Boasting its biggest ever grid to date, the GB4 Championship returns to the United Kingdom’s premier racing circuits for its fifth season. With its youngest drivers sitting at just 15 years old, the grid of 29 up-and-coming talents is preparing to go head to head over seven weekends. Feeder Series tells you all you need to know about the upcoming season.
By Isabelle Chandler
In 2025, GB4 introduced a major upgrade – a new car. The first-generation Tatuus F4-T014 was replaced by the Tatuus MSV GB4-025, which the series will continue to use moving into 2026.
An increase in prizes for the champion was also on offer in 2025, with the driver finishing first in the standings receiving £50,000 from series organisers MotorSport Vision to put towards a season in the GB3 Championship. Alongside this, the highest-finishing female driver also received a €50,000 contribution towards a season in F1 Academy. Both of these prizes will continue to be available in 2026.
Last season, 31 different drivers lined up on the grid at least once, the most ever seen in the championship. This included Elite Motorsport’s Ary Bansal, who eventually finished the season as champion with four wins and a further seven podiums after taking the title fight with teammate Isaac Phelps and Hillspeed’s Daniel Guinchard all the way to the last round at Donington Park.
Bansal decided not to make the step up to GB3, instead choosing to compete in the Italian F4 Championship in 2026 with US Racing. Phelps has switched to sports cars in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain, while Guinchard has not currently announced his plans for this season. The highest-placed female driver from the 2025 season, Arden Motorsport’s Ava Dobson, has made the move to F1 Academy for 2026 alongside KMR Sport alumna Megan Bruce. They compete for Hitech and Campos Racing respectively in the all-female series.
The calendar
The 2026 GB4 calendar consists of seven rounds spread across the same circuits that the championship visited last year. In five of these rounds, the series runs as part of the British GT package.
The season kicks off at Silverstone at the end of April, replacing Donington Park as the season opener. The championship then visits Oulton Park at the end of May, Donington Park in June as part of the GT Cup package, and Silverstone again at the beginning of August alongside GB3 before heading to Snetterton in the middle of August, a month later than it did in the previous two seasons. After a second visit to Donington Park at the beginning of September, the season concludes at Brands Hatch at the end of September, one week earlier than it did last season to match the 2024 season finale’s schedule.
- Round 1: Silverstone GP (25–26 April)
- Round 2: Oulton Park International (23–25 May)
- Round 3: Donington Park GP (27–28 June)
- Round 4: Silverstone GP (01–02 August)
- Round 5: Snetterton 300 (15–16 August)
- Round 6: Donington Park GP (05–06 September)
- Round 7: Brands Hatch GP (26–27 September)
The format
The format of the 2026 championship is similar to that of the previous two seasons. At four of the rounds, the drivers take part in a 15-minute qualifying session followed by three 20-minute-long races. The grid for the first race is determined by the drivers’ fastest qualifying lap times, with the race two grid being set by the drivers’ second-fastest times. In the reverse-grid race three, the top 12 drivers in qualifying are reversed, the remaining drivers staying in qualifying order.
At Oulton Park, Snetterton and Brands Hatch, two qualifying sessions will take place. The results of qualifying 1 set the grid for race 1; the results of qualifying 2 set the grid for race 2; and the grid for race 3 is determined by the results of race 2, with the top 12 being reversed.
Points are awarded to the top 20 drivers in the first two races, with the race winner receiving 35 points and the total decreasing until the driver finishing in 20th receives a single point. In race three, only the top 15 finishers score points, with the winner gaining 20 points. In this race, drivers can also gain a maximum of 12 points for the number of places they gain. For example, if a driver wins the race but starts fifth on the grid, they will gain an extra four points on top of the 20 that they received for the race win.
Testing is available to teams on the Thursday and Friday of six of the race weekends. It is only available on the Friday of the Brands Hatch event, and only on the track’s shorter configuration, the Indy circuit.
The championship is also introducing a rookie class for drivers who have not previously entered more than three events in any type of car. The rookie driver with the most points at the end of the season will be awarded the GB4 rookie driver title.
Where to watch
All of the championship’s races are available to watch live on the MSV TV YouTube Channel, which includes race build-ups and analysis post-race as well as coverage of the races. This stream is also shown on the GB4 Facebook page and website. Test sessions and qualifying are not streamed, but live timings for both of these sessions as well as the races are available through TSL Timing and the GB4 website.
Teams and drivers
Eleven teams have confirmed drivers for the 2026 season, with Graham Brunton Racing departing the series and Idola Motorsport joining.
Five-time Ginetta Junior teams’ championship title winners R Racing announced that they would enter the GB4 championship for the first time in 2026, with a two-car line-up. The Norfolk-based team, however, have not announced any drivers.
Elite Motorsport
Elite Motorsport had their first taste of major success in the GB4 Championship in 2025. They secured their first teams’ title in dominant fashion, with Ary Bansal and Isaac Phelps also taking a one-two for the team in the drivers championship as Alexandros Kattoulas finished fourth. This year, the Norfolk-based team bring a three-car line-up to the grid.
Emmilio Valentino Del Grosso (#5) steps up to GB4 from Ginettas, sticking with Elite for his second year with the team. Last season, the 16-year-old finished 18th in the Ginetta Junior Championship, scoring points in all but three races. The Italian-Venezuelan driver, racing with a Venezuelan licence, also gained single-seater experience by taking part in two rounds of the 2026 Formula Winter Series, finishing 35th in the overall standings and 19th in the rookie championship.
Also graduating to GB4 from Ginetta Junior with Elite is Fred Green (#51). Coming into 2025 as the winner of the Ginetta Junior Scholarship, the 16-year-old Briton ended the season as runner-up in the championship and the most successful Ginetta Junior scholar to date after taking nine wins and a further nine podiums. He has already had on-track success in 2026, taking part in the final round of the GT4 Winter Series, claiming a win and a second-place finish. Also a member of the McLaren GT Talent Pathway, a development scheme that partners selected Elite Motorsport drivers with McLaren Motorsport, Green has topped multiple pre-season testing sessions despite never having competitively driven a single-seater before.
Matan Achituv (#77) completes the team’s line-up for this season. The 15-year-old Israeli driver has never competed in Europe before, but he has spent the last two years racing in different single-seater categories across the United States. In 2025, he finished 14th in the USF Juniors championship, ending the season on 109 points. Before this, he competed in the Skip Barber Formula Race Series in 2024, finishing 12th in the standings despite only taking part in six races.
Hillspeed
Hillspeed settled straight back into the GB4 paddock in their first season since 2022, securing their best ever finish in the teams’ championship last year with second overall. The Derbyshire team have confirmed a three-car line-up for their 2026 campaign.
Moving across from the F4 United States Championship, Demitri Nolan (#6) makes his UK racing debut in GB4. Last year in F4 US, the 21-year-old finished sixth in the championship, taking podiums at Road America and Virginia International Raceway. The American driver has been testing with Hillspeed since before the 2025 season, gaining valuable experience on these new circuits.
Swedish driver Enzo Hallman (#7) makes the move to Hillspeed for his sophomore season in the championship. Driving for Douglas Motorsport in 2025, he took three podiums, including a win in the reverse-grid race at Oulton Park, and ended the season ninth in the overall standings. Before this, the 18-year-old took part in Formula Nordic and the Nxt Gen Cup, the world’s first electric junior touring car series.
Connor Willis (#99) rounds out the Derbyshire-based outfit’s line-up. The 19-year-old gained UK racing experience when he competed in the United Formula Ford Championship, finishing seventh in the standings. He also took part in the Walter Hayes Trophy, in which he finished 10th overall, and the BRSCC Formula Ford Festival, in which he finished ninth. Racing at these events will have given the American driver good experience on the circuits he will tackle in GB4.
Fortec Motorsports
Fortec Motorsport are no strangers to success, having taken third place in the teams’ championship in 2025 and won the drivers’ championship with Linus Granfors in 2024. The Northamptonshire team brings a three-car line-up into 2026.
Thomas Ingram Hill (#8) returns to the team for his second season in the championship. In 2025, the 16-year-old Briton took two podiums and had consistent points finishes all season on his way to sixth overall in the championship. He also completed a dual campaign in British F4, once again with Fortec Motorsport. As a Challenge Cup competitor, he took part in five rounds, including the non-championship round at the British Grand Prix, and ended the season with a best finish of 11th. He also contested the four-round 2026 UAE4 Series with Evans GP, taking a best finish of 12th.
Franciszek Cegielski (#11) joins Fortec for his debut season in car racing. The 16-year-old has made a name for himself in karting, taking the title in the Polish OK-N Championship in 2025. Among other strong results, he also finished 11th in the 2025 OK-N World Cup, marking him out as one of Poland’s most promising up-and-coming talents.
American driver Jordyn Martin (#88) makes her debut in the GB4 championship this season. Having started her racing career in motocross before moving over to four wheels, the 15-year-old entered one round of the 2025 Ligier Junior Formula Championship, taking a best race finish of 10th. Though she has raced on some UK karting tracks, 2026 will mark her UK circuit racing debut.
Douglas Motorsport
Though they only made their championship debut in 2025, Douglas Motorsport took two race wins and six podiums with five different drivers. In 2026, the Northamptonshire-based team are fielding a line-up of three cars.
Jason Smyth (#26) joins the GB4 Championship off the back of a hugely successful 2025 in Formula Ford. In the United Formula Ford Championship, the Irish driver won 10 of the 12 races and stood on the podium in every single race, taking the overall title 77 points ahead of his closest rival. He also won the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch, leading every lap, as well as the prestigious Walter Hayes Trophy from 13th on the grid.
Dayton Coulthard (#28) sticks with Douglas Motorsport for his second season of GB4. In 2025, he secured a race win on the final weekend at Donington Park and took one further podium on his way to 11th in the standings as the second-highest-placed rookie driver in the championship. The 17-year-old Scottish driver has shown good pace in pre-season testing, frequently being seen in the top five. He is also backed by Red Bull, for whom his father, former F1 driver David Coulthard, is an ambassador.
Douglas Motorsport’s 2026 line-up is rounded out by Conor Grant (#54), who is making his UK racing debut. After a successful karting career in his homeland of Ireland, the 18-year-old made his single-seater debut in the US in the final round of the Ligier JS F4 Series in 2024, achieving two points finishes and a best finish of sixth. In 2025, he moved to F4 US, only entering the first round and taking a best finish of fifth place.
Arden Motorsport
Banbury-based Arden Motorsport enter their third season in the GB4 Championship. Founded by Christian Horner and his father Garry Horner, the Oxfordshire team have enjoyed success in almost every level of the single-seater ladder, nurturing many young talents who have gone on to race in Formula 1. They have currently confirmed three drivers for this season.
Charlie Myers (#22) makes the step up from karting to GB4. He began karting at the age of 13 and has competed at both national and international level since then. In 2025, the 16-year-old competed in multiple British single-circuit championships, while internationally he competed in the IAME Benelux Series and the IAME Eurocup in the X30 Junior class, finishing 19th in the final.
Also stepping up from karting, Michael Koh (#24) joins the GB4 grid for his debut season. Though he did not partake in any major competition in 2025, he ended 2024 as the runner-up of the ROK Cup Singapore’s ROK GP Senior category and also came third in the IAME Series Asia’s X30 Senior class. Since then, the 16-year-old has been taking part in an F4 testing programme.
Holding experience in single-seater, sports car and endurance racing, Solenn Amrouche (#95) comes to GB4 off the back of a 2025 campaign in the Ultimate Cup Series’ Formula Cup, in which she drove a first-generation FRegional car. The Frenchwoman took one podium and 13 further top-10 finishes to finish seventh overall and fifth in the rookie class. She also continued in GT racing, taking second in the GTX class at the 24 Hours of Barcelona last September and third in the 992 class of the 24 Hours of Dubai at the start of this year.
KMR Sport
Having taken the teams’ title in GB4’s first three seasons and the drivers’ title with Tom Mills in 2023, KMR Sport established themselves as the team to beat in GB4’s first generation, though they slipped back to sixth last year. The team based in Gloucestershire have a line-up of three cars for 2026 as they look to reclaim their position at the front of the field.
The most likely to do so is Alex O’Grady (#3), who stays with KMR Sport for his second GB4 season. Last year, he took a win at Oulton Park and two further podiums on his way to eighth in the standings. This followed a campaign in French F4 in 2024 in which he finished on the podium twice and took 12th overall in the championship. Since resuming GB4 testing, the 17-year-old Irish driver has regularly been seen in the top five of the timesheets.
Also returning to the series with KMR, Lily-May Watkins (#15) took seven points finishes during 2025 in her debut season of car racing, with a best race finish of 10th. The 18-year-old Briton finished the season in 27th place. Going into her sophomore season, she has already been showing good pace in pre-season testing, finishing in the top 10 at Donington Park and Silverstone and often being the fastest female driver.
Holly Miall (#23) makes the switch to KMR Sport after her first season of GB4 in 2025 with Fox Motorsport. She obtained a best race finish of ninth place and scored points on 13 occasions, eventually finishing the season 22nd in the standings. Before this, the British 18-year-old spent two seasons in Ginetta Junior, finishing 15th in 2023 and 22nd in 2024.
Pace Performance
Having moved into GB4 in 2025 after enjoying success in their maiden Ginetta Junior Championship season, Pace Performance fielded four drivers during the season, taking a win and two further podiums. The Shropshire-based team have created a pathway for drivers to join the team at 14, in Ginettas, before moving up to single-seaters when they turn 15. They bring a three-car line-up into 2026.
Having made his GB4 debut at the final round of 2025, John O’Donnell (#17) returns to the championship with Pace Performance. Despite never competing in karting and possessing limited single-seater experience, he took two 18th-place finishes, which gave him six points. Before his GB4 debut, the Korean-American driver took part in three rounds of the Skip Barber Formula Race Series, securing two second-place finishes.
The son of team owner Sean Byrne, Torrin Byrne (#18) makes his single-seater debut in his maiden GB4 campaign. The Briton has spent two seasons in the Ginetta Junior Championship with his family’s team, finishing ninth in the championship last year with podium finishes at Donington Park and Snetterton. He then contested the three-race Ginetta Junior Winter Series last November, taking one podium and third overall in the standings.
Returning for his second season with Pace Performance in GB4, Josh McLean (#76) will be looking to build on the experience he gained in 2025. The British driver, who had previously competed with the team in the Ginetta GT Championship, finished all but one of the GB4 races he contested. He took a best race finish of seventh and ended the season 14th in the standings.
Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing
Having completed their maiden campaign in GB4 in 2025, ADM Racing have partnered with former British Superbikes champions Nitrous Competitions to expand the team from a one- to a three-car effort going into the 2026 season. The Brackley-based team currently have confirmed two drivers with a season of prior GB4 experience each.
Caitlyn McDaniel (#35) returns to GB4 for her second season, making the switch to Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing from Fox Motorsport. In her maiden campaign, the 18-year-old finished every race she contested, one of only four full-time drivers to do so. She secured nine points finishes and took 25th overall in the championship. Before that campaign, the UK-based American driver had only a single year of experience in karts. She also entered one round of FWS in the winter of 2026, finishing 27th in all three races.
Also embarking on his second season of GB4 is Luke Hilton (#42). The 18-year-old from Essex spent the 2025 season with Douglas Motorsport, taking nine points finishes and one podium, a third place at Snetterton. Before his maiden year in single-seaters, the 18-year-old from Essex competed in sports car racing, taking wins and podiums in both the Radical Cup UK and the Gulf Radical Cup. In pre-season testing, he has topped multiple sessions, even setting the fastest time overall at the official pre-season test at Oulton Park.
Fox Motorsport
Already a championship-winning GT team, Fox Motorsport joined the GB4 championship in 2023, taking third place in the drivers’ championship with Liam McNeilly, son of team boss Paul McNeilly. The Essex-based team has confirmed a three-car line-up for 2026.
Jasser Iskander (#33) becomes the first Saudi Arabian driver to join the GB4 grid. The 15-year-old started karting in 2024 before taking part in the IAME Series Saudi Arabia in the Junior class, the country’s top level of junior karting, in early 2025. Despite competing against previous series champions, he won the title on his first attempt, and he now moves on to his first season in both single-seater racing and Europe.
Enzo Rujugiro (#36), who turned 16 earlier this week, joins the GB4 Championship for his first full season of car racing. He started karting in his home country of South Africa at the age of eight and moved to European karting in 2023. Over the last two years, he has competed in the FIA Karting European Championship and the FIA Karting World Championship. In 2025, he competed in three rounds of the F4 Indian Championship, taking a best race finish of 10th.
The son of former Premier League footballer Jimmy Bullard, Archie Bullard (#48) rounds out Fox Motorsport’s 2026 line-up. Choosing four wheels over two feet, the 19-year-old Briton started his karting career in 2023 in regional and single-track series. In 2025, he competed in the Elite Karting Series, taking the title in the Southern Junior category. He has been testing single-seaters since 2024, in both British F4 and GB4 machinery, with this finally being his debut season.
Scorpio Motorsport
Having run operations in both single-seater and sports car championships for more than two decades, Scorpio Motorsport re-joined the GB4 championship in 2025, though their sole driver, Neirin Evans, appeared for only two rounds. This season, the Leicestershire-based team have confirmed two drivers. British driver Cian Geraghty was announced for the team in January, but he did not appear at any tests and has since signed for Valour Racing for a Radical Cup UK campaign.
Romuald Bocquet (#9) makes his debut in GB4 after his maiden season in single-seaters in 2025. He competed in the F4 CEZ Championship, entering three rounds, taking a single points finish and ending the season 16th in the standings. The 22-year-old French driver’s GB4 campaign will also mark his UK circuit racing debut.
Archie Davies (#87) has spent the last two seasons in the Fiesta Junior Championship. In 2025, he finished fourth in the standings, taking wins at both Mallory Park and Silverstone. This backed up his eighth-place finish in the standings in 2024. At the end of 2025, the British 16-year-old also contested the C1 Eurocup 24-hour race for Citroën C1 hatchbacks at the Autódromo Internacional Algarve, finishing second in the UK class alongside three other drivers. Davies tested both F4 and GB4 machinery in 2025, but this season in the latter will be his maiden one in single-seaters.
Idola Motorsport
Embarking on their debut season in GB4 are Cheshire-based Idola Motorsport. Despite entering one round of the championship in 2024, this year will be the team’s first full year competing in a single-seater championship. They have currently confirmed one driver for the 2026 season.
This single confirmed driver is Jamie Leverton (#4). He began karting in 2021, spending the next three years working through local- and national-level championships. In 2024, he switched to a simulator training programme with the Young Racing Driver Academy, and in 2025 he began testing real-life GB4 machinery, preparing the British 17-year-old for his transition into the championship.
The grid at a glance
| Team | # | Driver |
| KMR Sport | 3 | Alex O’Grady |
| 15 | Lily-May Watkins | |
| 23 | Holly Miall | |
| Idola Motorsport | 4 | Jamie Leverton (R) |
| Elite Motorsport | 5 | Emmilio Valentino Del Grosso |
| 51 | Fred Green | |
| 77 | Matan Achituv | |
| Hillspeed | 6 | Demitri Nolan |
| 7 | Enzo Hallman | |
| 99 | Connor Willis | |
| Fortec Motorsport | 8 | Thomas Ingram Hill |
| 11 | Franciszek Cegielski (R) | |
| 88 | Jordyn Martin (R) | |
| Scorpio Motorsport | 9 | Romauld Bocquet |
| 87 | Archie Davies | |
| Pace Performance | 17 | John O’Donnell |
| 18 | Torrin Byrne | |
| 76 | Josh McLean | |
| Arden Motorsport | 22 | Charlie Myers (R) |
| 24 | Michael Koh (R) | |
| 95 | Solenn Amrouche | |
| Douglas Motorsport | 26 | Jason Smyth |
| 28 | Dayton Coulthard | |
| 54 | Conor Grant (R) | |
| Fox Motorsport | 33 | Jasser Iskander (R) |
| 36 | Enzo Rujugiro (R) | |
| 48 | Archie Bullard (R) | |
| Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing | 35 | Caitlyn McDaniel |
| 42 | Luke Hilton |
Header photo credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography
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