Noah Lisle takes reversed-grid British F4 win at Thruxton

Photo: Jakob Ebrey Photography

Noah Lisle took his second British Formula 4 victory in the reversed-grid race at Thruxton. 

The Rodin Carlin driver hit the front of the field on the opening lap and held onto the position to take the race win ahead of Gustav Jonsson. 

It was Matteo De Palo who put up the strongest opposition at the start. He and Lisle engaged in a tight battle, but De Palo could never find a way past. The Argenti Motorsport driver then slipped behind Gustav Jonsson. He remained close to Jonsson before a small mistake dropped him back to fifth before the safety car came out. 

An incident involving Issac Barashi, Patrick Heuzenroeder and Aqil Alibhai caused action to be paused on lap nine. By this point, Lisle led the Chris Dittmann Racing duo of Jonsson and Jack Sherwood. 

Lisle perfectly managed the restart when the track returned to green flag conditions with three minutes of the race left to go. Jonsson and Sherwood battled among themselves, with Dion Gowda close behind.  

A late lunge for Gowda caused contact with Sherwood, forcing Sherwood wide and dropping him down the order. Gowda would come through to take third, ahead of Deagen Fairclough, who jumped past De Palo on the restart. 

Kanato Le was also able to find a way past De Palo before the Argenti driver had a problem on the final lap and dropped to the back of the order. 

Sherwood took the chequered flag fifth, ahead of Douwe Dedecker and Josh Irfan. Sonny Smith and Kai Daryanani completed the top 10.

Race results (15 laps)