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Argenti Motorsport, Chris Dittmann Racing, Rodin Motorsport and Xcel Motorsport have all been announcing driver signings for British Formula 4 recently.

Remaining with Argenti for a second season is Mercedes-AMG Formula 1 junior and 2024 CIK-FIA World Karting and Ginetta Junior champion Ethan Jeff-Hall.

As a single-seater rookie the 17-year-old came fifth in the 2025 British F4 standings with one victory and five other podiums. He also finished second in the first of the non-championship F1 support races at Silverstone.

CDR has also gone for continuity, retaining Tommy Harfield and Piotr Orzechowski from its 2025 line-up.

Harfield, 16, competed full-time and three wins late in the season propelled him to fourth in the standings. He had six other podium appearances (including the British Grand Prix support races) and qualified on pole twice. Polish racer Orzechowski did three rounds last year to kick off his car racing career, and his best result was a 17th place.

Rodin Motorsport will run Ethan Lennon and McLaren junior Dries Van Langendonck in British F4 this year. Both are already racing for the team in the Iberia-based Formula Winter Series, which they are one round into. Van Langendonck leads the points after claiming a win and a pole at Estoril, and Lennon is 11th in the standings with a fourth place to his name.

Lennon hails from South Africa, and the 15-year-old came 13th in entry-level sportscar series Ginetta Junior last year as a part-timer so will know several of British F4’s circuits. In his junior karting career he finished third in the Trofeo Andrea Margutti, 11th in the IAME Winter Cup, 16th in the ROK Superfinal.

Van Langendonck joined Rodin for the last three rounds of the 2025 British F4 season, taking a pole and victory in his debut weekend and coming 21st in the standings. His points-per-race average was the 11th highest in the field.

The 15-year-old Belgian was World and European champion, won the Champions of the Future and WSK Final Cup titles and was WSK Super Master Series runner-up in karting’s OK Junior class, and in the senior OK class was WSK FC and WSK SMS champion, eighth in the CIK-FIA European Championship and 17th in CotF.

Cole Hewetson, another South African, is staying at Xcel for a third year. He debuted in single-seaters with the team in the United Arab Emirates’ two-round Formula Trophy series in 2024, coming 15th, then was 18th in F4 Middle East at the start of 2025. A British F4 campaign followed in which he was 16th with one podium at the final round, then he ended the year with a FTrophy cameo.

Preparing to race in British F4 is top Indonesian karter Qarrar Firhand. The 15-year-old began testing in F4 machinery last July with AKM Motorsport, then racked up mileage with Argenti and Global Racing Service. He has confirmed he will make his F4 debut in summer, and it is expected he will do three British F4 rounds.

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Alfie Slater, younger brother of Formula Regional Europe champion Freddie, will debut in single-seaters next year with Rodin Motorsport in British Formula 4.

The 15-year-old already has plentiful car racing experience, having come ninth in entry-level sportscar series Ginetta Junior and third in its winter series in 2024 then fifth in the main series’ 2025 season.

During his karting career he finished third in the LeCont Trophy, 10th in Trofeo delle Industrie, 17th in the CIK-FIA World Championship and came 12th in Champions of the Future and 18th in the CIK-FIA European championship on OK Junior karts.

“I’m very excited to start my single seater journey in British F4 with Rodin,” said Slater. “I had some good results in Ginetta Juniors and I hope to replicate that in F4, but this time come home with the championship.”

Rodin’s sporting director Benn Huntingford added: “We’re pleased to welcome Alfie Slater to Rodin for the 2026 British F4 season. He’s shown real speed and composure and we believe he’s a strong fit for our programme.”

Hitech GP has added Theo Palmer to its 2026 British Formula 4 line-up. He joined the team this October for the first two rounds in Saudi Arabian F4, where Hitech runs all the cars, and took two podiums and a pole.

His main 2025 programme was with Xcel Motorsport in British F4. He missed round one due to not yet being 15 years old, sixth place finishes were his results and he came 18th in the standings.

“I’m really excited to be joining Hitech for this next step in my single-seater career,” said Palmer. “They’re a really professional team and have either won or been in the fight for the title every year. I can’t wait to learn from them and fight for strong results throughout the season.”

Palmer came 14th in the Rotax Max Challenge International Trophy and 25th in the Kartmasters British Grand Prix for Rotax Junior karts in 2024, and on X30 Junior karts finished eighth in the grand prix. He lives in the United Arab Emirates, did most of his karting there and has competed with an Emirati license.

“We have kept a close eye on Theo in his British F4 debut season and have been impressed to see the same pace and adaptability that he consistently demonstrated in karting,” said Hitech’s F4 team manager Dominic Stott.

“We’re confident he has all the tools to make an immediate impact this season and will continue to develop.”

Argenti Motorsport recently announced it has signed Chinese racer Sun Anzhe. The 15-year-old heads to British F4 after competing on OK karts this year with Victor Martins’ Victory Lane team, and having become a member of the All Road Management stable at the start of 2025.

Leaving Argenti for Chris Dittmann Racing as he embarks on a sophomore British F4 season is Henry Mercier. The 17-year-old American came 17th this year with one podium, and was a car racing newcomer after two years spent karting in Europe.

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The 2026 British Formula 4 grid is beginning to take shape, with multiple teams signing drivers for next season.

Hitech GP has just announced that it will field Red Bull junior Scott Lindblom, who is currently contesting his debut single-seater campaign in Saudi Arabian F4 where Hitech operates all the cars. He sits third in the standings with one win.

“Joining Hitech for British F4 is an exciting first step in my single-seater career,” said the 15-year-old Swede.

“I’m looking forward to learning the car and the UK circuits, and I’m ready to work hard, adapt fast, and aim for strong results from the first race.”

Lindblom already has experience of several of them, having come fourth in entry-level sportscar series Ginetta Junior this year. In 2024 he primarily raced in the OK kart class, winning WSK’s Euro Series and coming eighth in Champions of the Future.

His year started by coming 11th in WSK’s Super Master Series for OK Junior karts, and in that category he was previously third in the World championship, fourth in WSK’s Euro Series and 15th in the CIK-FIA European championship.

“Scott arrives with one of the most impressive karting resumés of his generation,” said Hitech’s British F4 team manager Dominic Stott. “His selection for the Red Bull Junior Team underlines his capability and we are looking forward to helping him develop into one of the leading contenders in 2026.”

Fortec Motorsports has announced American-Australian driver Ethan Carney will join its line-up after two seasons racing in Ginetta Junior.

The 15-year-old, who started karting aged 12, came 17th in Ginetta Junior and also contested its Winter Series as a rookie in 2024. This year he came 11th in the main championship.

Chris Dittmann Racing has gone to touring cars for its first signing, bringing in 17-year-old Daniella Sutton.

She won the inaugural BRSCC Fiesta Junior Scholarship in 2024, setting her up for a two-year spell in the BRSCC’s Formula Ford Fiesta Junior Championship. In her sophomore campaign she was a regular frontrunner. Sutton has juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Virtuosi Racing already has two drivers for next season: Joseph Smith and Jarrett Clark.

Smith was fourth in the 2024 Ginetta Junior Winter Series and 10th in the main championship this year after doing a half-season. The 16-year-old then stepped up to British F4 with Hitech, contesting the last four rounds and coming 29th in the standings.

This year British-Australian driver Clark was eighth in Ginetta Junior and fourth in its winter series, where he won a race last weekend. During his years racing OK Junior class karts preceding that, he came 12th in CotF, 19th in WSK’s Euro Series and 25th in its Champions Cup, and 26th in the CIK-FIA World championship.

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Tommy Harfield took a lights-to-flag victory in the reversed-grid race at British Formula 4’s Brands Hatch finale.

The Chris Dittmann Racing driver started from pole position and was unchallenged throughout the 14-lap race. He set the fastest lap of the race on his way to the victory, leading Cole Hewetson by 1.422 seconds.

Chase Fernandez got the best start when the lights went out, passing Thomas Bearman to move up to third. The top three broke away slightly from the rest of the field on the opening lap, but that advantage would not last long.

A wide moment for Bearman dropped him back behind Fionn McLaughlin. As he came past, McLaughlin’s right rear tyre made contact with Bearman’s car, almost sending McLaughlin into a spin. The freshly crowned champion held on and would soon close the gap to the leaders ahead.

Hitech’s McLaughlin initially brought team-mate Bearman with him, but Bearman began to slip backwards in the closing stages of the race, leaving four drivers at the front of the order.

McLaughlin kept the pressure on Fernandez, but there were no opportunities to make a move, and he had to settle for fourth. Likewise, Fernandez kept close behind Hewetson, but did not pass his Xcel Motorsport team-mate.

Bearman was caught by Ethan Jeff-Hall in the closing stages of the race. The pair were separated by just 0.178s at the chequered flag, but Bearman held on to take fifth. 

Dries Van Langendonck claimed seventh ahead of Martin Molnar, both of whom fell backwards early on as McLaughlin and Jeff-Hall made up positions on the opening lap. Adam Al Azhari and Henry Joslyn completed the top 10.

Race results (14 laps)

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Tommy Harfield earned his second British Formula 4 victory in race three at Silverstone as Fionn McLaughlin extended his lead at the top of the championship standings.

Chris Dittmann Racing driver Harfield snatched the lead from McLaughlin with a move down the inside of the Red Bull-backed Hitech GP driver at Brooklands mid-way through the final race of the weekend.

McLaughlin tried to fight back, and kept on Harfield’s tail with a late safety car, but Harfield was able to break away in the closing stages of the race. He finished 1.538 seconds clear with the fastest lap of the race.

At the start, McLaughlin had taken the race lead off the line after a poor getaway for Martin Molnar dropped the polesitter down the order.

James Pisczyk initially took second, but Harfield soon found a way past him. Harfield had closed onto McLaughlin’s tail when the first safety car of the race was called to clear the stranded Cole Hewetson.

Racing resumed with 11 minutes on the clock and Harfield wasted little time, making his move down the inside of McLaughlin to take the race lead moments shortly after.

Moments later, Alba Larsen spun while battling in the midfield, damaging her left-rear tyre and coming to a stop at the side of the track. A second safety car was needed to clear the incident.

Only four minutes remained when racing resumed, and McLaughlin couldn’t stay with Harfield on the restart. Piszcyk took third ahead of Ary Bansal, who wrapped up the Challenge Cup for drivers contesting up to seven of the season’s 10 rounds.

Bansal and Molnar spent the opening laps battling for position. At one point the pair were side by side with several corners as Bansal battled to keep ahead of the polesitter. He managed to keep Molnar at bay, but remained under pressure through the second half of the race.

Just behind the battling drivers, Dries Van Langendonck was waiting to take any opportunity that was presented. He couldn’t find a way past the duo and had to settle for sixth, ahead of August Raber, Ethan Jeff-Hall and Rowan Campbell-Pilling. Thomas Bearman climbed up from 15th on the grid to finish 10th.

McLaughlin leaves the penultimate weekend of the championship 61.5 points ahead of Piszcyk and Molnar, who are equal on points. There are just 80 points remaining, meaning Harfield is no longer in mathematical contention for the title.

Race results (23 laps)

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Chris Dittmann Racing’s Tommy Harfield claimed his and his team’s first British Formula 4 win in race one of the weekend on Donington Park’s Grand Prix layout.

Harfield achieved the feat from pole position, also his first, and finished 1.979 seconds ahead of Hitech GP’s championship leader Fionn McLaughlin.

Dries Van Langendonck joined Harfield on the front row, but the Rodin Motorsport driver stalled at the start of his first ever car race and fell to the back of the field.

Everybody managed to avoid his stationary car and Virtuosi Racing’s Martin Molnar gained one spot as he moved up to second. Molnar stayed close to Harfield, lapping quicker than him early on. But the leader did not put a wheel wrong and there were no opportunities to make an overtake.

Behind, McLaughlin had taken third from team-mate Thomas Bearman on lap one and set the fastest lap as he closed in on Molnar. In the closing laps, the pair began battling for position. A late lunge by Mclaughlin on the penultimate lap put him ahead, and when Molnar tried unsucessfully to fight back it allowed Harfield to make a gap up front on the final lap.

Multiple drivers visited the pits during the race. The first were Xcel Motorsport’s Chase Fernandez and Argenti Motorsport’s Henry Mercier. The former needed a whole new wheel, while the latter had a broken front wing. At the same time, JHR Developments’ Rowan Campbell-Pilling was circulating very slowly and he eventually made it to the pits with a puncture. 

A few laps later, a black-and-orange flag summoned Xcel’s Yuhao Fu in due to front wing damage.

After his early battle with McLaughlin, Bearman also ran into problems. He had been battling with Fortec Motorsports’ Ary Bansal to keep fourth, and when Bansal got alongside him there was contact that damaged both drivers’ cars.

That promoted Rodin’s James Piszcyk to fourth ahead of a close battle for fifth. Argenti’s August Raber held the position but had Fortec’s Henry Joslyn and Argenti team-mate Ethan Jeff-Hall close behind. Raber held on and then closed in on Piszcyk late in the race. 

Adam Al Azhari and Cole Hewetson were the next finishers on-the-road, but Hewetson was penalised five seconds for a start infringement and Jeff-Hall got the same penalty for track limits abuse. That promoted Al Azhari to seventh, ahead of Jeff-Hall, Virtuosi’s debuting Alexander Savinkov and Hewetson.

Van Langendonck managed to climb up to 14th by the chequered flag.

Race results (22 laps)

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Nicolas Stati will make his GB3 debut at Silverstone next month with Chris Dittmann Racing.

The 16-year-old Australian has spent 2025 so far racing in the Formula Regional category. He came 15th in FR Oceania and is currently sixth in FRegional Americas, with third at the Indianapolis road course his best result.

After spending a number of years karting in his homeland, Stati took a race victory as a single-seater rookie in F4 South East Asia in 2023.

He remained in F4 last year, scoring eight podiums and finishing runner-up to Jimmy Pisczyk in F4 Australia, and also contested the United Arab Emirates championship and Middle East Trophy.

“I’m looking forward to driving with Chris Dittmann Racing and competing at the world-famous Silverstone for the first time,” said Stati.

“The GB3 Championship will be a new experience, and it will be tricky jumping in mid-season when everyone else has plenty of time in the car, but I can’t wait to get started and see what we can achieve.”

Stati is the third driver to confirm his European racing bow at the next GB3 round, joining Rodrigo and Patricio Gonzalez, with Rodrigo also racing for CDR. 

“We’re excited to welcome Nicolas to the team and to European racing,” said CDR team principal Chris Dittmann. “He’s already shown great potential in multiple F4 and Formula Regional championships around the world, and this is a fantastic opportunity for him to continue developing in one of the most competitive junior single-seater series. 

“We’re looking forward to supporting his first steps in the GB3 Championship and helping him maximise his performance at Silverstone.”

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Rodrigo Gonzalez will make his European racing bow with Chris Dittmann Racing at next month’s Silverstone GB3 round.

The 19-year-old Mexican racer currently sits seventh in this year’s USF Juniors championship with two rounds remaining, and he scored his first podium at Barber Motorsports Park earlier in the season.

Having only started out in karting in his homeland in 2022, Gonzalez was 20th in his rookie USF Juniors campaign in 2024, with 10th place his best result. He has also taken part in the YAcademy Winter Series for the past two years, coming seventh in the 2025 standings with a second place finish at NOLA Motorsports Park the highlight.

“I’m incredibly excited to take this next step in my career and make my European racing debut in the GB3 championship with Chris Dittmann Racing,” he said.

“Silverstone is such an iconic track, and I’m really grateful for the opportunity to race there. The team has been very supportive, and testing the GB3 car was an amazing experience. I’m ready to give it my all and learn as much as I can from the weekend.”

Gonzalez tested GB3’s Tatuus MSV GB3‑025 car with CDR at Anglesey ahead of his debut, and is planning to contest further rounds this season with another team.

“We’re very pleased to welcome Rodrigo to the team, and to be returning to GB3 action again at Silverstone,” added CDR’s team principal Chris Dittmann.

“He’s shown a lot of promise in his short career so far, and adapted well in his test with the team recently, so we’re hopeful he can make an impression when he goes racing. 

“While this is currently scheduled to be his only appearance with us before completing the season elsewhere, we’re very much looking forward to working with him as he makes his European racing debut.”

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British Formula 4 has attracted six extra drivers for its non-championship round on the British Grand Prix support bill this weekend.

The two-race event at Silverstone will have a 26-car grid, and the majority of the entrants are drivers who have already raced in British F4 this year.

Hitech GP will be the largest team on the grid with five cars, having added Nina Gademan to its line-up. The 21-year-old Dutch racer previously drove for the team in the F4-based Formula Winter Series this year, coming 15th in the standings in a part-time campaign.

She raced in British F4 last year with Fortec Motorsports and failed to get a top-10 finish, and has also done five rounds of the all-female F1 Academy series so far. Last time out in Montreal she claimed her first two podiums.

Fortec will run four cars this weekend as it brings in Emily Cotty. After picking up three weekends of single-seater racing experience last year, she joined R-ace GP for a double programme in 2025. She came 21st in F4 Middle East and is currently 36th in Italian F4.

Her team-mates in Italy are Guy Albag and Alexander Savinkov, and they will be joining Rodin Motorsport and Virtuosi Racing respectively for British F4’s non-championship round.

Albag, 16, debuted in F4 earlier this year with a FWinter Series cameo and is 33rd in the Italian F4 standings. Savinkov is eight places higher, and is in his second year of single-seater racing.

He had points-free Italian F4 and FWinter Series campaigns with AKM Motorsport in 2024, but has proven more competitive with R-ace this year as he came 11th in F4 Middle East with two sixth place finishes.

Chris Dittmann Racing’s three-car Silverstone line-up is completed by Ava Dobson, who has USF2000 experience at home in America but is also familiar with the track she will race on this weekend as she is currently 22nd in Britain’s GB4 championship.

The final addition to the entry list is Jaber Al Sabah, who after testing an F4 car for the first time last month will make his race debut. He has previously karted in the United Arab Emirates.

British F4 non-championship round entry list

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American racer Ava Dobson will make her F1 Academy debut with Hitech GP as the wildcard entry this weekend in Miami.

The 16-year-old is competing in the UK this year with Arden in GB4, which uses GB3’s previous-generation car detuned to F4 specification. She currently sits 18th in the standings after two rounds, with 10th place her best result.

Dobson made her single-seater debut in 2023, contesting partial programmes in US F4, USF Juniors and USF2000. She continued in USF Juniors in 2024 but her season was cut short by a huge crash at Barber Motorsports Park, and she returned to racing later in the year in GB4.

For 2025, the wildcard driver at each event is being run by Hitech – F1 Academy’s newest team. Last year, Prema fielded an additional car at selected rounds for wildcard entries.

While British Formula 4 will be without Rodin Motorsport’s Ella Lloyd and Chris Dittmann Racing’s Alba Hurup Larsen at Silverstone this weekend due their clashing F1 Academy commitments in Miami, the series has gained another driver for round two.

CDR has signed Polish karting graduate Piotr Orzechowski, who will be making his car racing debut at Silverstone.

Orzechowski came third in last year’s Senior ROK Cup in his homeland, earning a place in the Polish Motor Association’s national squad, and also competed in Italy in the same category. He has spent the winter getting to grips with an F4 car, and took part in pre-season testing with CDR.

“I am really happy to step into the single seaters and to join British F4 with Chris Dittmann Racing as they are a great team with a great history,” said Orzenchowski.

“The car is nice to drive, so I have been getting the laps in during testing and building my confidence ahead of racing at Silverstone. The team has been really helpful and giving me good tips, so I am sure if I keep listening to them, I will be fine.”

“We are thrilled to welcome Piotr to Chris Dittmann Racing,” added CDR’s team principal Chris Dittmann. “From our first test sessions it was clear he brings exceptional talent and determination.

“Our experienced engineers and strategists will work closely with him to refine his skills and extract the maximum performance from the car. We believe Piotr has all the attributes to challenge at the front this season, and we look forward to a campaign of growth and podium success.”

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