Douglas Motorsport, running a three car team in the BRDC F4 championship- One for former world karting champion Charlie Eastwood, one for Diego Menchaca, from Mexico on his return to the series, and one for Mexican KF2 Karting Champion Rodrigo Fonseca – began the 2014 season with a successful weekend at Silverstone.
Despite minimal experience in the class, the Douglas Motorsport cars were on the pace from the first round, with Menchaca and Eastwood topping the timesheets at the Silverstone pre race test. Menchaca headed the team in the races though scoring an impressive pair of podiums in the three races to open his 2014 championship account. With Eastwood and Fonseca showing top ten pace in the ultra competitive series, it was a successful weekend for the rockingham based team and they left Silverstone with Menchaca second in the title standings