Green wins again while Coulthard strikes on last lap
Elite Motorsport’s Fred Green and Douglas Motorsport’s Dayton Coulthard were the winners as the GB4 Championship’s season-opening weekend at Silverstone came to a conclusion.
Green won a truncated race two this morning, doubling up his win tally after victory in race one yesterday, while Coulthard claimed race three victory after a pass on the final lap. Green leaves Silverstone as the early championship leader, after a superb debut weekend in single-seaters.
Race two
Having led every lap in the first race, Green did the same in race two, again from pole position. He made a good start, survived an early safety car period after multiple lap one incidents and kept things firmly under control upon the restart.
He was unchallenged to the flag, with Hillspeed’s Enzo Hallman and Douglas Motorsport’s Jason Smyth joining him on the podium. Fortec’s Thomas Ingram Hill was classified fourth ahead of KMR Sport’s Alex O’Grady, with Elite’s Matan Achituv completing the top-six.
Race three
A dramatic event finale was run in two parts, with a red flag interrupting the contest midway through.
On the top-12 reversed grid (from the qualifying result), Scorpio’s Romuald Bocquet led both race starts and crossed the line as the winner. However, he had jumped the second start and was handed a 10-second penalty.
That meant Coulthard took the victory, and he had to work hard for it, climbing from sixth on the grid. That surge included an excellent pass on Matan Achituv on the final lap, with the pair going wheel to wheel for several corners before the Scotsman made it stick.
Achituv had to settle for second ahead of Archie Davies, who salvaged a podium for Scorpio – their first in GB4. Smyth, Hallman and Arden’s Charlie Myers completed the top-six.
Race three winner Coulthard said: “I saw the jump start from number nine [Bocquet] and I knew it was going to be all or nothing for first place. I saw a chance, and I took it. The weekend is definitely better with a result like that. It had been a bit rough, not the best, but it’s a positive way to end things.”
GB4 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Silverstone race two top-six:
1. Fred Green, Elite Motorsport
2. Enzo Hallman, Hillspeed, +0.670s
3. Jason Smyth, Douglas Motorsport, +2.445s
4. Thomas Ingram Hill, Fortec Motorsports, +2.795s
5. Alex O’Grady, KMR Sport, +4.343s
6. Matan Achituv, Elite Motorsport, penalty
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GB4 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Silverstone race three top-six
1. Dayton Coulthard, Douglas Motorsport
2. Matan Achituv, Elite Motorsport, +0.926s
3. Archie Davies, Scorpio Motorsport, +1.181s
4. Jason Smyth, Douglas Motorsport, +1.510s
5. Enzo Hallman, Hillspeed, +1.949s
6. Charlie Myers, Arden Motorsport, +3.795s
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GB4 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, championship standings after race three of 21:
1. Fred Green, Elite Motorsport, 70pts
2. Enzo Hallman, Hillspeed, 60pts
3. Jason Smyth, Douglas Motorsport, 59pts
4. Alex O'Grady, KMR Sport, 56pts
5. Dayton Coulthard, Douglas Motorsport, 45pts
6. Matan Achituv, Elite Motorsport, 42pts
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GB4 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, team standings after race three of 21:
1. Elite Motorsport, 134pts
2. Douglas Motorsport, 112pts
3. Hillspeed, 92pts
4. Fortec Motorsports, 72pts
5. Pace Performance, 68pts
6. KMR Sport, 67pts
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