Leo Robinson has dropped out of his British Formula 4 campaign with Hitech GP, with Nina Gademan taking over his car for the next round at Zandvoort.
Halfway through the 10-round season, Robinson sits ninth in the standings with a win, a second place and two other top-five finishes from 15 races. He finished ninth in both races of the non-championship round at Silverstone earlier this month.
The British-Algerian driver was also a winner in British F4 last season when driving for JHR Developments, and in that campaign he had three victories, three other podiums and came sixth in the points table.
Robinson is in his third year of single-seater racing. He started off in Danish F4 in 2023, making the podium in every race he contested and coming fourth in the standings, and earlier this year starred in Iberia’s Formula Winter Series with Hitech.
Across 12 races he took three wins and four second places, enough to make him runner-up in the title fight.
Gademan was 18th in British F4 last year as a part-timer with Fortec Motorsports, and cameoed in the all-female F1 Academy. She is now racing full-time in that series with Prema, and sits eighth in the points with two podiums so far.
The Dutch 21-year-old has also been active with rival Hitech. She did the FWinter Series, coming 15th in the standings despite missing a round, then drove for the team in British F4’s non-championship round.
Two of F1 Academy’s remaining three rounds clash with British F4 dates, meaning Hitech would need to find another replacement driver later this year.