British F3: Reigning F4 Champion Jewiss Joins Douglas

January 23, 2019 January 23, 2019

Kiern Jewiss, the current British F4 champion, will step up to the BRDC British F3 Championship this season with Douglas Motorsport.

He becomes the third driver to be announced to the series, after Lucas Peterson and Josh Mason confirmed their involvement. He will be the first driver confirmed for Douglas, who last year helped Jamie Chadwick become the first female to win a British F3 race last year and was Jewiss’ team in Ginetta Juniors.

The MB Partners-sponsored driver will continue with FM Conway for the new season and is expected to be sporting a colour-changed livery, dubbed the “Green Arrow”.

The 16-year-old has had a rapid rise through the racing ranks in recent years, having won the rookies cup in Juniors, he moved up to the F4 British Championship last year, taking six victories and twelve further podiums on his way to the title.

It was a season that although was initially characterised by his battle with Ayrton Simmons, would go on to win by 71 points, the largest gap in British F4 history.

As a result, he picked up a test with the Ferrari Driver Academy and would be nominated for the BRDC McLaren Autosport Award.

Prior to his leap into car racing, he had won the WSK Champions Cup in the OK Class back in 2016 having already picked up the Kartmasters crown.