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Rockingham BF3: Collard dominates Race 3 to extend championship lead

Ricky Collard extended his championship lead, after winning the final race of the Rockingham weekend, starting from second row of the grid.

Ricky Collard, Carlin

Ricky Collard, Carlin

BRDC British F3

Start action
Lando Norris, Carlin
Thomas Randle, Douglas Motorsport
Winner Lando Norris, Carlin and second place Ricky Collard, Carlin
Matheus Leist, Double R Racing
Lando Norris, Carlin
Matheus Leist, Double R Racing
Winner Lando Norris, Carlin and second place Ricky Collard, Carlin

The Carlin driver made a superb start taking polestitter Lando Norris and front-row starter Matheus Leist, going into Turn 1.

Not only Norris lost his lead to Collard, the British driver dropped back behind Leist, as the Brazilian slotted himself into second.

A brief safety car period after the accident between Krishnaraaj Mahadik and Eugene Denyssen at Yentwood brought the field together, but Collard got a perfect getaway at the restart.

The Carlin driver, then, maintained a crucial gap to take his maiden win and also extended his lead in the championship, with Leist fending off the Norris pressure to finish second.

Race 2 winner Thomas Randle finished fourth, after his battle with Toby Sowery, the Australian, was all over the back of the British driver, made the move on Lap 10 to go past him.

Sowery’s backward trip continued, as he lost another place to Enaam Ahmed on the final lap, after Ahmed had a duel with Aleksanteri Huovinen.

The British driver on Lap 5, lost sixth place to Huovinen, the Finn taking advantage of Ahmed going wide in Gracelands.

But two laps later, Ahmed with a much stronger pace, retook his position at the same corner, before clearing Sowery, up ahead.

With Sowery at sixth and Huovinen seventh, Indian Tarun Reddy finished eighth, keeping Thomas Maxwell behind, while Quinlan Lall completed the top 10.

Race 3 results:

PosDriver TeamTime/Gap 
 Ricky Collard Carlin 20'12.229 
 Matheus Leist Double R Racing 1.228
 Lando Norris Carlin 2.182
 Tom Randle Douglas Motorsport 12.551
 Enaam Ahmed Douglas Motorsport 16.829
 Toby Sowery Lanan Racing 17.293
 Aleksanteri Huovinen Double R Racing 17.628
 Tarun Reddy Fortec Motorsports 18.784
 Thomas Maxwell Sean Walkinshaw Racing 20.409
10   Quinlan Lall Chris Dittmann Racing 21.014
11   Faisal Al Zubair Fortec Motorsports 21.592
12   Enzo Bortoleto Double R Racing 23.356
13   Sisa Ngebulana HHC Motorsport 23.980
14   Jan Jonck Sean Walkinshaw Racing 27.743
15   Ben Hingeley HHC Motorsport 31.304
Ret  Jeremy Wahome Chris Dittmann Racing  
Ret  Akhil Rabindra Lanan Racing  
Ret  Ameya Vaidyanathan Carlin  
Ret  Eugene Denyssen Sean Walkinshaw Racing  
Ret  Krishnaraaj Mahadik Chris Dittmann Racing  

 

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