Junior cars In 2020, Fairclough began his car racing career after a little karting experience, which he started at the age of five. Fairclough was just thirteen years old when he started racing for Orex Racing in the Junior Saloon Car Championship, and he managed to finish in sixth place by the end of the year. For 2021, Fairclough moved to a part-time season in the Fiesta Junior Championship driving for Jamsport with Ciceley Motorsport. He amassed eight wins from fourteen races on the way to fifth in the drivers standings.
Formula 4 2023 during the
2023 F4 British Championship On 15 May 2022, Fairclough won the ROKiT - Racing Star F4 Esports Competition UK, organised by ROKiT and Racing Unleashed, alongside Monica Boulton Ramos. The prize for winning the competition was a free seat in the
2023 F4 British Championship with a new team; ROKiT F4 Racing, which would be run by
Hitech GP. Instead, Fairclough impressed enough to get a full time seat at
JHR Developments. Fairclough got off to a strong start to the championship, with five top-ten finishes in the first six races, including a podium at
Brands Hatch Indy. He went on to score three more podiums before round eight, in which he scored his first win. Fairclough wrapped up the season strongly, with two more wins in the final two rounds to finish third in his opening season.
2024 during the
2024 Euro 4 Championship On 9 November 2023, it was announced that Fairclough would race for
Hitech GP in the
2024 F4 British Championship. In addition, he would race for them in the
UAE in preparation for the
British F4 season. Fairclough finished seventh in the championship standings, with two podiums and a best result of second to his name. Fairclough had a strong pre-season, topping the timesheets in a number of
British F4 tests. His pace was evident from the first round, where he recorded first and second-placed finishes at
Donington Park. Fairclough continued to dominate in the following rounds, with wins at every round but one over the course of the season. He took the title with five races to spare at
Silverstone. Fairclough then proceeded to win three more times despite already winning the title, as he had a record-breaking season, as he is the current record-holder of the most races won in a single
British F4 season, with fourteen races won out of the thirty that he contested. Fairclough also took part in a one-off round in the
Euro 4 Championship at the
Red Bull Ring with Hitech; he scored no points with a best finish of eleventh in the second race.
GB3 Championship 2025 during the
2025 GB3 Championship In October 2024, Fairclough was announced to be stepping up to the
GB3 Championship for 2025, remaining with
Hitech Pulse-Eight.
2026 Fairclough continued in GB3 with
Hitech in
2026.
Formula One For his efforts in British F4, Fairclough was nominated for the 2024
Autosport BRDC Award alongside
Freddie Slater,
Arvid Lindblad and
Louis Sharp. At the end of January 2025, Fairclough was named as the winner of the award. Fairclough successfully completed his test in September, driving the
Aston Martin AMR23, in which he described it as a "dream come true" despite prematurely ending his run in the barriers at the
Copse corner. == Racing record ==