Photo: Jakob Ebrey Photography
William Macintyre took a maiden GB3 win after Arthur Rogeon slowed from the lead on the final lap of a wet third race at Oulton Park.
JHR Developments’ Patrick Heuzenroeder lined up on reversed-grid pole ahead of Chris Dittmann’s Seb Murray, while Fortec Motorsports’ Colin Queen was demoted three places on the grid for an incident in race two, having been initially due to start from third.
Rodin Motorsport’s Rogeon made a lightning getaway from fourth to lead into Old Hall, and pulled out a two-second lead over Heuzenroeder on lap one. He extended his advantage by a further three seconds in as many laps, while Hitech GP driver Macintyre snatched third from Elite Motorsport’s Jarrod Waberski into Hislops.
On lap five Heuzenroeder slowed with an issue and pulled off the circuit, with Macintyre moving into second and setting the fastest lap, and the safety car was then deployed.
Hillspeed’s Aditya Kulkarni collided with another car during the caution period and retired in the gravel trap with front-right damage, causing a delay to the resumption of the race.
The safety car pulled in with just under five minutes of the allotted time left on the clock, enough for three more laps.
Rogeon continued to lead at the restart from Macintyre and Waberski, while Ugochukwu faced pressure for fourth from Kucharczyk.
Having pulled out a 1.4s advantage, Rogeon dramatically slowed with a gearbox problem on the final lap, and Macintyre sailed through to win by 4.082s from Waberski while Ugochukwu took his second podium of the weekend in third.
Rogeon limped home in sixth, one place behind team-mate Louis Sharp who ended the weekend with the points lead after climbing from 12th on the grid to fifth.
Having lost out to Sharp early on, Murray finished seventh ahead of Elite’s McKenzy Cresswell. Queen came home ninth ahead of Hitech’s Gerrard Xie, while race two winner John Bennett made a slow start from 11th on the grid and finished 14th for JHR.
Race results (12 laps)
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will Macintyre | Hitech GP | 25m55.845s |
| 2 | Jarrod Waberski | Elite Motorsport | +4.082s |
| 3 | Ugo Ugochukwu | Rodin Motorport | +4.899s |
| 4 | Tymek Kucharczyk | Hitech GP | +6.516s |
| 5 | Louis Sharp | Rodin Motorsport | +7.059s |
| 6 | Arthur Rogeon | Rodin Motorsport | +7.504s |
| 7 | Seb Murray | Chris Dittmann Racing | +11.004s |
| 8 | McKenzy Cresswell | Elite Motorsport | +12.980s |
| 9 | Colin Queen | Fortec Motorsports | +13.898s |
| 10 | Gerrard Xie | Hitech GP | +16.035s |
| 11 | Noah Ping | VRD by Arden | +17.417s |
| 12 | Edward Pearson | Fortec Motorsports | +17.720s |
| 13 | Hugo Schwarze | Elite Motorsport | +20.861s |
| 14 | John Bennett | JHR Developments | +21.704s |
| 15 | James Hedley | VRD by Arden | +22.465s |
| 16 | Flynn Jackes | Chris Dittmann Racing | +23.259s |
| 17 | Rishab Jain | Chris Dittmann Racing | +32.045s |
| 18 | Josh Irfan | JHR Developments | +33.623s |
| Ret | Shawn Rashid | VRD by Arden | |
| Ret | Aditya Kulkarni | Hillspeed | |
| Ret | Patrick Heuzenroeder | JHR Developments | |
| Fastest lap: Macintyre, 1m44.352s
Championship standings |
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