
Photo: Jakob Ebrey Photography
Nikita Johnson scored a maiden GB3 victory in the final race of the weekend at Zandvoort.
The Velocity Racing Development by Arden driver was beaten by JHR Developments’ Patrick Heuzenroeder into turn one, while Heuzenroeder’s team-mate Josh Irfan was slow away from reversed-grid pole and lost several places.
Heuzenroeders’s lead only lasted for two corners before Johnson competed a move up the inside, with Elite Motorsport’s McKenzy Cresswell also passing the Australian for second.
Johnson built a four-second advantage in the first eight laps before the safety car was deployed due to Chris Dittmann Racing’s Seb Murray pulling off the circuit with an issue. The race resumed two laps later, with Johnson edging clear of Cresswell and Heuzenroeder to win by 1.644s.
Elite’s Hugo Schwarze and Hitech GP’s Will Macintyre both passed Rodin Motorsport’s Arthur Rogeon in the early stages before finishing fourth and fifth.
A frenetic scrap ensued behind the top five following the safety car period, with Louis Sharp trying to pass team-mate Rogeon before losing out to VRD’s Noah Ping, and the New Zealander was then shuffled back to ninth by title rival Tymek Kucharczyk and Gerrard Xie.
Sharp soon regained one place when Xie slid off the road at turn one. He then gained another when Kucharczyk went off while trying to drive around the outside of Rogeon, who by now had lost sixth to Ping. Sharp came home behind Ping in seventh while Irfan recovered to eighth, having slipped out of the top 10 at one stage.
Rogeon slowed late on and became embroiled in a four-wide battle down the pit straight with Kucharczyk, JHR’s John Bennett and Fortec Motorsports’ Colin Queen, the latter coming out on top to finish ninth. Kucharzyk held onto 10th ahead of Bennett, who had started from 17th having been handed a grid penalty for the incident with Sharp in race two. Rodin’s James Hedley was 12th after losing ground in an early collision.
Elite’s Jarrod Waberski was also hampered by a late collision with Rogeon, the pair finishing 16th and 17th.
Race results (16 laps)
Pos | Driver | Team | Time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Nikita Johnson | VRD by Arden | 26m19.590s |
2 | McKenzy Cresswell | Elite Motorsport | +1.644s |
3 | Patrick Heuzenroeder | JHR Developments | +2.176s |
4 | Hugo Schwarze | Elite Motorsport | +2.579s |
5 | Will Macintyre | Hitech GP | +3.052s |
6 | Noah Ping | VRD by Arden | +3.412s |
7 | Louis Sharp | Rodin Motorsport | +7.822s |
8 | Josh Irfan | JHR Developments | +8.276s |
9 | Colin Queen | Fortec Motorsports | +9.800s |
10 | Tymek Kucharczyk | Hitech GP | +10.171s |
11 | John Bennett | JHR Developments | +10.604s |
12 | James Hedley | Rodin Motorsport | +11.208s |
13 | Edward Pearson | Fortec Motorsports | +11.786s |
14 | Gerrard Xie | Hitech GP | +12.253s |
15 | Flynn Jackes | Chris Dittmann Racing | +13.905s |
16 | Jarrod Waberski | Elite Motorsport | +14.110s |
17 | Arthur Rogeon | Rodin Motorsport | +15.581s |
18 | Aditya Kulkarni | Hillspeed | +16.559s |
19 | Shawn Rashid | VRD by Arden | +1m12.363s |
Ret | Seb Murray | Chris Dittmann Racing | |
Fastest lap: Johnson, 1m32.623s
Championship standings |