Rodin Motorsport’s Alex Ninovic claimed his first GB3 Championship win in race two at Zandvoort, holding off big pressure from Xcel Motorsport’s race one winner and fellow Australian Patrick Heuzenroeder.
Ninovic made a good start from pole position, while Hitech TGR’s front row starter Deagen Fairclough again looked to have made a good initial start, only to bog down in the second phase, allowing Heuzenroeder to slice by into second. Argenti with Prema’s Reza Seewooruthun, was also able to move past Fairclough on lap one, but the Hitech contender dispatched his former British F4 rival before the end of the lap to reclaim third.
The top three of Ninovic, Heuzenroeder and Fairclough then broke away from the pack, and lapped almost as one, with Fairclough attempting a move on Heuzenroeder at the start of lap five. But after that point, Fairclough’s challenge began to fade slightly, allowing Ninovic and Heuzenroeder to engage in an Antipodean battle at the front for the remainder of the contest.
Ninovic’s gap never extended beyond a second, but he had enough in hand to keep Heuzenroeder at bay, winning by half a second. Fairclough finished three seconds further back to secure his second podium of the event.
Seewooruthun secured his best result yet in fourth, ahead of Hitech TGR’s Nikita Johnson, who made amends for his tough opener yesterday to finish fifth ahead of the second Argenti with Prema machine of Yuanpu Cui.
Rodin’s race one podium finisher Gianmarco Pradel was seventh this time around ahead of JHR’s Noah Lisle, while the third Argenti with Prema entry of Lucas Fluxa emerged on top of an entertaining battle with Elite’s Will Macintyre, the pair using the DRS system to go wheel to wheel for a couple of laps in the final stages.
Macintyre completed the top-10, but had to get his elbows out to defend from Hitech TGR’s Keanu Al Azhari, who had top-10 aspirations of his own. Post-race, Fluxa was handed a three place position penalty for crowding another car off the track, dropping him to 12th in the final results.
The final race of the weekend, the top-12 reverse contest, is due to start at 16.15 local time (15.15 UK).
GB3 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Zandvoort race two final result:
1. Alex Ninovic, Rodin Motorsport, 16 laps
2. Patrick Heuzenroeder, Xcel Motorsport, +0.566s
3. Deagen Fairclough, Hitech TGR, +3.684s
4. Reza Seewooruthun, Argenti with Prema, +5.467s
5. Nikita Johnson, Hitech TGR, +5.899s
6. Yuanpu Cui, Argenti with Prema, +6.492s
7. Gianmarco Pradel, Rodin Motorsport, +12.012s
8. Noah Lisle, JHR Developments, +14.472s
9. Will Macintyre, Elite Motorsport, +31.366s
10. Keanu Al Azhari, Hitech TGR, +31.713s
11. Hugo Schwarze, VRD Racing, +32.616s
12. Lucas Fluxa, Argenti with Prema*
13. Abbi Pulling, Rodin Motorsport, +33.084s
14. Kai Daryanani, JHR Developments, +33.433s
15. Stefan Bostandjiev, Fortec Motorsports, +36.430s
16. Jack Sherwood, Xcel Motorsport, +39.439s
17. Divy Nandan, JHR Developments, +39.690s
18. Flynn Jackes, Elite Motorsport, +43.793s
19. Bianca Bustamante, Elite Motorsport, +44.007s
*Three place position penalty