{"id":2091,"date":"2022-10-26T13:49:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T12:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiaformula4.com\/?p=2091"},"modified":"2022-10-26T13:49:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T12:49:00","slug":"fortec-confirm-higgins-return-for-2023-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiaformula4.com\/fortec-confirm-higgins-return-for-2023-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortec confirm Higgins’ return for 2023 season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fortec Motorsport have confirmed the return of James Higgins to kick off their driver line-up for the 2023 ROKiT F4 British Championship certified by FIA season.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Jakob Ebrey Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Daventry-based team returned to action in Britain\u2019s FIA Formula 4 series for the final two events of the 2022 campaign at Silverstone and Brands Hatch GP, running Higgins alongside Marcos Flack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the 16-year-old impressed right from the off on his single seater debut, twice out-qualifying his more experienced team-mate Flack and finishing on the fringes of his first points on each of his six outings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, with the benefit of a full winter testing programme ahead to gain more valuable mileage in the car, Higgins has confirmed his return to mount a full title challenge with 2020 winners Fortec next season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m really excited to announce I\u2019ll be staying in ROKiT British F4 for 2023, and with Fortec Motorsport,\u201d says Higgins on the news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe two rounds we raced in at the end of last year were really valuable, in terms of helping us identify where we need to concentrate our time and efforts on over the winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEverybody at Fortec has made me feel really welcome since moving up to a race seat, and I\u2019m confident with their help and support, I can keep progressing as a driver and be fighting up at the front next season.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortec have a long and studied history of supporting the next generation of motorsport stars \u2013 think Daniel Ricciardo, Charles Leclerc, Oliver Rowland, Stoffel Vandoorne \u2013 and Team Manager Oliver Dutton is looking forward to getting stuck into Higgins\u2019 development as a driver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJames is definitely a driver with plenty of promise, and we\u2019re very happy to have him confirmed and on board at such an early stage in the off-season,\u201d says Dutton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think his performances at the end of the year certainly impressed a few people in the paddock, and with the benefit of a proper pre-season \u2013 and the knowledge he\u2019ll be racing the full season at the end of it \u2013 we can make some serious headway over the winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe standard of competition is always high in this championship, but he\u2019s up for the challenge, and so are we.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Higgins becomes the fourth confirmed driver on the grid for 2023, after Monica Boulton Ramos and Deagen Fairclough won the ROKiT Racing Star competition, and Dion Gowda was unveiled at Carlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another 10-event, 30-race season at all the UK\u2019s premier circuits begins at Donington Park on 22-23 April, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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