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Home News Gill beats Ferrer to take race three win at Rockingham
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Gill beats Ferrer to take race three win at Rockingham

by Gruz David
written by Gruz David
Photo: Jakob Ebrey Photography

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