William Macintyre


William Macintyre is a British racing driver, who most recently competed in the GB3 Championship in 2025 for Elite Motorsport and for Hitech Pulse-Eight in 2024. He is the 2023 British F4 vice-champion and the 2022 Ginetta Junior Championship runner-up.

Early life

Macinytre was born in Nash, Buckinghamshire on 14 August 2007 and lived in Norfolk.

Career

Karting

Macintyre began karting at the age of eight. He has had some consistent karting results, although never competing in the OK category due to moving straight to cars at the age of fourteen. His best karting result was in 2019, winning the Italian Championship in the 60 Mini category.
Macintyre is a former member of the Sauber Karting Team.

Ginetta Junior Championship

For 2022, Macintyre was confirmed to be competing in the Ginetta Junior Championship following a decorated karting career. Over the course of the season, Macintyre fought for the title with Josh Rowledge, eventually losing out to Rowledge in the final round of the season at Brands Hatch. Macintyre finished 2nd in the championship, and was the highest placed rookie.

Formula 4

Macintyre made his single seater debut during the 2022 GB4 Championship finale. He finished second in during races two and three. Macintyre competed in the 2023 Formula 4 UAE Championship with Hitech GP. In November 2022, it was announced that Macintyre would race in the 2023 F4 British Championship, continuing with Hitech. He obtained two second places during the second round of the season at Brands Hatch. His first win came at Thruxton in June, with the second coming at Knockhill in August. Macintyre ended the season in second place in the championship, just 13 points shy of champion Louis Sharp of Rodin Carlin.

GB3 Championship

After Macintyre's successes in F4, he moved up to Hitech's GB3 team to become one of their three drivers for the 2024 season. During his debut round at Oulton Park, Macintyre won the reverse-grid race three after making numerous overtakes and the race leader's retirement on the final lap. At the next round at Silverstone Circuit, Macintyre finished on the podium in third for race one, and took his second victory of the season during race three after battling with Ugo Ugochukwu. He claimed another win during a chaotic reverse-grid race three at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. Macintyre finished in second during race two at the Hungaroring, but was promoted to second after second place finisher Tymek Kucharczyk was disqualified. He finished in third during race three at Donington Park. He finished the season in fifth, securing a total of three wins, six podiums, and 376 points.
For his 2025 campaign, Macintyre switched to Elite Motorsport for his second GB3 campaign. He won the reverse-grid race three during the first round at Silverstone over Hitech's Keanu Al Azhari. After taking the lead on the first lap, Macintyre finished in second during race three at Zandvoort behind Hugo Schwarze. He finished in second during race one at the Hungaroring.

Cancer diagnosis

In September 2025, Macintyre announced that he is ending his season prematurely following diagnoses of lung and brain cancer. He is receiving treatment at Milton Keynes Hospital, and has received support from numerous high profile individuals and drivers involved in motorsport including Max Verstappen, Kimi Antonelli, Susie Wolff, Bianca Bustamante, Gianmarco Pradel and Alex Ninovic. With every GB3 car from the Donington Park GB3 round the next round after Macintyre's announcement carrying a #TeamWill37 sticker just behind the halo which the cars would carry to the end of the season. With Freddie Slater also carried the sticker during the 2025 Macau Grand Prix.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary

Complete Ginetta Junior Championship results

Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results

Complete F4 British Championship results

Complete GB3 Championship results