Hitech Pulse-Eight has announced that its reigning British F4 champion Deagen Fairclough will move up to the GB3 Championship with the team in 2025.

The 18-year-old Briton was an unstoppable force in his second British F4 campaign, earning plaudits for his record-setting victory tally, succession of podium finishes, fastest laps and pole positions, and the speed at which his single-seater career has accelerated.

Two years ago, Deagen was competing at the wheel of a Sim Racing setup at his home in Surrey, UK. He entered, and won, the 2022 edition of the ROKiT Racing Star eSports competition, for which the prize was a fully funded season in British F4 for 2023. 

In only two seasons of British F4, Fairclough has not only demonstrated his own enormous potential with his burgeoning collection of silverware, he is also a torchbearer for the next generation, for whom Sim Racing can be a viable pathway into motorsport. On his way to the British F4 crown, he won 14 of the year's 30 races, and took eight further podiums. 

Deagen started karting at the age of five and moved to closed-wheel cars when he was 13 years old. Sim Racing helped him hone his skills in virtual open-wheel cars and three years on he was winning races and scoring podium finishes in real-world racing at tracks including Silverstone, Brands Hatch and Donington Park.