The F4 British Championship, officially known as the Wera Tools F4 British Championship certified by FIA for sponsorship reasons and formerly known as MSA Formula in 2015, is a single-seater motorsport series based in the United Kingdom. The series is run to FIA Formula 4 regulations and is administered by Motorsport UK. The championship is designed as a low-cost entrance to car racing, and is aimed at young racing drivers moving up from karting.
The championship replaces the British Formula Ford Championship, and used a chassis produced by Mygale and engines from Ford for seven seasons from 2015 to 2021. With Motorsport UK taking over the organization of the championship from 2022 to 2024, as Ford concluded their involvement, the championship switched to a Tatuus chassis and Abarth engines.
The series is part of the TOCA tour, a series of events run alongside the British Touring Car Championship.
Championship format Each championship event consists of three races. The series is run in support of the BTCC.
Fifteen-year-olds are eligible to compete in the series, after the MSA lowered the age limit for single-seater championships. The winner of the championship will be named the FIA Formula 4 champion, and will be rewarded a test with a top-level regional Formula Three team.
The car
2015–2021
Mygale M14-F4 provided a carbon-fibre monocoque chassis. The engine was a Ford 1.6L EcoBoost engine as used in the more modern Formula Ford cars, tuned to a maximum of 160 PS. All engines were prepared and tuned by Neil Brown Engineering, to lower costs and ensure engine equalisation. Hankook was the sole tyre supplier, with the cars running on the same compound and construction rubber as used in Formula Three. Sadev provided the sequential paddle shift transmission. The engine control unit was an F88GDI4 from Life Racing which featured integrated paddle shift control, GPS track mapping and also functions as the complete data acquisition system.
The total price of purchasing the car is capped at £36,000.
2022–present Starting from the 2022 season, teams have started using the combination of Tatuus F4-T421 chassis and the engines supplied by Abarth.
Champions Drivers SeasonDriverTeamRacesPolesWinsPodiumsFastest lapsPointsMargin2015 Lando Norris Carlin30108159413422016 Max Fewtrell Carlin303316335872017 Jamie Caroline Carlin3041016644265.52018 Kiern Jewiss Double R Racing3026187445712019 Zane Maloney Carlin30610155427202020 Luke Browning Fortec Motorsports2667167412.542021 Matthew Rees JHR Developments3074103331252022 Alex Dunne Hitech Grand Prix2711111711412692023 Louis Sharp Rodin Carlin3046144384132024 Deagen Fairclough Hitech Pulse-Eight3015142219579.5222.52025 Fionn McLaughlin Hitech TGR3035148363.552
Teams SeasonTeamDriversPolesWinsPodiumsFastest lapsPointsMargin2015 Carlin313122717712852016 Carlin4111241156181132017 Carlin46123010869.51012018 TRS Arden Junior Racing Team49113915837392019 Double R Racing381131137301792020 Carlin3310235609.555.52021 JHR Developments511132912648732022 Carlin3563997891532023 Rodin Carlin4915299692402024 Hitech Pulse-Eight616173322807.566.52025 Rodin Motorsport66101855371.5
Rookie class SeasonDriverTeamRacesPolesWinsPodiumsFastest lapsPointsMargin2015 Enaam Ahmed TRS Arden Junior Racing Team3006170440322016 Alex Quinn Fortec Motorsports302162615891592018 Jack Doohan TRS Arden Junior Racing Team30012257548152019 Zane Maloney Carlin30621265608.5180.52020 Christian Mansell Carlin26014230496.561.52021 Matthew Rees JHR Developments3079193426292022 Ugo Ugochukwu Carlin30316248506352023 Gustav Jonsson Chris Dittmann Racing30011241489262024 Martin Molnár Virtuosi Racing3007220403112025 Fionn McLaughlin Hitech TGR30317248524200.5
Nations Cup SeasonCountryRacesPolesWinsPodiumsFastest lapsPointsMargin2015 United States303142685902
Ford F4 Challenge Cup SeasonDriverTeamRacesPolesWins PodiumsFastest lapsPointsMargin2017 Hampus Ericsson Fortec Motorsports2109180367.516
Circuits
Bold denotes a circuit was used in the 2026 season. Italic denotes a circuit will be used in the 2027 season.
NumberCircuitsRoundsYears1 Brands Hatch212015–present2 Thruxton Circuit142015–present Donington Park142015–present4 Silverstone Circuit132015–present5 Snetterton Circuit112015–present Knockhill112015–20257 Oulton Park102015–2023, 20258 Croft Circuit92015–2023, 20269 Rockingham Motor Speedway42015–201810 Circuit Zandvoort22024–present
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