Considering that in 2015, Ticktum graduated to MSA Formula with Fortec Motorsport. He led the early rounds of the Championship, until an incident at Silverstone, where he purposely overtook several cars while under safety car conditions to crash into a rival, Ricky Collard. This saw him receive a two-year ban from motorsport, of which one year was a suspended ban. As a result, he finished 6th in his first season of single seater racing.