British F4

Driver Signing – 12 Nov 2024

17-year-old Red Bull Academy driver Fionn McLaughlin joins British F4 campaign

The British F4 Championship certified by FIA is the first step on the single-seater pathway for young drivers making the transition from Karting and targeting the pinnacle of the sport. It is the only series in the UK to offer FIA Super Licence points. It features on the TOCA race package that includes the prestigious British Touring Car Championship, the UK’s largest national championship.

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Round 1

Donington Park

26 - 27 April

Round 2

Silverstone

02 - 03 May

Round 3

Snetterton

24 - 25 May

Round 4

Thruxton

07 - 08 June

Round 5

Oulton Park

21 - 22 June

Round 6

Zandvoort

26 - 27 July

Round 7

Knockhill

16 - 17 August

Round 8

Donington Park

30 - 31 August

Round 9

Silverstone

20 - 21 September

Round 10

Brands Hatch

04 - 05 October

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British F4 Round 1

26 - 27 April

Donington Park

Days

Hours

Minutes

Seconds

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Saturday

Qualifying

10:00

20 minutes

Race 1

13:00

20 minutes

Sunday

Race 2

10:00

20 minutes

Race 3

13:00

20 minutes

Car No.6

Leo Robinson

Age: 15

Born: 28 February 2009

Nationality: British-Algerian

Current Position

Current Points

Car No.7

Thomas Bearman

Age: 17

Born: 6 August 2009

Nationality: British

Current Position

Current Points

Car No.5

Fionn McLaughlin

Age: 17

Born: 29 October 2007

Nationality: Irish

Current Position

Current Points

Car No.4

Xavier Avramides

Age: 00

Born: 13 April 2008

Nationality: Australian

Current Position

Current Points

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Points

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Leo
Robinson

Car No.6

Leo
Robinson

Car No.6

Leo is embarking on his second season in British F4, having made a big impression in his 2024 debut and finishing in a creditable sixth place in the Drivers’ Standings. Despite being the youngest driver on the grid, 2025 will be Leo’s third season in car racing. In 2023 he became the youngest-ever race winner in Ginetta Junior. Mid-season, he switched to the Danish F4 Championship, scoring 10 podiums in 10 starts to become the best points scorer over the second half of the season. He secured fourth in the standings, despite only contesting half of the rounds. Prior to moving into cars, Leo won a multitude of national and international karting titles. At seven years of age, he clinched victory in the MSA Bambino Championship, and in 2019 he finished third in the IAME Euroseries and the World Final in Le Mans. In 2020, on his 11^th birthday, Leo became the youngest winner in a 125cc senior kart and won the Mini X30 title at the I-Games in Portimão. The following season he dominated the Mini X30 class in the UK, winning the British Championship, Kartmasters and the LGM Championship. Later in 2021 Leo won the MENA Championship in Oman, representing his maternal nation, Algeria. He rounded out his record of karting success in 2022 by winning the Italian Championship in the OKJ class.

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Leo
Robinson

Car No.6

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Thomas
Bearman

Car No.7

Thomas
Bearman

Car No.7

2025 is Thomas’ first full season of British F4. He made the step up to the fourth rung of the single-seater ladder for the final two rounds of the 2024 campaign and also competed in Round 2 of the Euro 4 Championship at the Red Bull Ring last September. In the second race of the British F4 season finale at Brands Hatch he finished in ninth place, taking the second step on the podium in the Rookies’ Cup. He started Race 3 from 15^th on the Grid and gained five places to take the chequered flag in P10, stepping onto the Rookies’ Podium for a second time and securing further Championship points to open his British F4 career tally. Prior to transitioning to single-seaters, Bearman worked his way through the ranks in karting, competing in the British Karting Championship – Junior Rotax, UKC Karting Championship – Junior Rotax, RMC Euro Trophy – Senior Rotax, and BNL Karting Series – Senior Rotax. His progression mirrors that of his older brother, F1 driver Ollie Bearman, whose entry step from karts to cars was also Formula 4.

Thomas
Bearman

Car No.7

No Stats available

Fionn
McLaughlin

Car No.5

Fionn
McLaughlin

Car No.5

Fionn steps up to British F4 from Karting. He is part of the Red Bull Junior Team, having joined the programme in the summer of 2024 after a hugely competitive evaluation as one of 11 invited candidates from around the world. In 2024, McLaughlin competed in the CIK-FIA European Championships finishing seventh overall in his first year in the category. In 2023, McLaughlin competed in the FIA Karting World Championship claiming pole position in his group. Fionn would also claim three heat wins across the weekend, narrowly missing out on winning the final due to an engine failure. He also finished sixth in the 2024 FIA Karting World Championship. McLaughlin began karting at the age of five, and by the time he was seven he was competing in and winning various championships around Ireland. He has since enjoyed success at British, European and world level and spent 2024 competing in the OK class. Notable achievements include being vice-champion of the 2022 British Karting Championships and vice-champion of the 2022 Iame World Games. As a member of Red Bull’s junior driver programme, he follows in the footsteps of Max Verstappen, Carlos Sainz, and his own racing role model Sebastian Vettel.

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Fionn
McLaughlin

Car No.5

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Xavier
Avramides

Car No.4

Xavier
Avramides

Car No.4

2025 will be Australian kart racer, Xavier Avramides’ first season of car racing. The 16-year-old, from Victoria has steadily progressed through the ranks in karting, starting out in the Cadet class of the Australian Kart Championship in 2018, and advancing to the OK, KZ and KZ2 categories in Europe since 2023, claiming race victories at each level.

Xavier
Avramides

Car No.4

No Stats available

British F4

Concept

The British F4 Championship uses the Tatuus T-421 chassis, powered by a 1.4 litre, turbocharged Abarth engine and was introduced as the latest generation of F4 car in 2022.

All cars run Pirelli control tyres and are performance-equalised by Neil Brown Engineering to ensure fairness across all cars, thus putting driver talent front and centre.

Chassis

⁠ ⁠Homologated car weight: 555kg (w/out driver and fuel)
⁠ ⁠Wheelbase 2800 mm
⁠ ⁠FIA defined Weight-to-Power ratio  3,6 kg/bhp

Engine and Gearbox

⁠ ⁠Abarth ATM 414-F4 gen 2
⁠ ⁠1370 cc turbocharged
⁠ ⁠4 cylinders in line
⁠ ⁠6300 rpm max rev
⁠ ⁠270 Nm @ 4000rpm
⁠ ⁠175bhp @ 5500 rpm (subject to car weight)
⁠ ⁠140mm 2-disc sintered clutch
⁠ ⁠Full stress dry-sump and chassis bracket designed by Autotecnica Motori
⁠ ⁠Six-speed sequential gearbox with paddle shifts

Survival Cell, Safety Cell, and Safety Structures

The Halo-style cockpit protection device affords heightened cockpit safety and the car also benefits from strengthened anti-intrusion panels. Complemented with on-board in-car signalling and marshalling systems, the British F4 car can lay claim to being the safest of its kind worldwide.

Tyres

British F4 uses Pirelli P Zero racing slick tyres in line with the rest of the single-seater pathway, ensuring a relevant education for drivers before they graduate to other Pirelli-shod categories further up the ladder to Formula 1.