Deagen Fairclough
Deagen Fairclough is a British racing driver who is from Crawley. Fairclough is currently racing in the 2025 GB3 Championship with Hitech Pulse-Eight. He previously raced in the British Championship in 2023, where he finished third in the drivers' championship for JHR Developments, before winning the title in 2024 with Hitech.
Fairclough 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 a brilliant 3rd 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 [2024 Formula 4 2024 Formula 4 UAE Championship|UAE Championship|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
In October 2024, Fairclough was announced to be stepping up to the GB3 Championship for 2025, remaining with Hitech Pulse-Eight.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
Complete F4 British Championship results
| 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 Developments | DPN 1 5 | DPN 2 104 | DPN 3 4 | BHI 1 4 | BHI 2 31 | BHI 3 17 | SNE 1 C | SNE 2 17 | SNE 3 8 | THR 1 15 | THR 2 410 | THR 3 6 | OUL 1 3 | OUL 2 86 | OUL 3 4 | SIL 1 6 | SIL 2 210 | SIL 3 4 | CRO 1 5 | CRO 2 78 | CRO 3 3 | KNO 1 7 | KNO 2 11 | KNO 3 10 | DPGP 1 12 | DPGP 2 4 | DPGP 3 17 | DPGP 4 8 | BHGP 1 2 | BHGP 2 610 | BHGP 3 1 | 3rd | 296 | |
| 2024 | Hitech Pulse-Eight | DPN 1 1 | DPN 2 27 | DPN 3 C | BHI 1 1 | BHI 2 75 | BHI 3 1 | SNE 1 3 | SNE 2 38 | SNE 3 NC | THR 1 1 | THR 2 57 | THR 3 Ret | SILGP 1 1 | SILGP 2 Ret | SILGP 3 2 | ZAN 1 1 | ZAN 2 39 | ZAN 3 1 | KNO 1 1 | KNO 2 57 | KNO 3 1 | DPGP 1 2 | DPGP 2 2 | DPGP 3 210 | DPGP 4 1 | SILN 1 1 | SILN 2 C | SILN 3 1 | BHGP 1 1 | BHGP 2 55 | BHGP 3 57 | BHGP 4 1 | 1st | 579.5 |
Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Points |
| 2024 | Hitech Pulse-Eight | YMC1 1 7 | YMC1 2 2 | YMC1 3 4 | YMC2 1 13 | YMC2 2 15 | YMC2 3 4 | DUB1 1 Ret | DUB1 2 Ret | DUB1 3 25 | YMC3 1 Ret | YMC3 2 23 | YMC3 3 6 | DUB2 1 8 | DUB2 2 3 | DUB2 3 Ret | 7th | 75 |
Complete Euro 4 Championship results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
| 2024 | Hitech Pulse-Eight | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | MUG 3 | RBR 1 12 | RBR 2 11 | RBR 3 14 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | MNZ 3 | 24th | 0 |
Complete GB3 Championship results
| 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 TGR | SIL1 1 17 | SIL1 2 22 | SIL1 3 712 | ZAN 1 2 | ZAN 2 3 | ZAN 3 47 | SPA 1 19 | SPA 2 11 | SPA 3 512 | HUN 1 6 | HUN 2 6 | HUN 3 53 | SIL2 1 4 | SIL2 2 20 | SIL2 3 Ret | BRH 1 3 | BRH 2 3 | BRH 3 18 | DON 1 6 | DON 2 3 | DON 3 15 | MNZ 1 4 | MNZ 2 1 | MNZ 3 27 | 3rd | 373 |