Photo: Jakob Ebrey Photography
16-year-old British driver Alex Gill won the third race of the Protyre Formula Renault event at Rockingham after a close battle with Matteo Ferrer.
Having started from second, Gill put pressure on Ferrer right away before passing him on lap eight. The youngster started to pull away in the lead, only to lose his advantage because of a safety car period triggered by a collision between TJ Fischer and Wolfgang Reip.?
After the safety car, Gill managed to narrowly keep the lead and came home first with a 0.3s advantage over Ferrer, who completed the weekend as the championship leader.
Piers Hickin collected another podium finish, closely followed by Pietro Fittipaldi. With Ben Barnicoat having finished fifth, the RSF protege managed to end all the qualifying sessions and races in the very same position.
MGR duo Tarun Reddy and Colin Noble Jr. took sixth and seventh respectively, while Dimitris Papanastasiou ending up in eighth. The top ten was completed by Patrick Dussault and Atte Lehtonen.
Race result
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time/Gap |
| 1 | Alex Gill | Fortec Motorsports | 18 laps in 25:31.883 |
| 2 | Matteo Ferrer | MGR Motorsport | +0.305 |
| 3 | Piers Hickin | Scorpio Motorsport | +5.183 |
| 4 | Pietro Fittipaldi | MGR Motorsport | +5.649 |
| 5 | Ben Barnicoat | Fortec Motorsports | +8.871 |
| 6 | Tarun Reddy | MGR Motorsport | +9.508 |
| 7 | Colin Noble Jr | MGR Motorsport | +10.067 |
| 8 | Dimitris Papanastasiou | Hillspeed | +14.000 |
| 9 | Patrick Dussault | Cliff Dempsey Racing | +14.659 |
| 10 | Atte Lehtonen | SWB Motorsport | +20.219 |
| 11 | Niklas Tiihonen | Circulation Motorsport | +25.397 |
| 12 | Jack Butel | SWB Motorsport | +27.737 |
| 13 | TJ Fischer | Cliff Dempsey Racing | +1 lap |
| 14 | Wolfgang Reip | Fortec Motorsports | +2 laps |
Championship standings
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Pts. |
| 1 | Matteo Ferrer | MGR Motorsport | 89 |
| 2 | Piers Hickin | Scorpio Motorsport | 78 |
| 3 | Pietro Fittipaldi | MGR Motorsport | 76 |
| 4 | Alex Gill | Fortec Motorsports | 70 |
| 5 | Ben Barnicoat | Fortec Motorsports | 60 |
| 6 | Colin Noble Jr | MGR Motorsport | 50 |
| 7 | Tarun Reddy | MGR Motorsport | 50 |
| 8 | Wolfgang Reip | Fortec Motorsports | 41 |
| 9 | Patrick Dussault | Cliff Dempsey Racing | 37 |
| 10 | Atte Lehtonen | SWB Motorsport | 33 |
| 11 | Dimitris Papanastasiou | Hillspeed | 31 |
| 12 | Niklas Tiihonen | Circulation Motorsport | 30 |
| 13 | Jack Butel | SWB Motorsport | 26 |
| 14 | TJ Fischer | Cliff Dempsey Racing | 24 |