2020 F4 British Championship

The 2020 F4 British Championship certified by FIA – powered by Ford EcoBoost was a multi-event, Formula 4 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across United Kingdom. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in Formula 4 cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. This, the sixth season, following on from the British Formula Ford Championship, was also the sixth year that the cars conformed to the FIA's Formula 4 regulations.^[1] Part of the TOCA tour, it formed part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece.

2020 F4 British Championship

Drivers' Champion: Luke Browning
Teams' Champion: Carlin
Rookie Cup: Christian Mansell

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2020 ToCA Support series:
2020 BTCC
2020 Mini Challenge UK
2020 Ginetta Junior Championship
2020 Ginetta GT4 Supercup
2020 Porsche Carrera Cup GB

The season commenced on 1 August at Donington Park and concluded on 15 November at the Brands Hatch Indy Circuit, after twenty-six races held at nine meetings, all in support of the 2020 British Touring Car Championship.^[2]

Luke Browning was crowned champion at Brands Hatch, finishing four points ahead of his championship rival Zak O'Sullivan.

Teams and drivers

All teams were British-registered.

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds Carlin 1 Matías Zagazeta[3] R All 21 Christian Mansell[4] R All 51 Zak O'Sullivan[5] All Fortec Motorsport 7 Roberto Faria[6] 1–4, 9 8 Rafael Villagómez[7] R 1–2, 4–5, 7–8 11 Luke Browning[8] All Argenti Motorsport[9] 18 Reema Juffali[10] All 25 Casper Stevenson[11][12] All 87 Nico Pino[13] R 1–4 TRS Arden Junior Team 27 Alex Connor[14] All 55 Roman Biliński[15] All 78 Frederick Lubin[16] R All JHR Developments 49 Abbi Pulling[17] All 67 James Hedley[18] All 95 Nathanael Hodgkiss[19] 1–4

Icon Class R Rookie

Race calendar

The original calendar was announced on 16 June 2019.^[20] A revised provisional calendar was announced on 27 April 2020 with a delayed start to the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All races were held in the United Kingdom, supporting the 2020 British Touring Car Championship.^[2] Due to limited daylight hours, the Croft event in October has been reduced to 2 races.^[21]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Rookie Winner
1	R1	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	1 August	James Hedley	Luke Browning	Alex Connor	TRS Arden Junior Team	Rafael Villagómez
	R2		2 August		Zak O'Sullivan	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	Rafael Villagómez
	R3			Roberto Faria	Luke Browning	James Hedley	JHR Developments	Matías Zagazeta
2	R4	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	8 August	Zak O'Sullivan	Luke Browning	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	Christian Mansell
	R5				James Hedley	Christian Mansell	Carlin	Christian Mansell
	R6		9 August	Zak O'Sullivan	Zak O'Sullivan	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	Christian Mansell
3	R7	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	22 August	James Hedley	James Hedley	Luke Browning	Fortec Motorsports	Frederick Lubin
	R8		23 August		Luke Browning	Luke Browning	Fortec Motorsports	Frederick Lubin
	R9			Luke Browning	James Hedley	Luke Browning	Fortec Motorsports	Christian Mansell
4	R10	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	29 August	Luke Browning	Zak O'Sullivan	Luke Browning	Fortec Motorsports	Rafael Villagómez
	R11		30 August		Zak O'Sullivan	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	Christian Mansell
	R12			Luke Browning	Luke Browning	Luke Browning	Fortec Motorsports	Rafael Villagómez
5	R13	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	19 September	James Hedley	James Hedley	James Hedley	JHR Developments	Frederick Lubin
	R14				Casper Stevenson	James Hedley	JHR Developments	Frederick Lubin
	R15		20 September	James Hedley	Alex Connor	James Hedley	JHR Developments	Christian Mansell
6	R16	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	26 September	Alex Connor	Alex Connor	Alex Connor	TRS Arden Junior Team	Matías Zagazeta
	R17		27 September		James Hedley	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	Christian Mansell
	R18			Alex Connor	Casper Stevenson	Casper Stevenson	Argenti Motorsport	Christian Mansell
7	R19	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	10 October	Casper Stevenson	Casper Stevenson	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	Frederick Lubin
	R20		11 October	Casper Stevenson	Luke Browning	Casper Stevenson	Argenti Motorsport	Christian Mansell
8	R21	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	24 October	Luke Browning	Alex Connor	Luke Browning[a]	Fortec Motorsports	Christian Mansell
	R22				Roman Biliński	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	Christian Mansell
	R23		25 October	Zak O'Sullivan	Luke Browning	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	Frederick Lubin
9	R24	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	14 November	Luke Browning	James Hedley	Luke Browning	Fortec Motorsports	Christian Mansell
	R25		15 November		James Hedley	Alex Connor	TRS Arden Junior Team	Christian Mansell
	R26			Luke Browning	Zak O'Sullivan	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	Christian Mansell
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic[2]
Silverstone Circuit (International Circuit, Northamptonshire)			26-27 September

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' standings

Pos	Driver	DON			BHGP			OUL			KNO			THR			SIL			CRO		SNE			BHI‡			Pen.	Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
1	Luke Browning	2	12	2	2	4	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	6	5	4	5	4	6	3	1	4	2	1	2	10	3	412.5
2	Zak O'Sullivan	4	1	3	1	Ret	1	2	9	3	4	1	3	5	10	12	2	1	3	1	2	2	1	1	2	4	1	3	408.5
3	Casper Stevenson	7	2	6	7	7	6	3	2	9	3	4	2	2	2	3	3	3	1	2	1	5	2	4	11	8	7		328
4	Alex Connor	1	Ret	8	3	5	3	5	Ret	5	2	3	4	4	Ret	4	1	6	2	7	Ret	8	6	5	5	1	8	9	265
5	James Hedley	5	Ret	1	DNS	9	8	4	4	2	Ret	5	5	1	1	1	5	2	Ret	8	5	9	7	3	8	5	9	9	249
6	Abbi Pulling	15	6	Ret	4	3	14	9	5	6	6	Ret	Ret	6	5	2	Ret	8	7	3	4	4	5	6	4	7	3		191.5
7	Christian Mansell	12	5	7	6	1	7	8	12	8	9	6	Ret	10	7	7	Ret	7	6	10	6	3	8	9	3	3	2	6	163
8	Roman Biliński	8	7	12	8	6	5	6	3	7	5	DSQ	7	8	3	6	7	4	5	5	Ret	6	3	10	7	10	6	21	156
9	Frederick Lubin	9	4	10	Ret	13	10	7	6	13	11	10	9	7	4	8	Ret	9	9	4	7	7	10	7	6	6	5		111
10	Roberto Faria	3	Ret	4	5	2	4	14	7	4	7	Ret	6												10	Ret	4		106
11	Rafael Villagómez	6	3	9	Ret	14	13				8	7	8	11	8	9				9	Ret	11	Ret	Ret					47
12	Matías Zagazeta	13	9	5	10	8	11	12	13	11	13	9	13	Ret	9	11	6	11	10	12	9	12	11	11	9	Ret	11		34
13	Reema Juffali	14	10	13	12	12	12	13	10	12	12	11	12	9	Ret	10	8	10	8	11	8	10	9	8	12	9	12		27
14	Nico Pino	10	8	11	9	10	Ret	11	8	10	10	12	11																14
15	Nathanael Hodgkiss	11	11	Ret	11	11	9	10	11	Ret	Ret	8	10																8
Pos	Driver	DON			BHGP			OUL			KNO			THR			SIL			CRO		SNE			BHI‡			Pen.	Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3

Rookie Cup

Pos	Driver	DON			BHGP			OUL			KNO			THR			SIL			CRO		SNE			BHI‡			Pen.	Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
1	Christian Mansell	12	5	7	6	1	7	8	12	8	9	6	Ret	10	7	7	Ret	7	6	10	6	3	8	9	3	3	2	6	496.5
2	Frederick Lubin	9	4	10	Ret	13	10	7	6	13	11	10	9	7	4	8	Ret	9	9	4	7	7	10	7	6	6	5		435
3	Matías Zagazeta	13	9	5	10	8	11	12	13	11	13	9	13	Ret	9	11	6	11	10	12	9	12	11	11	9	Ret	11		339.5
4	Rafael Villagómez	6	3	9	Ret	14	13				8	7	8	11	8	9				9	Ret	11	Ret	Ret					233
5	Nico Pino	10	8	11	9	10	Ret	11	8	10	10	12	11																161
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pen.	Pts
		DON			BHGP			OUL			KNO			THR			SIL			CRO		SNE			BHI‡

Notes: ‡ – Half points were awarded for Race 3, as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

Teams Cup

Each team nominated two drivers to score points before every round. All non-nominated drivers were ignored.

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Carlin	609.5
2	Fortec Motorsport	554
3	TRS Arden Junior Team	475
4	JHR Developments	471.5
5	Argenti Motorsport	418.5

Notes

1. Zak O'Sullivan crossed the line first but was given a 5 second penalty for incidents during the race. Luke Browning inherited the win.