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American racer Jason Pribyl will remain with ADM as the team make its expansion into GB3 this year.

The 20-year-old competed for Gary Ward’s outfit in GB4 last season, coming 17th in the standings as a rookie and scored a best result of third during round two at Silverstone.

Pribyl previously raced single-seaters and sportscars in his homeland before moving his career to Europe via the wingless Formula Ford 1600 category. There he scored two victories and finished as championship runner-up in United FFord in 2024, and also contested that year’s FFord Festival and Walter Hayes Trophy events.

Having run a single car for Pribyl in its inaugural GB4 campaign, ADM is planning three-car entries in both GB3 and GB4 this year after joining forces with British Superbike team owner Nitrous Competitions.

“For me it’s the obvious decision to stay with Gary and ADM for 2026,” said Pribyl. “With such little infrastructure last year, we were able to accomplish some incredible things, and now with the support of David [Williams] and Nitrous Competitions, we’ll be a force in GB3. 

“The car really excites me, and I’m looking forward to racing it with the upgrades and the incredible calendar.”

Ward believes Pribyl has “shown a lot of promise so far” during winter testing and added “we’re really pleased that Jason has opted to stay with us, as we all get ready for our first year in GB3″.

“Obviously the team has changed a lot since the end of the season, but by retaining Jason we’re moving up with a driver we know really well, and we’re very confident that he’ll make an accomplished step up to the next level with us.”

The 2026 GB4 grid has also grown this week, as Fortec Motorsports has named karting graduate Franciszek Cegielski as its second driver.

The 16-year-old will race alongside GB4 sophomore Thomas Ingram Hill for his first season in car racing, having achieved karting success in both his native Poland and on the international stage.

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Fortec Motorsports has announced three additions to its 2026 British Formula 4 line-up, including a recently crowned F4 champion.

Car racing newcomer Kit Belofsky won the Saudi Arabian F4 title earlier this month with a campaign that featured four wins and four other podiums from 10 races.

Last year he raced in the OK Junior kart class, finishing fourth in the CIK-FIA World championship, coming 16th in the CIK-FIA European championship and Champions of the Future, and 19th in WSK’s Super Master Series.

Before heading to the Middle East two months ago to make his car racing debut, he had done one day of F4 testing in Europe and it had been in wet conditions.

“I’m incredibly excited to be joining Fortec Motorsports for the 2026 British F4 season,” said the 15-year-old Briton.

“I’m ready to work hard, fight for results, and make the most of this opportunity. The British F4 grid is one of the toughest in the world, but we hope to give a strong showing from the get go.”

Fortec’s team principal Oliver Dutton added: “[Kit’s] results at such a young age are remarkable, but what impresses us even more is his focus, hunger, discipline, and relentless drive to improve. For someone his age to already be performing at this level is very special, and we’re excited to help Kit take the next step in his career. His professionalism and commitment make him an outstanding addition to our 2026 programme.”

The other additions to Fortec’s line-up are 15-year-old twin brothers Cash and Roman Felber, who are coming from the USA.

Last year the pair each made Ligier Junior Formula Championship cameoes, getting experience of first-generation F4 machinery. They then raced in the championship full-time for 2025, with Cash winning twice and taking four other podiums en route to third in the standings while Roman had one victory and four other podiums as he came seventh in the points.

“The goal for 2026 is simple: arrive prepared, extract everything the car has, and leave no doubt,” Cash Felber stated.

“Fortec Motorsports’ attention to detail is exactly what I need in my career right now, and their engineering depth and coaching structure will help on the path to Formula 1.”

His brother Roman said: “British F4 is the next test, and I’m bringing the same process from this season: learn fast, adapt faster, go quicker. The series rewards discipline and race intelligence – qualities I grew in abundance this year.”

Dutton explained that the twins had “shown us clean fundamentals, intelligent racecraft, and the humility in debriefs that separates good drivers from championship contenders”.

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Thomas Ingram Hill will race in Formula 4 United Arab Emirates at the start of 2026, then compete in GB4 as it adopts GB3’s outgoing generation of cars.

The 16-year-old began his car racing career with a cameo in entry-level sportscar series Ginetta Junior in 2023, then the following year did the full season and came 11th in the standings with three eighth places as his best finishes.

For 2025 he switched to single-seaters and joined Fortec Motorsports for a double programme in the F4-spec GB4 and British F4. His full season in GB4 featured two podiums, enough to put him sixth in the standings, and two 11th places were the best results from the five British F4 events he contested.

Next year in F4 UAE next year he will race for Evans GP, a team which he already has a connection to through his management. Oversseing his career is Dan Wells, who has spent much of his own racing and management career in Asia’s junior single-seater scene where he has collaborated with Evans GP’s team principal Joshua Evans.

“Racing in the UAE is a big step in my career and a great opportunity to learn from a team like Evans GP,” said Ingram Hill.

“I’m looking forward to building on the momentum from my 2025 season, improving every weekend, and putting a strong, consistent winter campaign together.”

Evans added: “Thomas is a driver who has shown real composure and racecraft in his first year of single-seaters, and his two GB4 podiums underline the potential that we see in him. The F4 UAE championship is a fantastic platform for driver development, and we are confident Thomas will make strong progress across the four-round campaign.”

For his sophomore GB4 season, which is technically a step up the single-seater ladder, Ingram Hill will remain with Fortec.

“I’m really excited to be back with Fortec for my first full push for the GB4 title,” he said.

“Last season was all about learning and now it’s about converting that into results. I feel settled in the car and the team and I know what it takes to run at the sharp end.”

Fortec’s team principal Oliver Dutton added:  “Tom made huge strides last season. His learning curve was steep, he rose to it impressively, and by the second half of the year he was a consistent podium threat. With continuity, experience, and a focused testing programme behind him, he has everything he needs to race at the front from round one [in 2026].”

Another driver heading into a second year in GB4 is Caitlyn McDaniel. The American had very limited karting experience before joining the grid with Fox Motorsport, and came 25th in the standings with a best finish of 14th place.

She now switches to ADM, which has joined forces with leading British Superbike team owner Nitrous Competitions to enter GB3 and GB4 in 2026 as a multi-car outfit.

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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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Liam McNeilly will be back racing again next month as he joins Fortec Motorsports to make his GB3 debut at Fortec Motorsports.

The 19-year-old has had an up-and-down year so far, which started with him dominating the USF2000 championship on the IndyCar support bill with five wins from the first five races.

But when visa problems meant he could not return to the USA, he was out of action until July when he stepped up to USF Pro 2000 for its races on the streets of Toronto in Canada. He left that weekend with a fifth and a fourth place.

McNeilly now returns to a paddock he also knows hell, having come third in the GB4 championship in 2023.

“This is a great opportunity for me and I can’t wait to make my GB3 debut, and to do it with a team like Fortec, who have been routinely winning championships for decades makes it even more of an honour,” said McNeilly.

“The car is not much more powerful than what I’ve raced before, but has a lot more grip from its aero package and it feels really fast. Donington is a track that I’ve won at in both Ginetta [Junior] and GB4 so I’m feeling optimistic I can give a good account of myself and take some strong results.

“We’re still working out where to focus our efforts in 2026, but GB3 is an option so this experience will be a big help in terms of deciding what we do.”

Fortec started this season with two cars, then only ran one driver for the next two rounds before dropping off the grid for the last three rounds. It ran McNeilly in a test at Brands Hatch in July, and at Donington last week.

“We’re very pleased to welcome Liam to the team for his GB3 debut,” said Fortec’s team principal Oliver Dutton.

“He has shown impressive versatility and speed across different championships and cars, both in the UK and the USA, and his record speaks for itself. Our brief tests together have been encouraging, and Donington will be a great opportunity for him to show what he can do in one of the most competitive single-seater series in Europe. We’re looking forward to working with him and helping him make the most of this opportunity.”

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Fortec Motorsports’ Jack Taylor scored his second straight GB4 win as changeable weather mixed up the order in race two at Silverstone.

Despite qualifying on pole, Taylor was one of many to begin the race from the pitlane as conditions changed moments before the start.

Light rain fell as drivers headed to the grid but, with the circuit still dry, everyone opted for slick tyres. But the rain intensified on the formation lap, leaving the circuit partially wet.

While most of the field dived into the pits to fit wet tyres, Arden’s Ava Dobson and Graham Brunton Racing’s Mayer Deonarine stayed on slicks and lined up on the grid.

Dobson remained ahead of Deonarine at the start, but the latter fought his way past into Stowe on lap one for the lead.

Elite Motorsport’s Alex Kattoulas beat Taylor out of the pitlane initially, with the pair well clear of the rest of the wet-shod runners, but Taylor swept around the outside at Stowe to grab third.

Taylor ovecame a 13-second deficit in the space of one lap to pick off Dobson for second, and it took him just a few more corners to reel in Deonarine before taking the lead at Club.

Kattoulas soon passed Dobson as well, but then lost control on a kerb at Stowe and slammed backwards into the tyre barriers.

That resulted in the safety car being deployed and, while Dobson dived into the pits to switch to wets, Deonarine stayed out.

There was time for one more lap once racing action resumed. With his tyres having lost temperature, Deonarine was immediately swamped and he was then involved in a collision which caused him to stop with damage yards after the finish.

Taylor controlled the final lap to finish three seconds clear, while his team-mate Thomas Ingram Hill was shuffled back to fourth two corners from home by Hillspeed’s Leandro Juncos and Douglas Motorsport’s Arjen Kraling – the latter taking his first car racing podium.

KMR Sport’s Alex O’Grady was just 0.092s behind Ingram Hill in fifth, with Isaac Phelps sixth ahead of Fortec’s Luca Magnussen and his Elite team-mate Ary Bansal.

Douglas duo Enzo Hallmann and Dayton Coulthard completed the top 10, while Hillspeed’s points leader matched his race one with result in 11th.

Race results (7 laps)

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Jack Taylor converted pole into a maiden victory ahead of his Fortec Motorsports team-mate Thomas Ingram Hill in GB4 race one at Silverstone.

There was a delay to the start after KMR Sport’s Lily Watkins stopped on the grass with an issue on the formation lap, and it took several minutes for her stricken car to be recovered.

The rest of the field eventually set off for a second formation lap, and the race’s duration was reduced slightly to 16 minutes.

Taylor gained a clear lead into Copse once the action got underway, while Arden’s Leon Wilson swept around the outside of Douglas Motorsport’s debutant Arjen Kraling for second.

Ingram Hill climbed from sixth to snatch third from Kraling, who lost further ground to Elite Motorsport’s Alex Kattoulas on the run to Maggotts.

Dayton Coulthard went side by side with his team-mate Kraling but ran wide at Becketts and slipped to ninth, as Hillspeed’s Leandro Juncos fought hard to hold off Elite duo Isaac Phelps and Ary Bansal for sixth on the opening lap.

Taylor led by a second after one lap, and he edged away by a further 0.2s on lap three. He then pulled further clear as Wilson came under pressure from Ingram Hill for second, and by race-end had a 2.96s gap.

Ingram Hill prevailed in his lap four battle with Wilson, moving up the inside at Abbey before completing the move into Village. Wilson fought back into Brooklands, but Ingram Hill used the inside line into Luffield to remain ahead. He then pulled over three seconds clear of his rival over the remaining laps.

The pair’s battle initially brought Kattoulas into contention, but he could not find a way past Wilson and missed out on a podium finish at the chequered flag by 0.4s.

Kraling was less than a second further behind in fifth, and just ahead of Juncos, Phelps and Bansal. Coulthard remained in ninth until the finish, and ADM’s Jason Pribyl completed the top 10.

Having suffered a broken gear linkage in qualifying, Hillspeed’s championship leader Daniel Guinchard made up six places to 11th early on, but was unable to make further progress.

Race results (8 laps)

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Fortec Motorsports’ Jack Taylor scored a double pole by topping GB4 qualifying on Silverstone’s Grand Prix layout.

The Australian was 0.1 seconds faster than impressive debutant Arjen Kraling, who matched his pre-event testing result with the second quickest time for Douglas Motorsport.

Elite Motorsport’s Isaac Phelps led the field out of the pitlane at the start of the 15-minute session, and he used a clear track in front of him to set the early pace with a 2m02.681s.

Taylor and Arden’s Leon Wilson both shaved time off that benchmark before Phelps reclaimed the advantage with his next effort.

Fortec’s Thomas Ingram Hill was next to take over top spot, pipping Phelps by 0.024 seconds, while Taylor and Wilson improved into third and fourth.

Alex Kattoulas lowered the pace to a 2m01.408s, and Elite team-mate Ary Bansal climbed six places to fourth with his next effort.

Taylor set his pole-winning lap of 2m02.221s in the closing stages, as Wilson moved up to second and Douglas Motorsport’s Dayton Coulthard improved to fourth.

When the chequered flag fell, Kraling surged up to second to snatch a front row starting spot for his first GB4 race and only his second weekend in single-seaters.

Wilson ended up third ahead of Kattoulas and Coulthard, while Ingram Hill was sixth despite having a late effort deleted for exceeding track limits.

Having tumbled out of the top 10, Phelps made a late improvement to seventh, two places ahead of fellow title contender Bansal.

Hillspeed’s points leader Daniel Guinchard pitted with an issue in the closing stages and ended up 17th, while his team-mate Leandro Juncos wias eighth.

Taylor also took pole for race two based on second-best laptimes, with Kattoulas second ahead of Wilson, Ingram Hill, Phelps and Kraling. Guinchard will start that contest from 21st.

Qualifying round-up
Race 1 grid
1 Jack Taylor Fortec 2m02.221s
2 Arjen Kraling Douglas Motorsport +0.100s
3 Leon Wilson Arden +0.103s
4 Alex Kattoulas Elite Motorsport +0.107s
5 Dayton Coulthard Douglas Motorsport + 0.343s
6 Thomas Ingram Hill Fortec +0.371s
7 Isaac Phelps Elite Motorsport + 0.388s
8 Leandro Juncos Hillspeed +0.471s
9 Ary Bansal Elite Motorsport +05.18s
10 Stefan Bostandjiev Pace Performance +0.574s

Race 2 grid
1 Taylor 2m01.284s
2 Kattoulas +0.124s
3 Wilson +0.182s
4 Ingram Hill +0.409s
5 Phelps +0.448s
6 Kraling +0.452s
7 Coulthard + 0.548s
8 Jason Pribyl ADM +0.606s
9 Josh McLean Pace Performance +0.665s
10 Bansal +0.710s

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Fortec Motorsports’ Ary Bansal won British Formula 4’s reversed-grid race at Zandvoort, which began with a dramatic crash.

The race was red flagged after a multi-car incident that caused Hitech GP’s Xavier Avramides to flip in the air before landing upside down. He was able to get out of his car and was taken to the medical centre. Rodin Motorsport’s Chloe Chang, JHR Developments’ Esmee Kosterman and Xcel Motorsport’s Yuhao Fu also retired in the incident.

Bansal had started from pole and lost first place to Hitech’s Thomas Bearman before the red flags, but was put back onto pole position for the restart. At the second attempt he managed to hold onto the lead, and was able to actually break away up front as Rodin’s Adam Al Azhari put pressure on Bearman.

Al Azhari eventually found a way past Bearman, who damaged his front wing and would later be forced to pit for repairs. Before he could then chase down Bansal, he had team-mate Ella Lloyd in his mirrors and the two ran nose to tail for several laps before a wide moment from Al Azhari allowed Lloyd to get through into second.

She could not close the gap to Bansal either, finishing 3.285 seconds behind the first-time winner.

Rodin’s James Piszcyk led a close four-car battle for fourth for much of the race. Hitech’s Fionn McLaughlin, Fortec’s Henry Joslyn and Chris Dittmann Racing’s Tommy Harfield kept Piszcyk under pressure while also battling for position themselves.

McLaughlin and Joslyn made slight contact late in the race, leaving Joslyn stranded between turns two and three. Harfield came through to take fifth, finishing just 0.126s behind Piszcyk and slightly ahead of Argenti Motorsport’s Ethan Jeff-Hall.

The fight for seventh at the end ended up being for the championship lead, as McLaughlin came home just ahead of Virtuosi Racing’s Martin Molnar and therefore took top spot in the standings from him by half a point.

Bearman, running at the back of the field after a change of nose, set the fastest lap.

Race results (11 laps)

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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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