2025 British F4 Esports Championship grid boosted by Red Bull and Alpine-affiliated teams
The 2025 British F4 Esports Championship will see 33 drivers, including representatives from Ferrari, Williams, Red Bull, Alpine and Aston Martin's Formula 1 Esports teams, go head-to-head for cash and Base Performance Simulators prizes.
The 2025 British F4 Esports Championship is set to be the biggest and most competitive yet, featuring Formula 1-affiliated esports teams from Williams, Ferrari and Aston Martin, alongside newcomers Red Bull and Alpine.
Alpine has opted for a lineup of Roope Kurkipää and Connor Jupp, while Red Bull Racing Esports has partnered up with Rokt to enter a women-led team to the series, featuring Mia Rose and Diana Perez on driving duties.
Controversially, Ferrari’s defending Drivers’ champion, Graham Carroll, is listed as the Italian squad’s reserve driver for 2025, while defending Teams’ champions, Guild Esports, has folded. Guild’s best drivers from 2024, Henry Moore and Remy Gilbert, will be on the grid this year, however, having found seats at new entrant Team BENIK, partnered with Drive Lounge.
Interestingly, Thibaut Courtois’ team, TC Esports, joins the grid too, with the Real Madrid player famously becoming heavily involved with sim racing during the COVID-19 lockdown. The Belgian goalkeeper has selected Dani Moreno and Agustin Torlaschi to drive in 2025, with Jack Keithley acting as reserve.
Scorpio Motorsport, which offers real-world motorsport opportunities for sim racers, joins the grid with Scorpio eSports, while the HYMO setup shop looks to have a solid lineup in place for its debut season thanks to the driving talents of 2024 frontrunners William Chadwick and Matt Caruana.
Shoma Shintani, the 2024 UK FF1600 Esports Cup runner-up, takes his place on the grid with Williams Sim Racing Academy, with champion Mark Fletcher unfortunately unable to participate.
All in all, 33 of iRacing’sFIA F4 cars, split across 17 teams, will compete for a range of prizes across the season, with the full details outlined below.
The entry list still boasts 32 cars; however, with a £5,000 prize pool available to the top three teams (£2,500 for first place, £1,500 for second place and £1,000 for third place).
As well as cash prizes, the top three teams in the Motorsport UK-supported series will also receive a full day of single-seater simulator use thanks to the championship’s official partner, Base Performance Simulators, with an engineer on hand to evaluate and support the teams.
The winning team will also receive four hospitality tickets to a 2026 Wera Tools British F4 Championship round of their choice.
However, the driver with the most pole positions will receive a Base Performance Simulators Fw-1 Steering Wheel and accompanying DDU.
The first round kicks off on the 24th of September at Donington Park GP, and will run alongside the UK FF1600 Esports Cup support category, with every race broadcast live on iRacing’s YouTube, Twitch and Facebook channels, produced by RaceSpot TV.
UK FF1600 Esports Cup
The UK FF1600 Esports Cup is also back for 2025, featuring a range of Heusinkveld prizes for budding single-seater drivers.
Acting as a support series for the British F4 Esports Championship, the UK FF1600 series is seen as the perfect shop window for up-and-coming sim racing talent and a vital stepping stone in the development of tomorrow’s professional sim racers.
Drivers with any affiliation to a British F4 Esports team are therefore not allowed to participate. A 25-strong grid will compete using iRacing’s Ray FF1600 single-seater, with all races again broadcast live on iRacing’s YouTube, Twitch and Facebook channels, produced by RaceSpot TV.
2025 British F4 Esports Championship calendar (same as UK FF1600)
2025 British F4 Esports Championship partner list
Partners
Official Partner – Base Performance Simulators
Media Partner – Traxion
Sporting Partner – World Sim Racing
Prizes
£5,000 prize pool
£2,500 for the winning team
£1,500 for the second-place team
£1,000 for the third-place team
Base Performance Simulators prize
The top three teams receive one full day of single-seater simulator use at Base Performance Simulators alongside an engineer
2025 Wera Tools British F4 Championship Hospitality
Winning Team receives x4 hospitality tickets to a 2025 Wera Tools British F4 Championship Round of their choice
Pole Position Award Presented by BPS
The driver with the most pole positions in the season wins a BPS Fw-1 Steering Wheel and a BPS DDU
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