Hedley surges to victory at Snetterton as Voisin takes GB3 points lead

Photo: Jakob Ebrey Photography

Arden VRD’s James Hedley resisted race-long pressure from Matthew Rees to take his second GB3 victory in the opening contest at Snetterton.

Starting from fourth on the grid, Hedley made a lightning getaway to move alongside poleman Rees before sweeping around the outside into the lead at Riches. Rodin Carlin’s Callum Voisin slipped one place off the line and held off title rival Alex Dunne into the first corner to run third.

A good exit from Murrays enabled JHR Developments driver Rees to draw alongside Hedley at the start of lap three, but Hedley maintained the lead on the inside into Riches.

The pair’s battle allowed Voisin and Dunne to close in, with Dunne trying to capitalise by diving to the inside of Voisin into Wilsons hairpin, but remained in fourth.

The front two eventually pulled clear, with Rees remaining firmly on the tail of Hedley for the remainder of the race but was not able to create another overtaking opportunity.

Hedley took the chequered flag 0.353 seconds ahead, while Voisin came home two seconds behind Rees in third, having kept Dunne at bay throughout.

Douglas Motorsport driver Tymek Kucharczyk survived early contact with Hedley’s team-mate Nico Christodoulou – who was forced to pit after losing his front wing in the clash – before passing JHR’s Joseph Loake to finish fifth.

Loake slipped back to sixth, conceding the points lead to Voisin in the process, while Noah Ping profited from team-mate Christodoulou’s misfortune to gain one place to seventh.

Red Bull junior Souta Arao gained two spots to eighth ahead of Elite Motorsport’s McKenzy Cresswell and Carlin’s John Bennett, who climbed from 14th to 10th.

Race result (12 laps)