Ninovic seals GB3 crown as Fluxa wins race three at Donington Park

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Rodin Motorsport’s Alex Ninovic wrapped up the GB3 title with a round to spare at Donington Park, as Lucas Fluxa took a maiden win.

Needing to outscore Patrick Heuzenroeder in race three, Ninovic’s task was made easier by his chief rival being eliminated in a four-car opening lap crash.

Hillspeed’s Fluxa converted reversed-grid pole into the lead at the start, while Bart Harrison took second away from Liam McNeilly.

Ninovic started three places behind Heuzenroeder in 12th, made a good start to pass the Xcel driver immediately, and he was up to eighth by the time he reached McLean’s.

Heuzenroeder tangled with Argenti with Prema’s Reza Seewooruthun at Fogarty, resulting in both cars spinning across the track. In the ensuing chaos behind, Rodin’s Abbi Pulling was launched over the top of Flynn Jackes’ car before sliding into the barriers.

All four drivers walked away unscathed, and a lengthy safety car period followed as their cars were recovered.

Racing resumed for a short period before the race was neutralised once more, as Rodin’s Gianmarco Pradel found the barriers at Coppice.

There was five minutes of allotted time remaining when the track returned to green, and Xcel’s Jack Sherwood immediately tried to snatch second from Harrison into Redgate. He made another attempt into Old Hairpin, but ended up slipping to fourth behind McNeilly.

The front five remained nose to tail until the finish, with Fluxa leading home Harrison, McNeilly, Sherwood and Keanu Al Azhari.

JHR Developments’ Noah Lisle finished sixth, and Ninovic gained one further place to seventh to comfortably clinch the title. Max Taylor finished eighth, with Red Bull junior Enzo Tarnvanichkul and Kai Daryanani completing the top 10.

Race results (18 laps)