Ninovic closes in on GB3 crown with seventh win of 2025

Photo: Jakob Ebrey Photography

Rodin Motorsport’s Alex Ninovic won behind the safety car in the opening GB3 race of the weekend at Donington Park.

The Australian had pulled over five seconds clear of Argenti with Prema’s Reza Seewooruthun before the late intervention, but he faces a post-race investigation for failing to follow the race director’s instructions.

Ninovic made good use of pole to gain a clear lead into Redgate, while a three-wide battle raged behind him between Seewooruthun, JHR Developments’ Noah Lisle and Xcel Motorsport’s Patrick Heuzenroeder. 

Seewooruthun prevailed to take second, while Heuzenroeder slipped to fifth further around the opening tour after Hitech GP’s Deagen Fairclough swept around the outside of him into Fogarty esses.

The safety car was deployed at the end of lap two, as Fortec Motorsports’ debutant Liam McNeilly spun into the gravel trap at Coppice.

Ninovic quickly edged clear once green flag racing resumed on lap five, and Fairclough dived up the inside of Lisle for third into Melbourne hairpin.

The duo continued to lock horns at the start of the next lap, with Lisle driving around the outside into Redgate to reclaim the place, while Fairclough was left to fend off a challenge from Heuzenroeder into Old Hairpin.

Behind them, Red Bull junior Enzo Tarnvanichkul and Xcel’s Jack Sherwood clashed while contesting sixth, resulting in the pair bouncing over the grass and losing ground.

The battle for fourth continued for the next few laps before Heuzenroeder performed a switchback move exiting Redgate to take the position away from Fairclough into Coppice. Having run wide, Fairclough also lost two further places at Fogarty to Keanu Al Azhari and Lucas Fluxa.

As he started to close in on Heuzenroeder, Al Azhari ran wide at Old Hairpin, bounced over the edge of the gravel trap, before spinning across the circuit and into the barriers.

That brought out the safety car for a second time, and there was not enough time to clear Al Azhari’s car before the chequered flag was waved.

Ninovic took victory ahead of Seewooruthun and Lisle. With Heuzenroeder finishing fourth, Ninovic extended his championship lead to 85 points.

Fluxa held off Fairclough to finish fifth on his first start for Hillspeed – matching his best result from contesting the first six rounds with Argenti.

Having been excluded from qualifying, Rodin’s Abbi Pulling and Gianmarco Pradel recovered through the field to finish seventh and eighth respectively, while Tarnvanichkul slipped back to ninth. The Indy Nxt-experienced Max Taylor climbed from 16th to finish 10th for Race Lab in the team’s first GB3 start.

Bart Harrison was 13th on his GB3 bow for JHR, while fellow debutant Kabir Anurag (Xcel) stalled at the start and eventually came home 17th.

Race results (14 laps)