Seewooruthun secures his second British F4 success at Silverstone

Photo: Jakob Ebrey Photography

Reza Seewooruthun rounded out British Formula 4’s round on Silverstone’s Grand Prix layout with his second career victory.

Despite a safety car intervention, Seewooruthun ran without pressure for the majority of the race and finished 1.760 seconds clear of championship-leading Hitech GP team-mate Deagen Fairclough.

Rodin Motorsport’s Alex Ninovic finished third, meaning he trails Fairclough by 29 points at the season’s halfway point.

Seewooruthun and Fairclough both got good launches from the front row, while Rodin’s James Higgins was taken out of the race via a hit from behind after starting third. Kai Daryanani and Nina Pothof went off on the opening lap too, with the latter able to make it to the pits after while Daryanani became stuck in the gravel.

The two incidents prompted the safety car to be called, putting Fairclough back on Seewooruthun’s tail.

Seewooruthun left it late to return to racing speed on the restart. Fairclough was able to stick with him and the two broke away from the rest of the field while Rodin’s Jack Sherwood soaked up pressure from Alex Ninovic for third.

They were later joined in battle by JHR Developments’ Leo Robinson, and Ninovic was just able to squeeze ahead of Sherwood after one side-by-side moment. Robinson then immediately followed him through.

Ninovic could not catch the top two and was almost three seconds behind Fairclough when the race ended after nine laps.

Late on Sherwood found himself leading a train of four drivers. Virtuosi Racing’s Maxwell Dodds, who had been fifth during the early safety car period but fell behind Robinson on the restart, was the first to put pressure on Sherwood but he could not get past. He finished sixth, ahead of JHR’s Ella Lloyd.

Race result (9 laps)