William Macintyre

Will Macintyre
Macintyre at the Hungaroring in 2025
Nationality United Kingdom
Born (2007-08-14) 14 August 2007
Nash, Buckinghamshire, England
GB3 Championship career
Debut season2024
Current teamElite Motorsport
Car number37
Former teamsHitech Pulse-Eight
Starts41 (42 entries)
Wins4
Podiums9
Poles0
Fastest laps4
Best finish5th in 2024
Previous series
2024-2025
2023
2023
2022
2022		GB3
F4 British
F4 UAE
GB4
Ginetta Junior

William Macintyre (born 14 August 2007) 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.[1]

Early life

Macinytre was born in Nash, Buckinghamshire on 14 August 2007[2] and lived in Norfolk.[3]

Career

Karting

Macintyre began karting at the age of eight.[3][4] 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.[5]

Macintyre is a former member of the Sauber Karting Team.[6]

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.[7]

Formula 4

Macintyre made his single seater debut during the 2022 GB4 Championship finale.[8] He finished second in during races two and three.[9][10] Macintyre competed in the 2023 Formula 4 UAE Championship with Hitech GP.[11] In November 2022, it was announced that Macintyre would race in the 2023 F4 British Championship, continuing with Hitech.[12] He obtained two second places during the second round of the season at Brands Hatch.[13][14] His first win came at Thruxton in June,[15] with the second coming at Knockhill in August.[16] Macintyre ended the season in second place in the championship, just 13 points shy of champion Louis Sharp of Rodin Carlin.[17][18]

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.[19][20] 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.[21] At the next round at Silverstone Circuit, Macintyre finished on the podium in third for race one,[22] and took his second victory of the season during race three after battling with Ugo Ugochukwu.[23] He claimed another win during a chaotic reverse-grid race three at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.[24] Macintyre finished in second during race two at the Hungaroring, but was promoted to second after second place finisher Tymek Kucharczyk was disqualified.[25] He finished in third during race three at Donington Park.[26] He finished the season in fifth, securing a total of three wins, six podiums, and 376 points.[27]

For his 2025 campaign, Macintyre switched to Elite Motorsport for his second GB3 campaign.[28][29] He won the reverse-grid race three during the first round at Silverstone over Hitech's Keanu Al Azhari.[30][31] After taking the lead on the first lap, Macintyre finished in second during race three at Zandvoort behind Hugo Schwarze.[32][33] He finished in second during race one at the Hungaroring.[34]

Cancer diagnosis

In September 2025, Macintyre announced that he is ending his season prematurely following diagnoses of lung and brain cancer.[35] He is receiving treatment at Milton Keynes Hospital,[36] 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.[3]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2017 Super 1 National Championship - IAME Cadet 8th
LGM Series - IAME Cadet 8th
2018 SKUSA SuperNationals - Mini Swift 6th
Kartmasters British Grand Prix - IAME Cadet Fusion Motorsport 4th
LGM Series - IAME Cadet 10th
IAME International Final - X30 Mini 4th
MSA British Kart Championship - IAME Cadet
2019 WSK Super Master Series - 60 Mini Tony Kart 10th
WSK Euro Series - 60 Mini Team Driver Racing Kart 3rd
Andrea Margutti Trophy - 60 Mini 4th
IAME Euro Series - X30 Mini 29th
Italian Championship - 60 Mini 1st
2020 WSK Super Master Series - OKJ Sodikart 59th
South Garda Winter Cup - OKJ 29th
Champions of the Future - OKJ 46th
WSK Euro Series - OKJ Birel ART 37th
ROK Cup International Final - Junior Rok NC
International IAME Games - X30 Junior Kosmic 9th
Rotax Max Challenge International Trophy - Rotax Junior 3rd
Rotax Max Euro Trophy - Rotax Junior Sodi Vitesse 17th
IAME Euro Series - X30 Junior 7th
2021 IAME Winter Cup - X30 Junior Kosmic 3rd
IAME Euro Series - X30 Junior 7th
WSK Euro Series - OKJ Birel ART 9th
WSK Super Master Series - OKJ 15th
CIK-FIA European Championship - OKJ 14th
Champions of the Future - OKJ 32nd
WSK Open Cup - OKJ 24th
Sources:[37][38]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2022 Ginetta Junior Championship Elite Motorsport 25 6 1 2 15 611 2nd
GB4 Championship 3 0 0 1 2 71 13th
2023 Formula 4 UAE Championship Hitech Grand Prix 15 0 0 0 0 28 14th
F4 British Championship Hitech Pulse-Eight 31 2 3 3 14 371 2nd
2024 GB3 Championship Hitech Pulse-Eight 23 3 0 3 6 372 5th
2025 GB3 Championship Elite Motorsport 18 1 0 1 3 240 9th
Sources:[38]

Complete Ginetta Junior Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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 DC Points
2022 Elite Motorsport DON
1
8 		DON
2
5 		DON
3
4 		BHI
1
2 		BHI
2
1 		BHI
3
3 		THR1
1
2 		THR1
2
6 		CRO
1
2 		CRO
2
1 		KNO
1
11 		KNO
2
5 		KNO
3
3 		SNE
1
1 		SNE
2
10 		SNE
3
2 		THR2
1
1 		THR2
2
3 		THR2
3
4 		SIL
1
11 		SIL
2
3 		SIL
3
1 		BHGP
1
4 		BHGP
2
2 		BHGP
3
1 		2nd 611
Source:[39]

Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pos Points
2023 Hitech Grand Prix DUB1
1
32 		DUB1
2
32 		DUB1
3
13 		KMT1
1
13 		KMT1
2
9 		KMT1
3
23 		KMT2
1
29 		KMT2
2
6 		KMT2
3
13 		DUB2
1
4 		DUB2
2
31 		DUB2
3
14 		YMC
1
7 		YMC
2
11 		YMC
3
11 		14th 28
Source:[40]

Complete F4 British Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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 DC Points
2023 Hitech Pulse-Eight DPN
1
6 		DPN
2
20 		DPN
3
5 		BHI
1
2 		BHI
2
133 		BHI
3
2 		SNE
1
C 		SNE
2
610 		SNE
3
4 		THR
1
2 		THR
2
1110 		THR
3
1 		OUL
1
14 		OUL
2
133 		OUL
3
3 		SIL
1
2 		SIL
2
510 		SIL
3
2 		CRO
1
3 		CRO
2
152 		CRO
3
2 		KNO
1
1 		KNO
2
17 		KNO
3
2 		DPGP
1
9 		DPGP
2
6 		DPGP
3
27 		DPGP
4
4 		BHGP
1
3 		BHGP
2
79 		BHGP
3
3 		2nd 371
Source:[41]

Complete GB3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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
2024 Hitech Pulse-Eight OUL
1
9 		OUL
2
6 		OUL
3
14 		SIL1
1
3 		SIL1
2
1 		SIL1
3
C 		SPA
1
5 		SPA
2
5 		SPA
3
14 		HUN
1
5 		HUN
2
2 		HUN
3
81 		ZAN
1
5 		ZAN
2
Ret 		ZAN
3
52 		SIL2
1
13 		SIL2
2
16 		SIL2
3
108 		DON
1
7 		DON
2
9 		DON
3
32 		BRH
1
5 		BRH
2
15 		BRH
3
52 		5th 372
2025 Elite Motorsport SIL1
1
8 		SIL1
2
23 		SIL1
3
11 		ZAN
1
10 		ZAN
2
9 		ZAN
3
2 		SPA
1
5 		SPA
2
6 		SPA
3
10 		HUN
1
2 		HUN
2
5 		HUN
3
15 		SIL2
1
5 		SIL2
2
6 		SIL2
3
93 		BRH
1
5 		BRH
2
11 		BRH
3
Ret 		DON
1
 DON
2
 DON
3
 MNZ
1
 MNZ
2
 MNZ
3
 9th 240
Source:[42]

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