Norris becomes new series’ first winner
4 APRIL 2015
RACE 1
Of the 70 different drivers who have won British Formula 4 races to date, it’s perhaps fitting that the category’s most successful graduate so far, Lando Norris, was triumphant in the very first contest.
That opening event at Brands Hatch in 2015 – when the series was called MSA Formula prior to formally adopting the British F4 name part-way through the following year, after BRDC F4 acquired the British F3 title – set the tone for the inaugural season. While Carlin racer Norris did not qualify on pole, he was on the front row, and he impressively remained there throughout the year, never dropping below second quickest as he showed signs of the F1 star he would become.
In that maiden F4 bout, Norris grabbed the lead when polesitter Daniel Baybutt ran wide, and never looked back to claim the first of eight wins that year en route to becoming the series’ first champion.
Ticktum’s moment of madness
27 SEPTEMBER 2015
RACE 27
While Norris was the star of that maiden 2015 season, it’s sadly better remembered for an unnecessary act of aggression from
