Brands Hatch BF3: Herta survives red flag to claim maiden win

Subbing for Lando Norris, Herta led from pole position and remain unchallenged throughout the shortened race, eventually winning it by a margin of 0.573 seconds.

A fast-starting Ricky Collard secured a Carlin one-two at the front. The British driver had moved up to third position by the end of lap two and gained another place when Enaam Ahmed pitted with damage to his car.

Behind, Thomas Randle took the final spot on the podium, having started well down the order in 14th place.

South African Sisa Ngebulana finished fourth with Aleksanteri Huovinen scoring his first top 10 result of the weekend after finishing fifth.

Behind Huovinen, Indian debutant Krishnaraj Mahadik took his best result of the weekend in sixth, fending off a fast charging Thomas Maxwell.

Quinlan Lall was eighth as the chequered flag, ahead of Akhil Rabindra, with Fortec driver Faisal Al Zubair completing the top 10.

The race was halted midway when race two podium finisher Tarun Reddy collected an out of control Raoul Hyman at Westfield.

The incident and the consequent debris on track brought out the safety car, followed by a red flag period.

Both drivers retired as a result, joining race one winner Matheus Leist, Ameya Vaidyanthan and Jan Jonck in the list of retirees.

Championship leader Toby Sowery endured a miserable outing being forced to start the race from the pitlane.

The British driver only managed a 13th place but still leads the championship with 127 points ahead of Collard with 108 points.

Race 3 results:

Pos	Driver	Team	Time/Gap
1	Colton Herta	Carlin	6'54.745
2	Ricky Collard	Carlin	0.573
3	Thomas Randle	Douglas Motorsport	1.328
4	Sisa Ngebulana	HHC Motorsport	2.213
5	Aleksanteri Huovinen	Double R Racing	3.166
6	Krishnaraaj Mahadik	Chris Dittmann Racing	6.726
7	Thomas Maxwell	Sean Walkinshaw Racing	6.827
8	Quinlan Lall	Chris Dittmann Racing	8.015
9	Akhil Rabindra	Lanan Racing	9.946
10	Faisal Al Zubair	Fortec Motorsports	10.106
11	Ben Hingeley	HHC Motorsport	10.762
12	Eugene Denyssen	Sean Walkinshaw Racing	11.048
13	Toby Sowery	Lanan Racing	12.983
14	Enaam Ahmed	Douglas Motorsport	19.170
15	Enzo Bortoleto	Double R Racing	31.788
16	Jeremy Wahome	Chris Dittmann Racing	46.863
Ret	Matheus Leist	Double R Racing
Ret	Jan Jonck	Sean Walkinshaw Racing
Ret	Tarun Reddy	Fortec Motorsports
Ret	Ameya Vaidyanathan	Carlin
Ret	Raoul Hyman	HHC Motorsport