The Wera Tools F4 British Championship, certified by FIA is gearing up for a special visit to the Home of British Motor Racing, Silverstone, this weekend (May 29-31) for its blue riband event of the season – the BRDC International Trophy.

Just a few days removed from an action-packed outing at Snetterton, the UK’s premier single-seater series moves to the world-famous Grand Prix circuit for what promise to be three spectacular races.

There will be added impetus for all drivers too with Sunday’s finale seeing the race winner etch their name into the history books as the first recipient of the prestigious BRDC International Trophy in more than two decades.

Instituted by the British Racing Drivers’ Club in 1949, the International Trophy was once one of the landmark events on the UK motorsport calendar, with future and current Formula 1 drivers competing for the prize from the early 1950s to the late 1970s.

Alberto Ascari was the first to lift the coveted trophy before racing legends such as Jim Clark, James Hunt, Emerson Fittipaldi, Niki Lauda, Sir Jack Brabham and Sir Jackie Stewart emerged as some of the recipients to follow in the Italians footsteps.

As the years passed, both Formula 2 and Formula 3000 drivers were eligible to compete for the accolade before it came to a stop in the early 2000s. That changes however this weekend as the International Trophy is revived by Silverstone and British F4.
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While points remain just as important as ever when it comes to the battle for supremacy in the Drivers’ Championship, one driver is destined to walk away this weekend with their name written alongside the greats – the question of who it will be remains to be seen.

Rodin Motorsport’s Dries Van Langendonck is the driver to beat currently but with the opening nine races having produced seven different winners, and a total of 15 different podium finishers, any one of the record 32-car grid could reign supreme this weekend.

Qualifying for the CADOLA Watches Pole Position Award takes place on Saturday morning at 09:00, before race one gets underway later that afternoon at 14:30. Two more races – the reverse grid contest at 10:15 and the BRDC International Trophy at 15:50 - will then play out on Sunday.  

Those in attendance are welcome to take part in a special 30-minute Grid Walk – where they can step foot on the hallowed circuit and rub shoulders with the drivers and their cars – prior to the final race of the weekend.

For fans watching from home, every racing lap from Silverstone will be broadcast LIVE on the British F4 YouTube channel across Saturday and Sunday.