and drivers

All teams were British-registered.^[7]

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds Richardson Racing[8][7] 2 Harry Webb[9] F 1–5, 7, 10 Fortec Motorsports[7] 5 Oliver York[10] F 1–5 6–10 18 Hampus Ericsson[11] F 2, 5–10 25 Alexandra Mohnhaupt[12] 6 33 Johnathan Hoggard[12] 6–7, 9–10 Carlin[7] 6 Lucas Alecco Roy[13] All 21 Patrik Pasma[14] All 31 Logan Sargeant[13] All 38 Jamie Caroline[15] All TRS Arden Junior Racing Team[7] 7 Alex Quinn[16] All 12 Ayrton Simmons[17] All 46 Yves Baltas[17] 1–2 64 Olli Caldwell[17] F 5–10 81 Oscar Piastri[17] All GW Motorsport[7] 8 Sam Smelt[18] 6–10 91 Jacky Liu[19] 1–5, 7 Double R Racing[7] 14 Karl Massaad[20] All 76 Linus Lundqvist[21] All 92 Daniel Cao[22] 1–5 JHR Developments[7] 20 Harry Dyson[23] 9–10 22 Manuel Sulaimán[24] 1–2, 6–10 23 Billy Monger[25] F 1–2 Falcon Motorsport[7] 29 Lucca Allen[26] F 6–10 Sharp Motorsport[7] 89 Jamie Sharp[27] All

Icon Class F Ford F4 Challenge Cup

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced on 16 June 2016.^[2]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Challenge Cup winner
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	1 April	Jamie Caroline	Alex Quinn	Jamie Caroline	Carlin	Billy Monger
	R2		2 April		Patrik Pasma	Ayrton Simmons	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	Billy Monger
	R3			Jamie Caroline	Alex Quinn	Jamie Caroline	Carlin	Billy Monger
2	R4	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	15 April	Linus Lundqvist	Jamie Caroline	Jamie Caroline	Carlin	Billy Monger
	R5				Logan Sargeant	Jamie Caroline	Carlin	Oliver York
	R6		16 April	Linus Lundqvist	Oscar Piastri	Linus Lundqvist	Double R Racing	Oliver York
3	R7	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	6 May	Oliver York	Linus Lundqvist	Jamie Caroline	Carlin	Oliver York
	R8		7 May		Linus Lundqvist	Jamie Caroline	Carlin	Oliver York
	R9			Alex Quinn	Jamie Caroline	Jamie Caroline	Carlin	Oliver York
4	R10	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	20 May	Jamie Caroline	Linus Lundqvist	Jamie Caroline	Carlin	Harry Webb
	R11		21 May		Alex Quinn	Oscar Piastri	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	Harry Webb
	R12			Race postponed to Knockhill due to barrier damage[28]
5	R13	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	10 June	Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	Double R Racing	Harry Webb
	R14		11 June		Alex Quinn	Alex Quinn	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	Oliver York
	R15			Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	Double R Racing	Oliver York
6	R16	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	29 July	Oscar Piastri	Oscar Piastri	Oscar Piastri	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	Olli Caldwell
	R17				Jamie Caroline	Jamie Caroline	Carlin	Olli Caldwell
	R18		30 July	Oscar Piastri	Linus Lundqvist	Oscar Piastri	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	Hampus Ericsson
7	R19	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	12 August	Oscar Piastri	Jamie Caroline	Oscar Piastri	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	Hampus Ericsson
4	R12			Jamie Caroline[28]	Jamie Caroline	Jamie Caroline	Carlin	Oliver York
7	R20		13 August		Logan Sargeant	Oliver York	Fortec Motorsports	Hampus Ericsson
	R21			Oscar Piastri	Oscar Piastri	Oscar Piastri	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	Harry Webb
8	R22	Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)	26 August	Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	Double R Racing	Hampus Ericsson
	R23		27 August		Oscar Piastri	Alex Quinn	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	Hampus Ericsson
	R24			Logan Sargeant	Jamie Caroline	Logan Sargeant	Carlin	Hampus Ericsson
9	R25	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	16 September	Oscar Piastri	Ayrton Simmons	Alex Quinn	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	Hampus Ericsson
	R26		17 September		Ayrton Simmons	Logan Sargeant	Carlin	Hampus Ericsson
	R27			Oscar Piastri	Oscar Piastri	Oscar Piastri	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	Olli Caldwell
10	R28	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	30 September	Logan Sargeant	Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	Double R Racing	Olli Caldwell
	R29				Patrik Pasma	Oliver York	Fortec Motorsports	Olli Caldwell
	R30		1 October	Alex Quinn	Linus Lundqvist	Alex Quinn	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	Hampus Ericsson

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' standings

Pos	Driver	BHI			DON^†			THR			OUL ^† ^‡			CRO			SNE			KNO ^‡				ROC			SIL			BHGP			Pts
1	Jamie Caroline	1	5	1	1	1	15	1	1	1	1	Ret	C	4	7	5	8	1	7	2	1	6	5	3	Ret	3	4	2	2	8	2	6	442
2	Oscar Piastri	3	6	2	5	5	2	7	3	6	6	1	C	2	2	3	1	7	1	1	6	8	1	Ret	10	Ret	3	3	1	4	5	5	376.5
3	Logan Sargeant	4	4	6	10	13	4	6	4	2	5	2	C	3	3	6	4	4	2	5	2	2	4	4	4	1	7	1	4	2	4	Ret	356
4	Alex Quinn	2	7	3	Ret	DNS	9	2	6	11	2	8	C	5	1	2	5	3	5	4	Ret	4	2	6	1	7	1	11	Ret	Ret	9	1	307
5	Linus Lundqvist	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	1	5	2	4	3	5	C	1	4	1	3	5	3	8	Ret	Ret	6	1	Ret	5	6	9	5	1	8	2	306.5
6	Oliver York	9	8	8	4	2	3	4	8	3	10	7	C	9	5	8	6	2	17	6	4	1	11	2	5	2	2	7	Ret	5	1	7	274.5
7	Ayrton Simmons	7	1	5	11	6	10	8	5	12	Ret	6	C	6	Ret	7	2	6	4	3	5	5	3	5	3	4	5	5	6	3	6	Ret	257.5
8	Patrik Pasma	5	2	4	6	3	Ret	13	7	7	4	3	C	8	6	9	11	9	12	Ret	Ret	10	7	7	2	10	10	8	Ret	6	16	4	167.5
9	Karl Massaad	10	11	11	Ret	8	14	3	Ret	5	8	Ret	C	Ret	Ret	4	10	Ret	Ret	12	3	9	16	9	12	Ret	11	6	7	10	10	10	83
10	Hampus Ericsson				9	10	11							11	9	11	12	EX	6	7		3	10	10	6	6	9	4	15	12	13	3	69
11	Harry Webb	12	10	10	7	4	5	10	10	9	7	4	C	7	8	10				11	7	7	8							11	11	Ret	68
12	Billy Monger	6	3	7	3	Ret	Ret																										44
13	Manuel Sulaimán	8	9	9	13	12	Ret										9	12	9	EX		11	Ret	Ret	13	8	Ret	10	10	7	3	8	43
14	Olli Caldwell													DNP	10	12	7	8	8	9		13	9	12	7	Ret	17	18	8	9	7	9	39
15	Jamie Sharp	Ret	13	12	8	7	13	9	9	8	12	10	C	10	Ret	Ret	14	13	14	Ret	9	12	15	8	Ret	11	13	14	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	22.5
16	Johnathan Hoggard																17	11	10	Ret		17	17				8	Ret	3	13	14	11	20
17	Sam Smelt																18	14	11	10		14	12	11	8	9	15	16	9	Ret	15	Ret	9
18	Daniel Cao	11	12	16	Ret	9	7	11	11	10	11	9	C	Ret	Ret	15																	7
19	Yves Baltas	13	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	6																										4
20	Jacky Liu	Ret	15	14	12	11	12	12	12	Ret	Ret	11	C	12	11	14				14	8	16	Ret										4
21	Lucas Alecco Roy	Ret	14	15	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	13	Ret	9	Ret	C	Ret	12	13	16	10	13	Ret	10	15	13	13	9	12	16	15	14	Ret	Ret	DNS	2
22	Lucca Allen																13	16	16	13		Ret	14	14	11	13	14	13	11	14	12	Ret	0
23	Harry Dyson																										12	12	13	Ret	Ret	DNS	0
24	Alexandra Mohnhaupt																15	15	15														0

^† Half points awarded in Race 3 at Donington Park and Race 2 at Oulton Park due to less than 75% of the race being completed.
^‡ Race 3 at Oulton Park was cancelled due to barrier damage and the race was postponed to the 2nd race in Round 7 at Knockhill Racing Circuit.

Ford F4 Challenge Cup

Pos	Driver	BHI			DON ^†			THR			OUL ^† ^‡			CRO			SNE			KNO				ROC			SIL			BHGP			Points
1	Hampus Ericsson				9	10	11							11	9	11	12	EX	6	7		3	10	10	6	6	9	4	15	12	13	3	367.5
2	Harry Webb	12	10	10	7	4	5	10	10	9	7	4	C	7	8	10				11	7	7	8							11	11	Ret	351.5
3	Oliver York	9	8	8	4	2	3	4	8	3	10	7	C	9	5	8					4												304.5
4	Olli Caldwell													DNP	10	12	7	8	8	9		13	9	12	7	Ret	17	17	8	9	7	9	302
5	Lucca Allen																13	16	16	13		Ret	14	14	11	13	14	13	11	14	12	Ret	201
6	Billy Monger	6	3	7	3	Ret	Ret																										100

^† Half points awarded in Race 3 at Donington Park and Race 2 at Oulton Park due to less than 75% of the race being completed.
^‡ Race 3 at Oulton Park was cancelled due to barrier damage and the race was postponed to Round 7 at Knockhill Racing Circuit.

Teams Cup

Each team nominated two drivers to score points before every round. All non-nominated drivers were ignored.

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Carlin	869.5
2	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	768.5
3	Double R Racing	458.5
4	Fortec Motorsports	430.5
5	JHR Developments	150
6	Richardson Racing	107.5
7	Sharp motorsport	62
8	GW Motorsport	54
9	Falcon Motorsport	18

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External links

• Official website