2017 F4 British Championship

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 conform 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.

2017 F4 British Championship
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2017 ToCA Support series:
2017 BTCC
2017 Renault UK Clio Cup
2017 Ginetta Junior Championship
2017 Ginetta GT4 Supercup
2017 Porsche Carrera Cup GB
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 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 to be held at ten meetings, all in 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]

Teams and drivers

All teams were British-registered.[6]

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

Incidents

During the third race at Donington Park (on the 16th of April), racer Billy Monger crashed into the back of the stationary car of Patrik Pasma, which led to Monger having to have both his lower legs amputated.[28]

References
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