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Elite Motorsport, Fox Motorsport and Hillspeed have added to their 2026 GB4 line-ups.

Belgium-based Venezuelan racer Emmilio Valentino Del Grosso has been signed by Elite, and the 16-year-old steps up to GB4 from entry-level sportscar series Ginetta Junior where he also raced for the team. He came 18th in the standings there last year as a car racing rookie, with a best finish of seventh.

Ginetta Junior runner-up Fred Green is also moving across from Elite’s sportscar squad to its GB4 counterpart, and the USF Juniors-experienced Matan Achituv is another of the team’s drivers for 2026.

Jasser Iskander and Enzo Rujugiro, both 15, will be joining Fox for their single-seater racing debuts. Iskander is the reigning champion of IAME Series Saudi Arabia’s X30 Junior class, a feat he achieved in his second year of karting. He did tests in GB4 cars later in 2025, and is aiming for podiums from his rookie campaign in the championship.

Rujugiro put his focus into car tests through 2025, but did not sample a GB4 chassis until this week when he first worked on track with Fox at Snetterton. The South African had raced in junior karting from the end of 2022 through to 2024, with 13th in the 2022 LeCont Trophy (in the OK Junior class) being his best result on the international scence. He also came 21st in the 2024 WSK Champions Cup in the OK-N Junior class.

Hillspeed has brought in American duo Demitri Nolan and Connor Willis. The 21-year-old Nolan came 10th in the Ligier Junior Formula Championship on home soil two years ago as a single-seater rookie, then switched from first to second-generation Formula 4 chassis in 2025 by racing in United States F4. He came sixth with two podiums, but was last of the full-timers in a depleted field.

Willis knows the tracks visited by GB4 well, having spent the last two years racing in United Formula Ford. In 2024 he was 14th in the standings, and made the final of Formula Ford 1600’s illustrious Walter Hayes Trophy event at Silverstone.

He improved to seventh in United FFord’s points table last year, and at the FFord Festival made the podium in his heat and was ninth in the final. Recovery drives were required at the WHT, where Willis won the last chance race and charged from 29th to 10th in the final.

Hillspeed has done a propert winter testing programme with Willis to prepare him for the switch from FFord to slicks-and-wings cars.

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This year Genesis, the luxury brand of the Hyundai Motor Company, will enter the World Endurance Championship’s top Hypercar class with its own team and car.

As part of the South Korean brand’s expansion into motorsport, it has scouted talents to sign as junior drivers and Jamie Chadwick, Lee and Shin will be the members of the Genesis Magma Racing Trajectory Programme in 2026.

Chadwick was a junior driver of the Williams Formula 1 team until the end of 2024, a year in which she claimed a landmark Indy Nxt victory, then became Genesis’s first junior as she switched to sportscar racing. She came third in the 2025 European Le Mans Series, and will Genesis’s reserve driver in WEC.

Lee’s arrival into the GMRTP was accompanied by the announcement that he would be racing in GB3 this season with Elite Motorsport. The 17-year-old steps up to the third-tier championship after a single year in Formula 4.

He started off with Pinnacle Motorsport in F4 Middle East, contesting two rounds and coming 20th in the standings. Spanish F4 was Lee’s next destination, and he raced for Rodin Motorsport. In the winter championship he was a points-free 31st, and was 22nd in the main championship after missing the final round. His year concluded on the streets of Macau in the FIA F4 World Cup, which he retired from.

“My goal this year is to show steady progress, score points regularly, step on the podium and win races but also build a strong foundation that prepares me for the next stage of my career,” Lee said of his GB3 move.

“I chose GB3 because it’s one of the most competitive and well-structured junior single-seater championships in Europe. It offers a very high technical level, featuring strong teams, excellent circuits and a clear pathway towards FIA Formula 3 and beyond. For a driver aiming to build a serious long-term motorsport career in Europe, GB3 is the ideal environment to develop racecraft, technical understanding and mental strength against top-level competition.”

Shin will race for Hitech GP in the FIA F3 Championship this year. He moves across from Euroformula, which he came third in last year with four victories and eight other podiums. The 21-year-old began 2025 in Formula Regional Oceania, making the podium twice and coming eighth in the standings down under.

It closely mirrored his 2024, in which he was fourth in FRegional Oceania with one win and four other podiums then sixth in Euroformula. His half-season featured two wins, a pole and four other podiums. He has three rounds of FIA F3 experience from 2023.

“I am delighted to be joining the Genesis Magma Racing family as part of the Trajectory Programme. To be part of a Korean team as one of the only Korean drivers racing abroad brings great pride to myself, my family and team,” said Shin.

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Fred Green will move from Elite Motorsport’s Ginetta Junior line-up to its GB4 squad for 2026.

Green, nephew of former DTM racer and 2004 Formula 3 Euro Series champion Jamie Green, will make his first steps into single-seater racing after starring in Ginetta’s entry-level sportscar series this year.

Having been chosen as Ginetta Junior’s scholarship driver for 2025, the 16-year-old became the most successful scholar in the programme’s history by amassing nine wins, seven of which were in the last nine races, to be championship runner-up.

Green also achieved success on the British karting scene this year by winning both the Kartmasters Grand Prix and the ‘O’ Plate at Whitton Mill. He is Elite’s second signing for next season, joining Israeli racer Matan Achituv.

“After a strong year in Ginetta Junior, and with the support of Elite Motorsport and MotorSport Vision, I’m incredibly excited and grateful to step up to the GB4 championship,” said Green.

“I’m continuing with Elite for 2026 because I’ve really enjoyed the team environment and the relationships I’ve built throughout the year. I know they can give me a competitive package to have another successful year.

“My aim in 2026 is to win the driver’s championship while at the same time contributing to the teams’ championship title race with the ultimate goal of helping Elite secure the title for a second consecutive year.”

“I’ve learned a huge amount this season, especially in developing my racecraft and leading races under pressure. GB4 testing at Donington, Snetterton and Silverstone has helped me take big steps forward and I’m improving every lap as I learn how to get the most out of a GB4 car.”

Returning team Scorpio Motorsport has this week unveiled Archie Davies as its first driver. The 16-year-old has spent two years racing touring cars in the BRSCC Fiesta Junior championship, coming eighth in 2024 and improving to fourth this year. He will swap tin-tops for single-seaters next year, having done a test programme in F4 and GB4 machinery.

“I’m really excited to be joining Scorpio Motorsport for the 2026 GB4 season,” said Davies. “After two great years in Fiesta Junior, stepping up to GB4 feels like the perfect next challenge.”

“The team has a strong reputation and I’m confident we can work well together to be competitive from the start. I’m looking forward to getting going and seeing what we can achieve.”

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Elite Motorsport and KMR Sport have announced their first drivers for the 2026 GB4 season.

Remaining with KMR for a second year are Alex O’Grady and Lily-May Watkins, who came eighth and 27th respectively in the 2025 standings. O’Grady claimed one win and two other podiums, while Watkins’ best result was a 10th place.

In 2023, O’Grady was a FEED Racing France shootout finalist and despite missing out on a free seat still progressed into French Formula 4 for 2024. He came 12th in the championship, making the podium twice.

Prior to that, he spent several years karting and finished sixth in the 2022 IAME Warriors Final for X30 Junior karts at Le Mans.

“I’m very happy to be staying onboard with KMR Sport for another season in GB4,” said the 16-year-old Irishman.

“We showed very strong pace particularly at the end of the 2025 season, and I’m looking forward to carrying that into 2026. Last season was a year of learning and developing our car, now it’s time to go for the title.”

KMR’s team principal Kevin Mills added: “We’re absolutely thrilled to welcome Alex back to the team for a second season with us in 2026. He proved on numerous occasions this year that he was every bit as quick as the title contenders were, and with a bit more fortune, he could have been much closer to them in the final standings.”

Watkins was a single-seater newcomer this year, having previously karted across the United Kingdom and been a member of Arden’s Young Racing Driver Academy.

“Being my first year in cars the step was quite challenging, but with the team’s help I progressed immensely throughout the season,” said the 18-year-old. “This year we’ve seen progress, but next year I believe we can fight further up the grid and hopefully challenge for the female championship.”

Israeli racer Matan Achituv joins Elite’s 2026 line-up after coming 12th in the F4-spec Skip Barber Formula Race Series in 2024, then sixth in the YACademy Winter Series and 14th in USF Juniors (which use the same car) this year in the USA.

“I’ve already had a couple of strong tests with [Elite] and I am confident we can perform going into the season,” the 15-year-old said of his GB4 switch.

“I’ve felt really comfortable within the team and the environment, and it’s been a great place for me to grow. I’m ready to keep developing and pushing forward into next year. This will be my debut season racing in Europe, so I’m looking forward to the challenge of learning the UK tracks and adapting quickly.”

Team owner Eddie Ives said Achituv “has shown impressive speed and composure in testing” and “this will be a big step for him but we’re confident he’ll adapt quickly and continue to build on the potential he’s already shown”.

In the off-season, GB4 team Douglas Motorsport has run 2025 United Formula Ford champion, FFord Festival and Walter Hayes Trophy winner Jason Smyth in tests.

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Elite Motorsport’s GB4 runner-up Isaac Phelps will remain with the team as he steps up to GB3 for this weekend’s season finale at Monza.

The 16-year-old has been with the team since graduating from karting last year. He made a great start to his car racing career by winning twice on his debut weekend in entry-level sportscar series Ginetta Junior and went on to finish fifth in the standings, then claimed its winter series title with two victories.

Phelps again made an immediate impact upon switching to single-seaters this year by winning on his GB4 debut. He took three more wins across the campaign, but lost out on the title in a three-way fight at this month’s season finale.

At Monza he will drive the car vacated by Will Macintyre, who has been forced to end his GB3 season early after being diagnosed with cancer in two areas of the body.

“Following a strong single-seater debut season in GB4, I thought I’d finished until next year, but I jumped at a very generous offer by Ed [Ives, Elite team principal] last week to race at the final round of GB3 in Monza,” said Phelps.

“I got to try the latest GB3 car for the first time at Donington Park last Thursday. Being realistic, I am looking for a developing weekend with great enjoyment – that’s mandatory at Elite. So my expectations are non-existent for Monza.

“I will give my all to ensure I am as competitive as possible and do my best for the team. And of course I am really looking forward to using DRS for the first time too.

“I’m really pleased for this opportunity but while I am excited, of course we’d all much prefer if Will was in the car.”

Eddie Ives said Elite was “delighted to give Isaac the opportunity to step up to GB3 after such an impressive first year in single-seaters” in GB4.

“He’s shown exceptional pace and maturity throughout the GB4 season and his results speak for themselves,” he added.

“This outing at Monza is a great chance for him to experience the next level, learn in a competitive environment and continue his development within the team. We have every confidence he’ll approach the weekend with his usual professionalism and enthusiasm.”

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Elite Motorsport’s Ary Bansal clinched the GB4 title in the final race of the season at Donington Park, while Leandro Juncos claimed a maiden win.

In a deciding contest rescheduled from the previous round at Brands Hatch, Juncos led home his team-mate Daniel Guinchard for a Hillspeed one-two, while third was enough for Bansal to become champion.

Pace Performance’s Stefan Bostandjiev led away from pole at the start, as Juncos moved ahead of Fortec Motorsports’ Jack Taylor into second. Taylor locked up and ran wide into Redgate, losing further ground to Alex O’Grady and Dayton Coulthard.

Juncos challenged Bostandjiev further around the lap through Macleans and Coppice, and O’Grady made it a three-wide battle for the lead into Fogarty. Juncos prevailed to move ahead, while Bostandjiev and O’Grady both missed the corner – the latter tumbling down the order with front wing damage.

Bostandjiev held off Taylor for second after rejoining, but there pair then collided into Old Hairpin on lap two, with Taylor’s car ending upside down in the gravel trap. That resulted in the safety car being deployed, and racing resumed with nine minutes remaining.

Guinchard eventually snatched second from Coulthard, and applied pressure on Juncos for the final two laps but could not find a way by, ending the season third in the standings despite leading the way at the beginning of the weekend.

Bansal demoted Coulthard to fourth before the finish, while Phelps also missed out on the title by finishing fifth – though he pipped Guinchard to runner-up spot.

Arden’s Leon Wilson was sixth ahead of Thomas Ingram Hill and Jason Pribyl, while Alex Kattoulas survived an early collision before coming home ninth.

Fortec’s Lucas Magnussen was 10th ahead of Josh McLean and Ava Dobson, who ended the season as the top female driver in the championship to earn a €50,000 prize fund towards an F1 Academy drive next year.

Race results (10 laps)

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Elite Motorsport’s Ary Bansal closed in on the GB4 title by winning the penultimate race at the Donington Park finale.

Bansal inherited the championship lead before the race even started. That was because Hillspeed’s Daniel Guinchard was handed a 30s track limits penalty in race two, in lieu of drive-through, demoting him to 19th.

It also dropped Guinchard to third in the standings behind Bansal and Phelps heading into race three, with six points separating the trio.

ADM’s Jason Pribyl converted his reversed-grid pole into the lead at the start, while KMR Sport’s inexperienced Lewis Wherrell was slow away from the outside of the front row and lost several places.

Fortec Motorsports’ Thomas Ingram Hill held off Bansal for second into Redgate, but made slight contact with Pribyl at Macleans while attempting to grab the lead.

That dropped him to third behind Bansal, who then challenged Pribyl through the final three corners, forcing his rival into a mistake and grabbing the lead before lap one was completed.

Ingram Hill soon dispatched Pribyl for second, but he had no answer to Bansal who held a two-second lead when the safety was deployed late on due to Pace Performance’s John O’Donnell retiring in a collision at the hairpin with Flame Arikkala. Officials then ended the contest early by bringing out red flags.

Bansal took his fourth win of the season to extend his championship lead to eight points over Phelps, who gained eight places to fourth, with Guinchard finishing one place behind him.

KMR Sport’s Alex O’Grady finished third despite a three-car clash at Goddards which sent Pribyl and Fortec’s Jack Taylor tumbling down the order.

Hillspeed’s Leandro Juncos was sixth ahead of Leon Wilson, and Alex Kattoulas produced a double overtake on Douglas duo Lucas Blakeley and Dayton Coulthard to finish eighth.

The title will be decided later on Sunday in a rescheduled contest from the previous round at Brands Hatch.

Race results (11 laps)

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Isaac Phelps boosted his GB4 title ambitions by taking two poles in the final qualifying session of the season at Donington Park.

The Elite Motorsport driver was over 0.2 seconds quicker than chief rival and championship leader Daniel Guinchard, who will start alongside him in both races one and two.

Phelps also topped the two-day pre-event test, setting a best time of 1m28.381s on Thursday, with rain preventing anybody from challenging his time on day two.

KMR Sport’s Alex O’Grady denied Phelps in session one with a late effort of 1m28.887s. The latter responded with two improvements in the final minutes of session two to be 0.3s quicker than Arden’s Leon Wilson, who led session three with a 1m28.727s – edging out Guinchard by just 0.003s.

Phelps, Guinchard and fellow title protagonist Ary Bansal topped a session each on Friday.

Esports star Lucas Blakeley – a three-time race winner in GB4’s previous-generation car last season –  also shone in testing after confirming a championship return this weekend with Douglas Motorsport.

Guinchard led the early stages of Saturday’s wet and windy qualifying with a 1m41.770s before the red flags were shown due to KMR Sport’s Lily May Watkins coming to a halt a Goddards bend.

Despite the persistent rain, Phelps eclipsed Guinchard’s benchmark by registering a 1m41.131s with three minutes remaining, with Blakeley and Bansal surging up to second and third. Guinchard soon reclaimed top spot by 0.139s, but Phelps responded with a 1m40.757s to snatch race one pole as the chequered flag fell.

Wilson pipped Blakeley to third by 0.1s, with Leandro Juncos, Dayton Coulthard and O’Grady close behind. Phelps’ second-best laptime was good enough to also beat Guinchard to race two pole, with Wilson third ahead of Juncos, O’Grady and Blakeley.

Two drivers are making their GB4 debuts this weekend. Karting star Lewis Wherrell is racing for KMR Sport, and qualified eighth for race two. He is replacing Megan Bruce due to her taking up the opportunity to debut in F1 Academy this weekend in Singapore. John O’Donnell, who has previous F4 experience in the USA, has joined Pace Performance at Donington.

Qualifying round-up
Race 1 grid
1 Isaac Phelps Elite Motorsport 1m40.757s
2 Daniel Guinchard Hillspeed +0.235s
3 Leon Wilson Arden +0.443s
4 Lucas Blakeley Douglas Motorsport +0.544s
5 Leandro Juncos Hillspeed +0.598s
6 Dayton Coulthard Douglas Motorsport +0.695s
7 Alex O’Grady KMR Sport + 0.704s
8 Jack Taylor Fortec Motorsports + 0.851s
9 Ary Bansal Elite Motorsport +0.955s
10 Thomas Ingram Hill Fortec Motorsports +0.964s

Race 2 grid
1 Phelps 1m40.964s
2 Guinchard +0.267s
3 Wilson +0.413s
4 Juncos +0.601s
5 O’Grady +0.603s
6 Blakeley +0.706s
7 Bansal +0.771s
8 Lewis Wherrell Pace Performance +0.844s
9 Jason Pribyl ADM +0.950s
10 Taylor +0.952s

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GB3 frontrunner Will Macintyre has announced that he will not see out the season after being diagnosed with cancer in two areas of the body.

Macintyre sits fifth in the points table with two rounds remaining. His season has featured one victory and two second places.

The Elite Motorsport driver shared the update about his medical condition and racing plans via an Instagram post today:

“Hi everyone. This is a very different post to usual, but I’ll just spit it out. Over the past few months, I haven’t quite felt myself and now it’s starting to make a bit more sense as to why.

“I’ve been diagnosed with both brain and lung cancer. Sadly, it’s as serious as it sounds! The amazing team at Milton Keynes [University] Hospital have already been incredible in helping put a plan together for how I’m going to fight this.

“Unfortunately, this does mean I won’t be racing for the foreseeable future. But rest assured the second I’m able to, I’ll be back behind the wheel where I belong.

“A massive thank you goes to my family and friends for their support and to everyone who continues to back me through this unexpected detour.”

The 18-year-old started his car racing career with Elite in the Ginetta Junior sportscar series, and was runner-up in the 2022 season. He then switched to single-seaters with Hitech GP, becoming British Formula 4 runner-up in 2023 and winning three times with the team en route to fifth in last year’s GB3 standings.

“This is not the kind of news we ever imagined sharing but it’s important that we stand alongside Will Macintyre as he shared his journey,” Elite said in a team statement.

“Anyone who knows Will knows the strength and determination he carries both on and off the track. With the incredible support of the team at MK Hospital, a treatment plan is already in place, and the fight is underway.”

It added: “As a team, our priority is to support Will and his family through every step of this challenge. Will is, and always will be, a huge part of Elite Motorsport. Together, we’ll face this detour head-on.”

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Isaac Phelps scored his second lights-to-flag GB4 victory of the weekend in race two at Brands Hatch.

In a repeat of the race one result, Phelps led Elite Motorsport team-0mate Ary Bansal and Hillspeed’s Dan Guinchard.

The win propelled him to second in the standings ahead of Bansal, while also closing to within 21 points of Guinchard at the top of the table.

Guinchard lined up alongside polesitter Phelps on the front row, but he faced pressure from Bansal into Druids on the first lap. Having retained second, Guinchard then challenged Phelps for the lead into Hawthorns bend but was run wide, allowing Bansal to slip past him.

Phelps romped clear over the remainder of the 13-lap contest to take the chequered flag a huge 9.3 seconds clear of Bansal, who was closely followed home by Guinchard.

Arden’s Leon Wilson passed Elite’s Alex Kattoulas at the start and held fourth until the finish. Kattoulas ran wide at Druids on the opening lap and lost out Hillspeed’s Leandro Juncos, who was simultaneously tagged from behind by Douglas Motorsport’s Luke Hilton.

Juncos suffered a rear-right puncture and eventually retired, while Hilton was forced to pit for a front wing and came home 19th. Kattoulas, meanwhile, resisted mid-race pressure from KMR Sport’s Alex O’Grady to finish half a second behind Wilson in fifth.

Thomas Ingram Hill held off Fortec Motorsports team-mate Jack Taylor and Douglas’s Dayton Coulthard for seventh, and Pace Performance’s Stefan Bostandjiev completed the top 10.

ADM’s Jason Pribyl retired following a first-lap collision, and Fortec’s Luca Magnussen also failed to see the chequered flag after an incident at the final corner.

Race results (13 laps)

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