Hillspeed is a British auto racing team, based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. Formerly Hillspeed Racing and Hill Speed Racing, the team was founded in 1970 to support Morgan Ollerenshaw's entry in the British Saloon Car Championship (now British Touring Car Championship). It currently participates in the GB3 Championship and the GB4 Championship.
History The team was founded in 1970 as Hill Speed Racing to support Morgan Ollerenshaw's entry in 1970 season of the British Saloon Car Championship, now known as British Touring Car Championship. It is possible that the team is named after Hill Top (located at the outskirts of Sheffield), where the team was formerly based. According to an Autosport article in 2020, the team has become a "promine fixture" in United Kingdom motorsport after 50 years of existence.
GB3 Championship Hillspeed joined the GB3 Championship when it was founded in 2013 as BRDC Formula 4 Championship. For this season, the team signed Seb Morris, Struan Moore and Rahul Raj Mayer.
Alfredo Zabalza, Gustavo Lima were signed for the team in the 2014 season. Rahul Raj Mayer also stayed with the team for his sophomore season.
For the 2015 season, the team signed Al Faisal Al Zubair, Ameya Vaidyanathan and Sebastian Lanzetti. Riki Christodoulou and Hernán Fallas also drove for the team for a part-time basis.
In the 2016 season, when the BRDC F4 was renamed to BRDC F3, Hillspeed signed Bahraini driver Ali Al Khalifa for a part-time entry.
For the 2017 season, Hillspeed entered into cooperation with Cliff Dempsey Racing. The cooperated entry signed three drivers: Chase Owen, Jordan Cane and Nick Worm. Later, Jordan Cane moved to Douglas Motorsport without driving for Hillspeed.
Hillspeed signed Ben Hurst, Sasakorn Chaimongkol and Jusuf Owega for the 2018 season.
In 2019, the team reduced to a two-car entry, as Sasakorn Chaimongkol remained with the team and Nicolás Varrone drove for the team in selected rounds.
For the 2020 season, Sasakorn Chaimongkol stayed with Hillspeed for his third BRDC F3 season. The team signed Oliver Clarke for the second car.
Jonathan Browne and Flynn Jackes drove for the team for a part-time basis in 2021, when the BRDC F3 was renamed to GB3 Championship.
2022 saw the team field only one car for Canadian driver Nick Gilkes.
In 2023, the team partnered with Hitech Grand Prix to field two Hitech GP Academy drivers: Gerrard Xie and Daniel Mavlyutov.
Hillspeed signed Indian driver Aditya Kulkarni for the team's only full-time entry in the 2024 season. Later, they added Marcus Luzio for their GB3 squad for selected rounds.
The team entered 2025 without any full-time entry, instead, Hillspeed's 2025 GB3 squad consisted of multiple part-time entries: Freddie Slater, Kanato Le, Hiyu Yamakoshi, Michael Shin, Yuanpu Cui, Lucas Fluxá, Newman Chi and Maxim Rehm.
In 2026, the team signed Dante Vinci, Peter Bouzinelos and Aurelia Nobels.
GB4 Championship In 2021, the team was announced to join GB4 Championship and became the first team to commit to participate in the 2022 season.
In 2025, the team returned to GB4 after two-year absent. Hillspeed finished second in the teams' standing.
Other series The team won the 2010 Formula Renault BARC season with Alice Powell as well as back-to-back Ginetta Junior championships in 2010 and 2011.
In 2025, the team entered into cooperation with organiser of the AU3 Championship. The team was announced to offer the AU3 Championship winner a fully-funded GB3 multi-day test program.
The team also formerly competed in ARP Formula 3 Championship, later known as MotorSport Vision Formula 3 Cup.
Current series results
BRDC Formula 4 Championship / BRDC British Formula 3 Championship / GB3 Championship Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.2013Ralph Firman Racing-Duratec MSV F4-013 Seb Morris2410110410 2ndN/A Struan Moore2410042759th Rahul Raj Mayer24000013617th2014Ralph Firman Racing-Duratec MSV F4-013 Rahul Raj Mayer24000022312thN/A Gustavo Lima18100119414th Alfredo Zabalza20000012417th2015Ralph Firman Racing-Duratec MSV F4-013 Ameya Vaidyanathan24000321712thN/A Al Faisal Al Zubair18000118916th Hernán Fallas18000010319th Sebastian Lanzetti900018920th Riki Christodoulou300000NC†2015 (AT)Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016 Struan Moore30001457thN/A Ameya Vaidyanathan40000408th2016Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016 Ali Al Khalifa30000529thN/A2017Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016 Chase Owen2400113027thN/A Nick Worm20000015915th2018Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016 Sasakorn Chaimongkol2300022429thN/A Jusuf Owega20000018711th Ben Hurst23000113716th2019Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016 Sasakorn Chaimongkol2410123148thN/A Nicolás Varrone9100210917th2020Tatuus-Cosworth BF3-020 Sasakorn Chaimongkol2400013187thN/A Oliver Clarke2400023108th2021Tatuus-Cosworth BF3-020 Jonathan Browne900018319th8th Flynn Jackes30000628th2022Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 Nick Gilkes231002165.514th9th2023Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 Gerrard Xie22101112820th9th Daniel Mavlyutov23400411622nd2024Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 Aditya Kulkarni23000011119th8th Marcus Luzio600001730th2025Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-025 Lucas Fluxá†2410012588th4th Freddie Slater9324520312th Kanato Le9110314514th Yuanpu Cui†15000012218th Hiyu Yamakoshi9000012119th Michael Shin300014024th Maxim Rehm310010NC Newman Chi300000NC2026Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-2026 Dante Vinci Peter Bouzinelos Aurelia Nobels † Cui and Fluxá also drove for Argenti with Prema.
GB4 Championship Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C.T.C.2022Tatuus F4-T014 Max Marzorati2402210482 3rdN/A Megan Gilkes2421333756th Marcus Short300003916th Oliver Clarke300013517th2025Tatuus MSV GB4-025 Daniel Guinchard2122383913rd2nd Leandro Juncos2110042695th Flame Airikkala†1200003428th2026Tatuus MSV GB4-025 Enzo Hallman2100353413rd2nd Connor Willis2110022219th Demitri Nolan21010110217th † Airikkala drove for Pace Performance until round 5.
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