Coulthard charges to maiden win as GB4 title contenders clash

Photo: Jakob Ebrey Photography

Dayton Coulthard climbed from sixth on the grid to score his first car racing victory in a thrilling opening race of GB4’s Donington Park finale.

The Douglas Motorsport driver led home Elite Motorsport’s Ary Bansal, who strengthened his title hopes by charging from ninth to second, while Lucas Blakeley completed a double podium for Douglas on his GB4 return.

Chief title rivals Isaac Phelps (Elite) and Daniel Guinchard (Hillspeed) started alongside each other on the front row, with Phelps making a slightly slow getaway but fending off Guinchard into Redgate.

The pair ran nose-to-tail down the Craner Curves before Guinchard tagged the rear of Phelps’ car approaching Old Hairpin, sending them both off the road. The pair rejoined well down the order.

Arden’s Leon Wilson profited from the incident to lead from Coulthard, who had swept ahead of Blakeley before inheriting second.

The safety car was soon deployed due to a separate lap one collision, with KMR Sport’s Alex O’Grady tagging Fortec Motorsports’ Jack Taylor into a race-ending spin at Redgate before retiring himself further around the lap.

Wilson initially edged half a second clear once racing resumed on lap four but he was soon reeled in by Coulthard, who was closely followed by Blakeley and Bansal.

After applying pressure for a couple of laps, Coulthard dived to the inside of Wilson into Old Hairpin to snatch the lead, and then resisted renewed challenges from his pursuer into Macleans, and again further around the lap at Melbourne hairpin

By now, Bansal had taken third away from Blakeley following a dice that lasted for three corners. He then set his sights on Wilson, lunging up the inside to grab second at Redgate on the penultimate lap, and the battle allowed Coulthard to build a one-second advantage

Bansal halved the deficit on the final lap but had to settle for second, as Coulthard became the 11th different winner of 2025.

Wilson faded further and lost out to Blakeley, who marked his first car racing start in more than a year with third. Fortec’s Thomas Ingram Hill finished fifth ahead of Leandro Juncos, Alex Kattoulas and Enzo Hallman.

Phelps recovered to pass Pace Performances’ Stefan Bostandjiev for ninth on the final lap while Guinchard came home one place behind Luca Magnussen in 12th.

Guinchard’s championship lead has been reduced to just five points heading into Sunday’s three races, with Bansal moving up one place to second ahead of Phelps, who is 13 points further behind.

Race results (11 laps)