British F3 Brands Hatch Rounds 16, 17 and 18

Donington race one:
Carlin's Nicolai Kjaergaard converted his front row start into his fourth win of the year in a damp opening contest at Donington Park this afternoon.

Kjaergaard got the jump on pole sitter and team mate Billy Monger, and then led the contest from lights to flag, and kept his cool under late pressure from fellow Carlin driver Jamie Caroline, who rose from sixth on the grid to claim second, with Krishnaraaj Mahadik taking the final podium spot in third.

Monger claimed fourth, having fallen as far back as sixth at one point, with the British driver fending off a race-long battle with Lanan Racing's Kush Maini. Ayrton Simmons held a podium spot for Chris Dittmann Racing for much of the race, but dropped back to sixth by the chequered flag.

Monger fought back from his early troubles to claim fourth. He began his fightback by passing Maldonado on lap six, and then claimed fourth when Simmons slipped back on the penultimate lap. Throughout, Monger was almost constantly fending off attention from Maini, celebrating his birthday today, with Monger only breaking clear of the battle in the final stages when he began to threaten for the podium again as Mahadik and Simmons fought for position.

Maini settled for fifth in the end on his 18th birthday, having been as close as 0.116s to Monger, and was comfortably clear of Simmons, who seemed destined for the podium only to slip back on lap 11.

BRDC British F3 Championship, Donington race one result:

1. Nicolai Kjaergaard, Carlin, 12 laps
2. Jamie Caroline, Carlin, +0.752s
3. Krishnaraaj Mahadik, Double R Racing, +11.471s
4. Billy Monger, Carlin, +13.742s
5. Kush Maini, Lanan Racing, +15.354s
6. Ayrton Simmons, Chris Dittmann Racing, +17.156s
7. Manuel Maldonado, Fortec Motorsports, +17.343s
8. Linus Lundqvist, Double R Racing, +17.560s
9. Jusuf Owega, Hillspeed, +19.570s
10. Jamie Chadwick, Douglas Motorsport, +20.354s
11. Max Defourny, Douglas Motorsport, +21.288s
12. Tom Gamble, Fortec Motorsports, +24.852s
13. Hampus Ericsson, Fortec Motorsports, +25.105s
14. Arvin Esmaeili, Douglas Motorsport, +28.764s
15. Pavan Ravishankar, Double R Racing, +33.316s
16. Josh Mason, Lanan Racing, +44.722s
17. Ben Hurst, Hillspeed, +50.311s
18. Sasakorn Chaimongkol, Hillspeed, +52.449s
19. Cian Carey, Chris Dittmann Racing, +53.772s
20. Sun Yue Yang, Carlin, +1m15.407s

BRDC British F3 Championship, Donington, race two result:
Carlin's Sun Yue Yang claimed his maiden BRDC British F3 win at Donington Park, converting his pole position and keeping a cool head in a chaotic race.

There was drama right from the start, with the race red flagged after the initial start due to damage to the circuit, and ruining excellent starts for Gamble, who had climbed into the lead, and for championship leader Linus Lundqvist, who had climbed from 11th on the grid to third, while Manuel Maldonado retired with damage.

With the race restarted with the original grid, it was Yang who led them away off the line, but further down the order there was chaos at Redgate. A spinning Arvin Esmaeili came back onto the track and impacted with Kush Maini and with Lundqvist, while Jusuf Owega was also caught up in the drama, with race one winner Kjaergaard having to take avoiding action in the process.

Esmaeili, Maini, Lundqvist and Owega were all out on the spot, with this being Lundqvist's first retirement of the season, on a weekend where he could have sealed the championship.

BRDC British F3 Championship, Donington, race two result:

1. Sun Yue Yang, Carlin, 8 laps
2. Tom Gamble, Fortec Motorsports, +1.734s
3. Pavan Ravishankar, Double R Racing, +3.743s
4. Hampus Ericsson, Fortec Motorsports, +4.135s
5. Max Defourny, Douglas Motorsport, +4.761s
6. Sasakorn Chaimongkol, Hillspeed, +5.308s
7. Krishnaraaj Mahadik, Double R Racing, +5.477s
8. Ayrton Simmons, Chris Dittmann Racing, +7.615s
9. Josh Mason, Lanan Racing, +8.056s
10. Jamie Caroline, Carlin, +8.232s
11. Cian Carey, Chris Dittmann Racing, +12.018s
12. Nicolai Kjaergaard, Carlin, +13.653s
13. Jamie Chadwick, Douglas Motorsport, +16.171s
14. Ben Hurst, Hillspeed, +16.920s
15. Billy Monger, Carlin, +22.434s
DNF. Kush Maini, Lanan Racing, 0 laps
DNF. Linus Lundqvist, Double R Racing, 0 laps
DNF. Jusuf Owega, Hillspeed, 0 laps
DNF. Arvin Esmaeili, Douglas Motorsport, 0 laps
DNF. Manuel Maldonado, Fortec Motorsports, did not take restart

BRDC British F3 Championship, Donington race three:
Carlin's Nicolai Kjaergaard claimed his second BRDC British F3 win of the weekend at Donington Park this afternoon, finishing two seconds clear of Krishnaraaj Mahadik while Billy Monger claimed third place, having started from pole.

Jamie Chadwick was fourth ahead of Hampus Ericsson, who capped off a fine maiden weekend with fifth place. Max Defourny claimed sixth ahead of Ayrton Simmons with Manuel Maldonado eighth. Race two winner Sun Yue Yang and Sasakorn Chaimongkol completed the top-10.

BRDC British F3 Championship, Donington race three result:

1. Nicolai Kjaergaard, Carlin, 11 laps
2. Krishnaraaj Mahadik, Double R Racing, +2.067s
3. Billy Monger, Carlin, +3.313s
4. Jamie Chadwick, Douglas Motorsport, +4.104s
5. Hampus Ericsson, Fortec Motorsports, +4.939s
6. Max Defourny, Douglas Motorsport, +6.212s
7. Ayrton Simmons, Chris Dittmann Racing, +7.961s
8. Manuel Maldonado, Fortec Motorsports, +9.170s
9. Sun Yue Yang, Carlin, +9.559s
10. Sasakorn Chaimongkol, Hillspeed, +10.439s
11. Linus Lundqvist, Double R Racing, +11.656s
12. Jusuf Owega, Hillspeed, +12.240s
13. Pavan Ravishankar, Double R Racing, +13.428s
14. Josh Mason, Lanan Racing, +16.046s
15. Kush Maini, Lanan Racing, +17.040s
16. Tom Gamble, Fortec Motorsports, +17.399s*
17. Ben Hurst, Hillspeed, +17.628s
DNF. Arvin Esmaeili, Douglas Motorsport, +4 laps
DNF. Cian Carey, Chris Dittmann Racing, +10 laps
DQ. Jamie Caroline, Carlin, DQ**