GB4 starts to take shape
Picking a pre-season favourite in a new series is not easy, and it’s true of the GB4 Championship, which gets under way this weekend at the Classic Sports Car Club’s Snetterton meeting.
On experience and of the eight drivers confirmed, the favourite is likely to be Alex Walker, who joins Elite Motorsport after coming close to winning the
National Formula Ford Championship last term. Before that, the 18-year-old contested a part-season in British F4 in 2019.
“I’m not sure I’d say the favourite but we’re only doing it to win it with him,” says Elite team boss Eddie Ives, whose squad will also run Ginetta Junior graduate Jack Sherwood.
The dark horse could be Tom Mills and his family-run Kevin Mills Racing squad. The 16-year-old battled with Walker in National FF1600 last year and impressed at the Formula Ford Festival and Walter Hayes Trophy events. He enters GB4 having yet to contest a full season of car racing.
“It’s no good being in a championship with a load of people that are no good, we need to keep improving,” says Mills Sr. “If the level is higher it’ll make him better.”
Another Formula Ford team to move into GB4 is Graham Brunton Racing, which will run FF1600 driver Logan Hannah and Junior Saloon Car Scholarship winner Chloe Grant.
“You see the sticker on the back of our truck, it says FF1600 champions,” says team manager Craig Brunton. “we didn’t rest until we became champions. It’s exactly the same in this.”
Fortec Motorsports has three drivers: Jessica Edgar (cousin of FIA F3 driver Jonny Edgar), Swede Elias Adestam and Britishmalaysian Nikolas Taylor.
Christian Lester, son of Hector, will run under the Rossoverde banner.
Seven further rounds will take place this season, all in support of the GB3 Championship, at Oulton Park, Silverstone (x2), Donington Park (x2), Brands Hatch and Snetterton again.
Each weekend will consist of three races, with the final race being a full reversedgrid affair with points given for positions gained.
A prize of £50k will go to the inaugural champion, with further prize money available via the George Russell Pole Position Cup.