Deagen Fairclough
British racing driver (born 2006)
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Deagen Fairclough (born 23 April 2006) is a British racing driver[1] currently racing in the GB3 Championship with Hitech.
United Kingdom| Deagen Fairclough | |
|---|---|
Fairclough in 2024 | |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Born | 23 April 2006 Crawley, United Kingdom |
| GB3 Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2025 |
| Current team | Hitech |
| Car number | 7 |
| Starts | 27 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 7 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| Best finish | 3rd in 2025 |
| Previous series | |
| 2024 2024 2023–2024 2021–2022 2020–2021 | Euro 4 F4 UAE F4 British BRSCC Ford Fiesta Junior Junior Saloon Car |
| Championship titles | |
| 2024 | F4 British Championship |
| Awards | |
| 2024 | Autosport BRDC Award |
Fairclough is the 2024 F4 British champion, and finished third in 2023 and in the 2025 GB3 Championship.[2][3] He is the winner of the 2024 Autosport BRDC Award.
Career
Junior cars
In 2020, Fairclough began his car racing career after a little karting experience, which he started at the age of five. Fairclough was just thirteen years old when he started racing for Orex Racing in the Junior Saloon Car Championship, and he managed to finish in sixth place by the end of the year.[4] For 2021, Fairclough moved to a part-time season in the Fiesta Junior Championship driving for Jamsport with Ciceley Motorsport. He amassed eight wins from fourteen races on the way to fifth in the drivers standings.[5]
Formula 4
2023
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On 15 May 2022, Fairclough won the ROKiT - Racing Star F4 Esports Competition UK, organised by ROKiT and Racing Unleashed, alongside Monica Boulton Ramos.[6] The prize for winning the competition was a free seat in the 2023 F4 British Championship with a new team; ROKiT F4 Racing, which would be run by Hitech GP.[7] Instead, Fairclough impressed enough to get a full time seat at JHR Developments.[8] Fairclough got off to a strong start to the championship, with five top-ten finishes in the first six races, including a podium at Brands Hatch Indy. He went on to score three more podiums before round eight, in which he scored his first win. Fairclough wrapped up the season strongly, with two more wins in the final two rounds to finish third in his opening season.[9]
2024
On 9 November 2023, it was announced that Fairclough would race for Hitech GP in the 2024 F4 British Championship.[10] In addition, he would race for them in the UAE in preparation for the British F4 season. Fairclough finished seventh in the championship standings, with two podiums and a best result of second to his name.[11] Fairclough had a strong pre-season, topping the timesheets in a number of British F4 tests.[12][13][14] His pace was evident from the first round, where he recorded first and second-placed finishes at Donington Park.[15][16] Fairclough continued to dominate in the following rounds, with wins at every round but one over the course of the season.[17] He took the title with five races to spare at Silverstone.[18] Fairclough then proceeded to win three more times despite already winning the title, as he had a record-breaking season, as he is the current record-holder of the most races won in a single British F4 season, with fourteen races won out of the thirty that he contested.[19][20]
Fairclough also took part in a one-off round in the Euro 4 Championship at the Red Bull Ring with Hitech; he scored no points with a best finish of eleventh in the second race.[21]
GB3 Championship
2025
In October 2024, Fairclough was announced to be stepping up to the GB3 Championship for 2025, remaining with Hitech Pulse-Eight.[22]
2026
Formula One
For his efforts in British F4, Fairclough was nominated for the 2024 Autosport BRDC Award alongside Freddie Slater, Arvid Lindblad and Louis Sharp.[24] At the end of January 2025, Fairclough was named as the winner of the award.[25] Fairclough successfully completed his test in September, driving the Aston Martin AMR23, in which he described it as a "dream come true" despite prematurely ending his run in the barriers at the Copse corner.[26][27]
Racing record
Racing career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Junior Saloon Car Championship | Orex Racing | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 187 | 6th |
| 2021 | Junior Saloon Car Championship | Orex Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 34th |
| BRSCC Ford Fiesta Junior Championship | Jamsport with Ciceley Motorsport | 14 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 471 | 5th | |
| 2022 | BRSCC Ford Fiesta Junior Championship | Jamsport with Ciceley Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 17th |
| 2023 | F4 British Championship | JHR Developments | 30 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 296 | 3rd |
| 2024 | Formula 4 UAE Championship | Hitech Pulse-Eight | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 7th |
| F4 British Championship | 30 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 579.5 | 1st | ||
| Euro 4 Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th | ||
| 2025 | GB3 Championship | Hitech TGR | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 373 | 3rd |
| 2026 | GB3 Championship | Hitech | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42* | 11th* |
| Sources:[1] | |||||||||
* Season still in progress.
Complete F4 British Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | JHR Developments | DPN 1 5 |
DPN 2 104 |
DPN 3 4 |
BHI 1 4 |
BHI 2 31 |
BHI 3 17 |
SNE 1 C |
SNE 2 17 |
SNE 3 8 |
THR 1 15 |
THR 2 410 |
THR 3 6 |
OUL 1 3 |
OUL 2 86 |
OUL 3 4 |
SIL 1 6 |
SIL 2 210 |
SIL 3 4 |
CRO 1 5 |
CRO 2 78 |
CRO 3 3 |
KNO 1 7 |
KNO 2 11 |
KNO 3 10 |
DPGP 1 12 |
DPGP 2 4 |
DPGP 3 17 |
DPGP 4 8 |
BHGP 1 2 |
BHGP 2 610 |
BHGP 3 1 |
3rd | 296 | |
| 2024 | Hitech Pulse-Eight | DPN 1 1 |
DPN 2 27 |
DPN 3 C |
BHI 1 1 |
BHI 2 75 |
BHI 3 1 |
SNE 1 3 |
SNE 2 38 |
SNE 3 NC |
THR 1 1 |
THR 2 57 |
THR 3 Ret |
SILGP 1 1 |
SILGP 2 Ret |
SILGP 3 2 |
ZAN 1 1 |
ZAN 2 39 |
ZAN 3 1 |
KNO 1 1 |
KNO 2 57 |
KNO 3 1 |
DPGP 1 2 |
DPGP 2 2 |
DPGP 3 210 |
DPGP 4 1 |
SILN 1 1 |
SILN 2 C |
SILN 3 1 |
BHGP 1 1 |
BHGP 2 55 |
BHGP 3 57 |
BHGP 4 1 |
1st | 579.5 |
Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Euro 4 Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete GB3 Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Hitech TGR | SIL1 1 17 |
SIL1 2 22 |
SIL1 3 712 |
ZAN 1 2 |
ZAN 2 3 |
ZAN 3 47 |
SPA 1 19 |
SPA 2 11 |
SPA 3 512 |
HUN 1 6 |
HUN 2 6 |
HUN 3 53 |
SIL2 1 4 |
SIL2 2 20 |
SIL2 3 Ret |
BRH 1 3 |
BRH 2 3 |
BRH 3 18 |
DON 1 6 |
DON 2 3 |
DON 3 15 |
MNZ 1 4 |
MNZ 2 1 |
MNZ 3 27 |
3rd | 373 |
| 2026 | Hitech | SIL1 1 4 |
SIL1 2 Ret |
SIL1 3 Ret |
SPA 1 Ret |
SPA 2 4 |
SPA 3 C |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
HUN 3 |
RBR 1 |
RBR 2 |
RBR 3 |
SIL2 1 |
SIL2 2 |
SIL2 3 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
DON 3 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 3 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
CAT 3 |
11th* | 42* |
* Season still in progress.