208 drivers raced in the seventh and last grading period of 2025, which contained 24 meetings.  The average car attendance across the 23 U.K. mainland meetings was 29.78 and there were 52 different race winners. In total, 342 different drivers have raced during the 2025 season.

The Best Attended Meetings for the Period were:-

Scunthorpe 28 Sep – 67 cars,  King’s Lynn 11 Oct – 62 cars,  Mildenhall 18 Oct – 56 cars,  Bradford 8 Nov – 50 cars,  Northampton 19 Oct – 42 cars,  Bradford 25 Oct – 38 cars.

Drivers with the Best Attendance Record for the Period were:-

155 Archie Grindey – 10 app.,  186 Kasey Jones – 9 app.,  213 Tom Bennett – 9 app.,  880 Jack Witts – 9 app.,  12 Craig Driscoll – 8 app.,  47 Greg McKenzie – 8 app.,  77 Tom Earl – 8 app.,  111 Charlie Payton – 8 app.,  147 Aidan Derry – 8 app.,  183 Charlie Guinchard – 8 app.,  226 Billy Webster – 8 app.,  560 Luke Wrench – 8 app.,  910 Martyn Janes – 8 app.,  925 Jake Wilson – 8 app.,  926 Josh Wilson – 8 app.

Top Scorers for the Period, by grade, were:-

White: 546 Charlie Folan – 75 pts;  Yellow: 77 Tom Earl – 116 pts;  Blue: 926 Josh Wilson – 136 pts;  Red: 226 Billy Webster – 241 pts;  S/S: 183 Charlie Guinchard – 236 pts.

Carry On Regardless - Most No-Score Meetings (Nils):-

99 Simon Young – 26 mtgs.,  231 Bradley Clayton – 19 mtgs.,  483 Andrew Seneschall – 17 mtgs.,  820 John Ovenden – 17 mtgs.,  925 Jake Wilson – 17 mtgs.

Never Quite Got Off The Mark - Most No-Score Meetings (Nils) And No Points:-

544 James Rogers – 11 mtgs.,  125 Harry Chadwick – 7 mtgs.,  293 Elexie Bartram – 7 mtgs.,  369 Ruby Lomax – 7 mtgs.

2025 Novice Of The Year

The Novice of the Year is open to ‘genuine’ novices, i.e. those who are in their first BriSCA F2 season or have not raced in more than 3 meetings in total in previous seasons and who started this season with a white roof.  The novice who has scored the most national points at the end of the season will be the winner of the Novice of the Year title.

2025 top three:

1^st:  155 Archie Grindey – 599pts,

2^nd:   50 Ethan Gemmell – 197pts,

3^rd: 339 Rhys Kelly – 192pts.

Remaining scorers: 207 – 171pts, 318 – 97pts, 576 – 51pts, 771 – 50pts, 910 – 43pts, 617 – 37pts, 820 – 31pts, 770 – 16pts, 211 – 14pts, 373 – 9pts, 120 – 6pts, 262 – 6pts, 483 – 6pts, 95 – 3pts, 153 – 3pts, 114 – 2pts, 178 – 2pts, 305 – 2pts, 787 – 2pts, 87 – 1pt, 112 – 1pt, 396 – 1pt, 458 – 1pt, 737 – 1pt, 878 – 1pt.

The winner will be presented with the Novice of the Year trophy.  The runner-up and the third place finisher will also receive trophies.

David’s Observations

·         These grades will come into force on 1 January 2026.  The first grading period of season 2026 will run from 28 February to 15 April inclusive.

·         In order to be eligible for downgrading on 1 May 2026, you must race a minimum of three times between 28 February and 15 April.

·         As this is the final grading list of season 2025, all of the 342 drivers that have raced during the season are included.  However, those drivers who are currently inactive owing to retirement or suspension are shown in red in italic script.

·         International drivers are shown on the grading list solely for information purposes.  Their positions have no effect on grades.

·         Points, appearances etc., are from meetings attended, that are on the National Fixture List.

Graded Drivers Retired in the Period (in points scoring order within grades)

    R:  547, 667, 3;

    B:  100, 915, 727, 700, 217, 343, 482, 615;

    Y:  976, 679, 238, 359, 856, 259, 269;

   In total, 25 drivers retired or failed to race in the period.