Deagen Fairclough (born 23 April 2006) is a British racing driver currently racing in the GB3 Championship with Hitech.
Fairclough is the 2024 F4 British champion, and finished third in 2023 and in the 2025 GB3 Championship. 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. 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.
Formula 4
2023
On 15 May 2022, Fairclough won the ROKiT - Racing Star F4 Esports Competition UK, organised by ROKiT and Racing Unleashed, alongside Monica Boulton Ramos. 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. Instead, Fairclough impressed enough to get a full time seat at JHR Developments. 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.
2024
On 9 November 2023, it was announced that Fairclough would race for Hitech GP in the 2024 F4 British Championship. 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. Fairclough had a strong pre-season, topping the timesheets in a number of British F4 tests. His pace was evident from the first round, where he recorded first and second-placed finishes at Donington Park. Fairclough continued to dominate in the following rounds, with wins at every round but one over the course of the season. He took the title with five races to spare at Silverstone. 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.
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.
GB3 Championship 2025
In October 2024, Fairclough was announced to be stepping up to the GB3 Championship for 2025, remaining with Hitech Pulse-Eight.
2026 Fairclough continued in GB3 with Hitech in 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. At the end of January 2025, Fairclough was named as the winner of the award. 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.
Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2020Junior Saloon Car ChampionshipOrex Racing 12 0 0 0 3 187 6th2021Junior Saloon Car ChampionshipOrex Racing 2 0 0 0 0 13 34thBRSCC Ford Fiesta Junior ChampionshipJamsport with Ciceley Motorsport 14 8 7 13 11 471 5th 2022BRSCC Ford Fiesta Junior ChampionshipJamsport with Ciceley Motorsport 2 0 1 0 1 43 17th 2023F4 British ChampionshipJHR Developments 30 3 0 6 8 2963rd 2024 Formula 4 UAE Championship Hitech Pulse-Eight 15 0 0 0 2 75 7thF4 British Championship 30 14 15 19 22 579.51st Euro 4 Championship 3 0 0 0 0 0 24th 2025 GB3 Championship Hitech TGR 24 1 0 0 7 3733rd 2026 GB3 Championship Hitech 19 7 5 7 7 356*2nd*Sources: 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 DevelopmentsDPN1DPN2DPN3BHI1BHI2BHI3SNE1SNE2SNE3THR1THR2THR3OUL1OUL2OUL3SIL1SIL2SIL3CRO1CRO2CRO3KNO1KNO2KNO3DPGP1DPGP2DPGP3DPGP4BHGP1BHGP2BHGP33rd296 2024 Hitech Pulse-Eight DPN1 DPN2 DPN3 BHI1 BHI2 BHI3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 THR1 THR2 THR3 SILGP1 SILGP2 SILGP3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 DPGP1 DPGP2 DPGP3 DPGP4 SILN1 SILN2 SILN3 BHGP1 BHGP2 BHGP3 BHGP41st579.5
Complete Formula 4 UAE 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 DC Points 2024 Hitech Pulse-EightYMC11YMC12YMC13YMC21YMC22YMC23DUB11DUB12DUB13YMC31YMC32YMC33DUB21DUB22DUB23 7th 75
Complete Euro 4 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 DC Points 2024 Hitech Pulse-Eight MUG1 MUG2 MUG3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 24th 0
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 TGRSIL11SIL12SIL13ZAN1ZAN2ZAN3SPA1SPA2SPA3HUN1HUN2HUN3SIL21SIL22SIL23BRH1BRH2BRH3DON1DON2DON3MNZ1MNZ2MNZ33rd373 2026 HitechSIL11SIL12SIL13SPA1SPA2SPA3HUN1HUN2HUN3RBR1RBR2RBR3SIL21SIL22SIL23DON1DON2DON3BRH1BRH2BRH3CAT1CAT2CAT3 6th* 180* Season still in progress.
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