Finally, on the 18 and 19th of April, the first round of British F4 took place. In practice before the event, Jarrett has been fast, and he was looking forward to qualification. In British F4, the event has qualification, then three races. Your fastest time determines where you start in race 3, the second race has the top 12 from qualifiying compete with a reversed grid, and then race 1 is determined by your second fastest qualification lap. Jarrett did very well, being 3rd fastest with his fastest lap, and 2nd fastest with his second lap. He also impressed by being one of only two drivers to not have track limit penalties in the top 20.

Jarrett got off to bad start, dropping three places, but eventually crossed the line in 5th position. However, with various penalties applied to other drivers, Jarrett came a provisional 2nd before the other drivers penalties were rescinded.

In the second race, with reverse grids, Jarrett started 10th, once again a slow start cost him places but he still managed to make places back and finish in 8th

In the final race, again Jarrett had a slow start, and then multiple incidents saw him go off the track to finish in 20th.

Despite the slow starts, good qualification has helped Jarrett to 7th in the standings after the first event, and with improved starts should revisit the podium going forward.

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The final two rounds of UAE4 were held in Dubai and Qatar. In Dubai, Jarrett qualified 14th for the first race, and managed to finish 12th, which meant he would be pole for the next race, which is a reverse grid for the top 12 only. He lost two places off the line, and was holding on to 4th on the final lap when another car pushed him wide resulting in him losing two places. He still managed to finish a very creditable 6th, and scoring more points for his team. In the final race he started 18th and finished 13th, another very creditable performance.

In round 4 in Qatar, Jarrett was impeded in the first qualifying, which meant he came 18th. Despite starting 18th, he finished 13th in race 1. In race 2, despite starting 22nd due to a post race penalty in race 1 he finished an impressive 12th. And in the final race he started 14th and finished in 12th.

Overall, the series was very successful for Jarrett. He was the highest placed driver in the team he was driving for, Xcel, and also managed to be 13th out of 45 drivers, 5th out of 20 rookies, a podium and a rookie win. The series gave him valuable experience for the British F4 series.

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Jarrett is focused on being competitive in British F4 this season with his team Virtuosi. As a warm up to the British F4 season he is racing in the Middle East during the winter. He is currently competing in the UAE4 series - which comprises of two rounds at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi, one round at the Dubai Autodrome and one round at the Lusail circuit in Qatar.

He has just completed the two events in Abu Dhabi. In the first event, trouble in qualifying resulted in P20 and P12, disappointing given the pace shown in testing. Race one he achieved P23 following a technical fault at the start of the race meant a recovery drive off the back of the 38 car grid. Race 2 where the start position was determined by the race 1 result, a race riddled with safety cars but Jarrett drove to a secure P17. Race 3 having started P12, by turn 3 of lap 1 he was up to P8 however he then made contact with a car in front which damaged his front wing, so he had to retire to the pits for a new one. Once again re-joining at the back in P38 he made an exceptional recovery drive overtaking 18 cars to finish the race in P20.

For the second round, he went better in qualifying achieving P11 and P14 leaving him in a position to score points. In the first race he managed a P10 and P4 rookie - securing the team’s first championship points. The second race is a reverse grid for the top 12 drivers - meaning Jarrett started third. Unusually for Abu Dhabi a heavy downpour saw this race suspended early - leaving Jarrett in 3rd and with his first podium and top rookie! He added another 15 points for himself and the team.

The third race saw him get hit by another driver, leading to another recovery drive. Overall a great result. His efforts saw Jarrett move to 13th out 39 in the Championship and improved his team from last place to 8th out of 12 teams as well as. ,He is currently also 5th in the Rookie championship.

The competition now moves to Dubai and a new track for Jarrett.

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A Wednesday phone call asked if we would like to participate in the UAE F4 event being held in conjunction with Abu Dhabi F1 race. Of course we did - the only catch was we needed to be in Abu Dhabi the next day! Jarrett has been scheduled to do his first F4 event in January, but the opportunity to be at the biggest F1 race of the season, and to get some experience at a track he would be racing in January was too good a chance to turn down.

Picking up Jarrett from school, it was a quick change, some dinner and then off the airport for an overnight flight to Abu Dhabi. Once we arrived, we went straight to the track to fit his seat, a process that took a few hours. Even though he was shattered, Jarrett needed to get some track familiarisation, so he jumped in a cab for the 1.5 hour drive to Dubai to use the team’s simulator. After a quick hour long practice, it was back to the hotel for some sleep, and then an early start, as he needed to be at the track at 7am (3am London time) for his first and only free practice. Despite the lack of sleep, and experience at the track, Jarrett impressed being 4th fastest in practice.

After a couple of hours rest at the hotel, it was back to the track for qualification. Jarrett again impressed, qualifying 6th fastest for the first race (based on your fastest time) and 6th fastest for the second race (based on your second fastest time).

In the first race, as expected Jarrett got off to a slow start, and fell back to 10th, but got faster as the race went on. You can see his first F4 overtake below.

Jarrett then went on to complete an excellent 8 corner wheel to wheel overtake - to finish 5th. You can see this overtake in the video below.

In his second race, Jarrett got off to a better start, but still saw himself drop back to 10th. Again a couple of excellent overtakes saw him finish 8th on track.

More than just good results, Jarrett showed he could race in F4 with little preparation and sleep - a great sign. As an added benefit, he got to see Lando Norris be crowned as F1 Champion 2025.

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When Jarrett started karting 7 years ago at the age of 8, the dream was always to make it to single seaters. Finally that dream has been realised with Jarrett signing with Virtuosi racing for the 2026 British F4 Season, and 2026 UAE F4 Series at the start of 2026.

The British F4 Season consists of 10 rounds. 9 rounds all over the UK, with one round at Zandvoort in the Netherlands.

Jarrett will also compete in the UAE F4 series consisting of 4 rounds across 3 different tracks this season.

If you would like to attend any of these races, please drop us a line and we can see what we can do.

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Jarrett finished his Ginetta Junior career with the same event he started with - the Ginetta Junior Winter Series at Silverstone National Circuit. The Winter Series is a weekend event, with qualification and three races. Ginetta use your fastest lap in qualifying for starting position in the first race, and your second fastest lap for you starting position in the second race. The third race starting position is determined by how you finish in the second race. A year ago, when Jarrett competed, he qualified 10th and 11th fastest, and finished in similar positions.

This year Jarrett qualified on pole for both races and led all three races. Unfortunately, he was spun in the first race but recovered to finish 5th. He would need a strong finish in race two to have a chance of winning the series, and did just that, leading almost from start to finish despite a couple of battles to take his first race win.

It was all to play for in race three, where Jarrett started pole again, but after being hit twice, his bonnet came loose, and with severe damage was forced to retire. Sadly, this meant Jarrett could not win the Winter Series, through no fault of his own. But, with double pole and a dominant race win, Jarrett was the best driver of the event.

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Jarrett came into the final round at Donnington circuit having been very close to podium in previous rounds but just missing out. He started well, with a strong qualifiying, that put him in P5 for the first race and P3 for the second race.

In the first race he raced well in an action-packed race to finish 5th.

In the second race, he was leading for long sections of the race, but was caught by the chasing pack to finish 4th. However penalties to drivers in front of him led Jarrett to be promoted to P2, and his first podium in Ginetta.

In the third race, starting position was determined by results in race 2, so Jarrett started in P2. He jostled for the lead through the entire race, but finished P2, to get his first on track podium, and his second trophy of the day. Sky Sports broadcasts Ginetta Junior and interviewed Jarrett after the race.

Jarrett finished the season strongly, and will return for the Winter Series at the beginning of November.

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There were two rounds of Ginetta Junior Championship in July: Snetterton and Zandvoort.

Snetterton

We went into the weekend feeling very positive however it ended up being the most difficult weekend of the season. We were unusually slow during official practice requiring an engine change before qualifying. Despite that we just seemed to be plagued with unknown technical issues with the car throughout the races which hampered performance. Despite finishing all races, the end results were disappointing.

Zandvoort

We then moved on a week later to the highly anticipated overseas race at the famous Zandvoort circuit in the Netherlands. Our first ever race abroad in a car. It was also our first race at a circuit with heavily banked corners - a real feature of Zandvoort.

With improvements made since the last race Jarrett was able to secure P10 and P8 in qualifying. Race 1 was a mixed bag of multiple incidents across the field . A penalty for Jarrett resulted in a P13 finish

Races 2 and 3 were markedly better. For race 2, some good battles and clean racing resulted in a P6 finish from P8. On the final lap he was in P4, but without a tow, ended up losing out on the line by 100ths of a second. Race 3, he dropped to P11 from P6 following a small incident in the first few laps, however a good recovery to P7 before the race being ended early following a major incident.

Overall some very positive results and a great experience and opportunity at Zandvoort. His best races of the season.

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The next round of the Ginetta Junior Championship was at Oulton Park in the North West of the UK, not too far from Liverpool. Compared to Silverstone, it is a narrower, undulating technical track, that requires a lot of skill.

Oulton Park does not allow racing on a Sunday, meaning the final 2 races took place on the Monday - making it a slightly longer event that usual. The weather over the course of the weekend, was quite varied which meant getting the correct set up for the car was vital.

For qualification, rain the previous night left mixed track conditions. Alas this proved too much for some competitors resulting in 3 red flags and qualifying being cancelled. This was unfortunate, as Jarrett had set fastest sector times in the odd laps that had been completed and had shown top 5 pace during the previous days testing. Qualification was then based off championship position, which meant Jarrett started 10th for races 1 and 2.

In race one, Jarrett gained a place at the start and ran in P9 for the majority of the race until a battle on the final two laps which led to him losing two positions and finishing in P11.

Race 2, Jarrett climbed 1 place to finish P9, after having to deal with set up issues.

The final race was an absolute dog fight, which saw Jarrett dropping back in the field whilst trying to avoid spins and collisions in front. Further collision allowed him to fight back to a credible P8.

A reasonable weekend, which Jarrett had hoped for more particularly given the pace he had shown in practice. As ever there were lots of take-aways and learning to apply to the next round at Snetterton in July.

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We moved to Silverstone for the second Ginetta event of the season. Ginetta race weekends have one qualifying session, then the first race where your starting position is based on your fastest qualification lap, the second race where your starting position is based on your second fastest qualification lap, and then a third race where your starting position is based on where you finished the second race.

Jarrett had put in some fast times in practice, and was looking to improve on the first event where he qualified 12th fastest. In qualification he improved to 9th in this event.

In the first race he was on track for a good finish at 7th or higher, before he was spun around on the final lap, but managed to get it back on the track to finish 13th. In the second race, he drove a clean and smart race finishing 7th, and in the final race he finished 10th. So overall a solid weekend.

Jarrett currently sits in 11th in the Championship, but shows strong improvement every race. Next stop, Oulton Park at the end of May.

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For the last few months Jarrett has been busy testing and getting used to the big leap into a Ginetta Junior car. Jarrett has also just competed in the first round of the championship.

Testing has taken Jarrett all over the UK to tracks such as Silverstone, Brands Hatch and Snetterton to name a few. He also travelled to 3 different Spanish tracks at the end of 2024, and the Netherlands to the famous and very difficult Zandvoort circuit where he will be racing in round 5 of the championship.

It has been a steep learning curve as driving technique is very different to karting and you do far less testing. All races are live streamed - and you can watch one of the closely fought races on the link below (fast forward to 12:09).

Jarrett's maiden championship race took place at Donington Park 3-6th April. It was always going to be tough. Unlike karting you get no warm up prior to qualifying or any of the races. There are no heats and you are plunged into racing. Race 1 grid is determined by fastest lap. Race 2 by 2nd fastest lap. Race 3, your finishing positions of race 2.

Jarrett took a cautious approach to the weekend as again unlike karting sanctions are enforced more readily for exceeding track limits or executing poor/dangerous manoeuvres. However caution did not pay off for qualifying with a disappointing P12, leaving much work to be done during the races.

Race 1 he managed a decent P11 making up 1 place. Race 2 he ended up P13, following an impressive drive from the back of the grid having been involved in an incident near the start of the race. Race 3 was his best result with a solid P7 finish (P4 rookie) having started the race in P13

Ginetta Cars Ltd is a British specialist builder of racing and sports cars founded in 1958 which is now based in Garforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire. All the cars are produced at the 75000 sq. ft. facility.

They produce road cars (The Akula, Ginetta GTO, and G10), prototypes, 3 different G56 cars and the G40 Junior Evo which Jarrett now races. The G40 is the most successful junior racing car on the circuit, with a top speed of 100mph, 100 bhp, weighing 850kg and 1.8ltr engine capacity.

The Ginetta Junior Championship is a one make racing series. It is the UKs longest running and most prestigious junior championship and is for drivers aged 14 to 17 years old, fielding a multinational grid. The Junior championship consists of 8 rounds across the most well known circuits in the UK plus one round overseas at the famous Zandvoort circuit near Amsterdam.

Each round is 4 days long; 2 compulsory test days, with 3 sessions per day, then 1 qualifying session and 3 races split across the remainder 2 days. Qualifying is 1 out lap, 3 times laps, and an in lap and each race is 20mins long.

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2024 was a year of development and some frustration for Jarrett. On the development side, Jarrett has grown substantially both mentally and physically. Jarrett also showed flashes of brilliance, but was also held back by decisions that were out of his control - which is part and parcel of motorsport. The highlight was a 4th place in the final round of the RGMMC Champions of the Future, which left him in a decent 12th overall in the Championship out of 170 drivers. In particular, Jarrett excelled in wet conditions which has always tended to favour skilled drivers over fast engines.

As discussed in the last post, Jarrett will be racing in the Ginetta Junior Championship this year. In the last two months, we have spent time testing in the UK and Spain. Racing in cars is very different to karts and requires different techniques, for example gear shifting and how you use the brake. It is also a different type of racing, for example, you need to plan very far in advance during a race. In karting, engine and chassis makers are separate, making getting the chassis and engine correct potentially very difficult. In Ginetta, the cars and engines come from the Ginetta factory, where the manufacturer endeavours to make the cars as similar as possible, which should lead to close racing.

You can watch races and learn more about Ginetta here. Jarrett will be racing with R Racing, who won the championship last year.

Jarrett currently plans to do some select karting this year as well Ginetta. Should be a very exciting year for Jarrett.

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Apologies for the radio silence since September - we have been assessing options for the new season. During September and October we have been travelling to various tracks around the UK to test Ginetta racing cars. This is with a view to compete in the Ginetta Junior Championship next season. Ginetta Junior is for drivers moving into cars aged 14 to 17. With Jarrett turning 14 recently, he was able to compete in the Ginetta Junior Winter Series at the Silverstone National circuit.

Compared to karting, there are less heats, and more racing. The Winter Series was made up of qualifying, and then three races, with the combined point score determining the winner of the event.

There is a lot to learn technique wise, so with Jarrett with very minimal test days and having just passed his ARDS test, this event was always for learning and experience. Ginetta is standing starts, rather than the rolling starts we saw in karting in Europe.

In the Winter Series Race, Jarrett qualified towards the back. In the first race, a poor start left him adrift of the pack. The second race, saw him break away with the pack and be in the mix. And the third and final race saw him getting hit off the track to be last and then making a strong comeback, and put in a creditable 10th finish overall, and 4th among the rookies competing that day. From here on we will be testing some more, both in the UK and Spain, and will likely compete in some karting to keep a competitive edge.

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Jarrett came into World Championship full of confidence after a very strong showing in the lead up event, finishing p4 in the final. Jarrett started well, qualifying 3rd fastest in his group and 14th overall.

Heat results were consistently good, with Jarrett having all top 8 finishes, and one third place. With the heats being very hard fought, many drivers suffered at least one DNF in their heats, so Jarrett’s consistency led him to be 13th overall after heats, out of 120 drivers.

This led Jarrett to start the superheat on finals day in 7th. Starting the super heat well, he was completing an overtake to move him up to 4th, with a few laps left to go when disaster struck. The back wheel of Jarrett’s kart touched the back wheel of the kart he was overtaking, which forced Jarrett’s kart up and over the other kart. This forced him out of the race.

Despite, this Jarrett still qualified for the final in 23rd position. Heavy rain meant that Jarrett had a chance to do well in the final. Jarrett had been very good in the rain in the lead up event. In the final Jarrett was up to 14th place, and was overtaking another kart, when he was forced wide and into the back of a kart that was stopped in the track. This ended his race. Jarrett showed great pace and skill, but luck deserted him in this World Championship.

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After racing in Europe for most of the year, we return to the UK for the two last big races of the season - the 5th and final round of the Champions of the Future Series, and World Championship next week, both being held at Paul Fletcher International (PFI) in Lincolnshire, UK.

Jarrett has had success at PFI before, and showed great promise in practice. In qualification, which has been a problem this year, Jarrett qualified 4th fastest in his group and 15th overall. In a field of 120 drivers, this was great start.

Jarrett had 6 heats. The first two in dry conditions, he finished 4th and 5th, and in the next two wet weather heats he finished 2nd and 1st! He followed this up with 5th and 2nd place finishes in this last two heats. This great set of results meant that Jarrett finished 4th overall after heats.

In the Super heat, Jarrett finished 5th, and due to his final points tally he started the final 5th. In a highly competitive final, Jarrett crossed the line 6th, and finished 4th after penalties - an excellent result.

With this great final race, Jarrett has ended up finishing 12th in the Championship out of 170 drivers, a fantastic achievement.

Jarrett is finding form at the right time with the World Championship this week.

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July saw Jarrett in Sweden for most of the month, racing at the excellent Kristianstad Karting Club.

With two events, the Champions of the Future and the fourth and final round of the FIA European Karting Championship, and testing before, Jarrett spent most of July in Sweden.

While fast at this track, the recurring problem of poor qualifying reared its head. In Champions of the Future, Jarrett qualified 49th fastest out of 100 drivers before making up many places throughout the heats to 26th, which meant he qualified for the final where he was hit off the track by another competitor.

At FIA European Karting Championship, Jarrett with a serious lack of pace qualified 64th fastest. Jarrett then did well in heats, making multiple overtakes, but in a high quality field there is always a limit to how many places you can make up. Jarrett to qualify for the final for the top 36 drivers, but two crashes that were beyond his control ended his run.

Why is qualification so hard? Well there are lot of very good teams and good drivers this season, and generally speaking no team has dominated. Also Jarrett now being thirteen has grown substantially this season, making setup more difficult and complicated.

Other than qualification, Jarrett has driven very well this year, and is setting himself up well for the next season in motorsport.

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Jarrett moved back to Italy for round 1 of the WSK Euro Series. Here Jarrett put in a strong qualification effort to finish 5th fastest in his group, placing him 9th overall out of 70 drivers. In his three heats, Jarrett finished 3rd, 4th and 6th - leaving him sitting pretty in 7th after the heats.

But in the pre final, disaster hit, as his engine oiled up on the formation lap, and from a 4th place start, fell to the back of the grid, 5 seconds behind the rest of the field as the lights went out. Showing great determination, he managed to get back to 18th, and this dropped him back to a 16th place start in the final.

In the final Jarrett drove well, to finish 9th, While a pleasing result, we were left to rue what might have been if he had kept his pre-final position. Nevertheless Jarrett got to demonstrate and show his skill, capability and potential.

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Jarrett returned to Slovakia for round 3 of the FIA European Championship. Hopes were high, as Jarrett had shown real speed at the same track for round 3 of RGMMC Champions of the Future series 2 weeks earlier. However, a disastrous qualifying where he got caught behind a slow driver meant that Jarrett qualified 25th fastest in his group, and 74th overall out of 90 drivers. He had a mountain to climb to make the final, which was for the top 36 drivers.

Jarrett almost did climb the mountain, gaining places in every heat and in one heat going from 25th to 9th.

However, bad wet tyres slowed him down in the one wet race of the weekend. He finished 38th after heats, missing out on the final by 2 spots. A disappointing result.

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This week we went to Slovakia for the Champions of the Future Round 3. He did not get a clean run in qualification, which left him 11th in his group, and 31st overall. This was not an auspicious start to the weekend.

But in the heats Jarrett drove superbly, making up places from 11th in all five heats to finish 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th. Even more impressively, the Slovakian track is narrow, bumpy and technical, and many other drivers suffered at least one bad heat. With his consistency, Jarrett was classified 8th overall after the heats. His best intermediate classification yet!

In his superheat Jarrett was starting 4th, but dangerous driving by another driver cost him places, he finished 10th on track but an in-race penalty of 5 seconds was applied to him so he finished 17th, which led him to start 14th in the final.

A crash in the final meant that Jarrett did not get any points, but his fantastic driving in the heats saw him score some points in the championship and moved him to 24th in the standings, out of 130 drivers. A good showing in the super heat and final would have put Jarrett in contention for high ranks in the championship, but it was not to be.

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Jarrett competed in the 2nd Round of the FIA Karting Championship at Val Dargenton in France. In practice, Jarrett was one of the fastest in his group, and he turned this into a 3rd place in group finish in his qualifying.

In Jarrett’s first heat, a collision led him to have DNF.

Jarrett went on to have a 2nd place finish in a heat, his best result yet. But oddly, when on wet tyres, where Jarrett usually excels, he lacked grip. There has been an issue this year with tyres and there is a lot variability in the tyres. Unfortunately Jarrett couldn’t seem to get them to work.

Despite setbacks, Jarrett showed great speed, and qualified for the final. Hopefully in future races he will be able to show his speed and race craft through the entire event.

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