Macintyre resists Ugochukwu charge to win GB3 race two at Silverstone

Photo: Mat Acton

Will Macintyre took his second GB3 vicory in a heavily-delayed race two at Silverstone ahead of Ugo Ugochukwu and Tymek Kucharczyk.

Torrential rain on Sunday morning resulted in the race being rescheduled to later in the day when conditions had improved significantly, with all drivers fitting wet tyres on a damp but drying circuit.

Hitech GP’s Macintyre made good use of a slightly dry line on the grid’s left-hand side to make a flying getaway from third and grab the lead into Copse. Rodin Motorsport’s Ugochukwu climbed from fifth to second, while front row starters Kucharczyk (Hitech) and McKenzy Cresswell (Elite Motorsport) slipped to third and fourth.

Macintyre pulled out a one-second advantage over the first couple of laps and then edged further clear by a further 0.2s. After being slightly pegged back by Ugochukwu at the race’s halfway mark, Macintyre then set the fastest lap to build his lead to 1.5s. But Ugochukwu then lowered the pace and reduced the gap to 0.5s. 

After responding to edge away once more, Macintyre was reeled in on the final lap by Ugochukwu – who had Kucharczyk close behind – but remained in front until the finish where the trio where separated by 0.679s.

Cresswell finished a further 2.5s adrift in fourth after resisting an early challenge from Rodin’s Louis Sharp, who initially lost out to Cresswell’s team-mate Jarrod Waberski before making his way back past at Village and holding fifth place to the end.

Waberski was later involved in a thrilling three-wide scrap into Brooklands with JHR Developments’ John Bennett and Velocity Racing Development’s James Hedley, but the South African was able to remain in sixth while Hedley snatched seventh from Bennett during that squabble.

Hitech’s Gerrard Xie slipped from fourth to 11th at the start before recovering to ninth ahead of JHR’s Josh Irfan. FIA Formula 3 racer Martinius Stenshorne survived early contact with Fortec Motorsports’ Colin Queen to finish 14th for Chris Dittmann Racing.

Race results (10 laps)