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30 British F4 British Expansion The British F4 championship selected Tatuus for the transition to its second‐generation technical package, and met a world‐class benchmark for the series. Let’s take a look at how the first season of the new cycle is evolving by Iacopo Rubino T he United Kingdom, one of the world capitals of motorsport, has more Italy on track starting this year with Tatuus. For the 2022 season and the launch of the Gen2 cars, the British F4 championship selected the Italian‐based technical package, with the new T‐421 chassis combined with the Abarth‐derived powertrain and Pirelli tires. The British series was the first major championship to change technical supplier, with benefits on all fronts. More entries, new teams and junior F1 programmes The 2022 edition of British F4, the number 8, increased its car counts with the debut of high‐profile teams such as Hitech and Virtuosi, coming from Formula 2, as well as Chris Dittmann Racing, which already present in several national single‐seater series. Not only that, three drivers, Ugo Ugochukwu, Daniel Guinchard and Oliver Gray, are supported by Formula 1 junior programmes of McLaren, Mercedes and Williams, respectively.Williams. Dunne leads from the start The season passed its halfway mark (10 rounds in total), and Gray, in his second year, is the main nemesis of current leader Alex Dunne. The Hitech Irishman, who already competed in UAE F4 in the winter and is entering a parallel Italian F4 programme, has been commandingly on top since the opening round at Donington Park. He achieved seven wins and four more podium finishes. His qualifying roll of honour is also enviable, with seven consecutive pole positions. Driving for Carlin, Gray has only one win so far at Croft, but consistency is his main weapon: he went on the podium in more than half of the races.