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Campos Racing has added British karting star Nathan Tye to its 2024 Spanish Formula 4 line-up.
The 15-year-old factory Sodikart driver came spent two years in junior karting before stepping up to OK karts in late 2022.
Ninth place in the South Garda Winter Cup was the highlight of his rookie campaign racing on OK Juniors karts, then in 2022 he won the Champions of the Future series and was third in the CIK-FIA European championship and the WSK Champions Cup.
His first ventures into senior karting at the end of that year resulted in third place in WSK’s Open Cup, fourth in its Final Cup and then third in Rotax Max Challenge’s Asia Festival. In 2023 he came eighth in CotF, 10th in the European championship and WSK’s Super Master Series, 12th in the CIK-FIA World championship and 14th in the WSK Euro Series.
“Absolutely thrilled to announce my debut into single-seater racing with Campos Racing in the Spanish F4 championship,” said Tye.
“The team have great success at every level and I’m looking forward to advancing my racing skills and moving my career forwards, with a team who have produced many champions. I’m truly grateful for this opportunity and I would like to thank The Grid Agency, Campos Racing, my partners and my family that have made it possible. Hopefully I can reward all those who have demonstrated confidence in me.”
Tye is part of a line-up packed with talent as he will be team-mate to Red Bull junior Enzo Tarnvanichkul, Jan Przyrowski, who are both rivals from karting, and Andres Cardenas.
“We are really happy to have Nathan joining our driver line-up for the 2024 F4 Spain season,” Campos’s team principal Adrian Campos Jr said.
“It promises to be another exciting season but we are putting together an extremely talented group of young drivers. Nathan is another top driver to further strengthen our title bid in the series. Nathan’s list of achievements in karting is amazing and he is absolutely ready to graduate to F4, besides I’m sure he will play a key role in the series fighting for top honours.”