Maini the man in opening Spa session, but a dissapointing race weekend.
Lanan Racing's Kush Maini set the fastest time in the opening test session of the weekend at Spa Francorchamps this morning (Friday), with an effort of 2m18.698s being just over four tenths quicker than Douglas Motorsport's Jamie Chadwick.
A difficult qualifying session, saw Kush Maini line up P10 and Josh Mason P18.
Spa race one:
Kjaergaard's fifth place means he has lost more ground in the championship battle, though once again demonstrated his overtaking abilities by climbing from 12th on the grid to sixth on lap one and then passing Maini on lap two. He finished ahead of team mate Monger who was in the thick of the action - he started fifth but was relegated to seventh on the first lap. Starting lap seven he was just a tenth behind Maini and made a move stick to claim sixth, finishing over two and a half seconds clear of Maini who had to fend off Jusuf Owega in the closing stages
BRDC British F3 Championship, Spa Francorchamps race one result:
1. Linus Lundqvist, Double R Racing, 8 laps
2. Tom Gamble, Fortec Motorsports, +0.495s
3. Krishnaraaj Mahadik, Double R Racing, +3.229s
4. Manuel Maldonado, Fortec Motorsports, +4.206s
5. Nicolai Kjaergaard, Carlin, +6.386s
6. Billy Monger, Carlin, +7.259s
7. Kush Maini, Lanan Racing, +9.924s
8. Jusuf Owega, Hillspeed, +10.331s
9. Sun Yue Yang, Carlin, +11.831s
10. Sasakorn Chaimongkol, Hillspeed, +12.647s
11. Jamie Caroline, Carlin, +12.754s
12. Jamie Chadwick, Douglas Motorsport, +14.901s
13. Pavan Ravishankar, Double R Racing, +15.037s
14. Josh Mason, Lanan Racing, +21.210s
15. Arvin Esmaeili, Douglas Motorsport, +21.591s
16. Tristan Charpentier, Fortec Motorsports, +1m02.868s
17. Ben Hurst, Hillspeed, +1m34.299s
18. Ayrton Simmons, Chris Dittmann Racing, +1m39.791s
DNF. Max Defourny, Douglas Motorsport, +7 laps
BRDC British F3 Championship, Spa Francorchamps, race one result:
Carlin's Jamie Caroline climbed from eighth on the grid to claim a dominant win in race two of his maiden main-season race weekend at Spa Francorchamps in the BRDC British F3 Championship. Caroline was second at the end of the first lap after passing Ayrton Simmons around the outside of Blanchimont, and then made the move on Tristan Charpentier on lap five, before streaking into the distance.
Carlin's Sun Yue Yang claimed seventh after re-passing championship leader Linus Lundqvist on the last lap. Lundqvist climbed from 18th and last on the grid to take eighth place and further extend his advantage with main rival Nicolai Kjaergaard finishing 12th and Tom Gamble failing to finish. Hillspeed's Jusuf Owega and Lanan Racing's Kush Maini completed the top-10.
Owega recovered well from the first lap drama to secure ninth place with a fighting drive while Maini climbed from 17th after receiving his grid penalty to round out the top-10.
BRDC British F3 Championship, Spa Francorchamps, race two result:
1. Jamie Caroline, Carlin, 9 laps
2. Tristan Charpentier, Fortec Motorsports, +3.085s
3. Sasakorn Chaimongkol, Hillspeed, +3.586s
4. Ayrton Simmons, Chris Dittmann Racing, +4.575s
5. Krishnaraaj Mahadik, Double R Racing, +6.245s
6. Jamie Chadwick, Douglas Motorsport, +6.638s
7. Sun Yue Yang, Carlin, +7.307s
8. Linus Lundqvist, Double R Racing, +8.504s
9. Jusuf Owega, Hillspeed, +8.529s
10. Kush Maini, Lanan Racing, +9.064s
11. Manuel Maldonado, Fortec Motorsports, +10.545s
12. Nicolai Kjaergaard, Carlin, +12.356s
13. Billy Monger, Carlin, +12.782s
14. Ben Hurst, Hillspeed, +13.502s
15. Josh Mason, Lanan Racing, +28.187s
16. Arvin Esmaeili, Douglas Motorsport, +29.394s
17. Pavan Ravishankar, Double R Racing, +52.716s
DNF. Tom Gamble, Fortec Motorsports, +5 laps
BRDC British F3 Championship, Spa Francorchamps race three:
Double R Racing's championship leader Linus Lundqvist claimed his second win of the weekend in the final race at Spa Francorchamps.
Lundqvist passed early leader Billy Monger on lap two, and then led for the remainder of the race to stretch his championship lead once more. Pole sitter Tom Gamble claimed second ahead of Monger, who scooped his second podium of the year with third.
Manuel Maldonado was fourth for Fortec ahead of Hillspeed's Jusuf Owega, with race two winner Jamie Caroline sixth. Tristan Charpentier, Krishnaraaj Mahadik, Sun Yue Yang and Sasakorn Chaimongkol completed the top-10.
BRDC British F3 Championship, Spa Francorchamps race three result:
1. Linus Lundqvist, Double R Racing, 9 laps
2. Tom Gamble, Fortec Motorsports, +0.770s
3. Billy Monger, Carlin, +4.030s
4. Manuel Maldonado, Fortec Motorsports, +5.605s
5. Jusuf Owega, Hillspeed, +14.602s
6. Jamie Caroline, Carlin, +15.863s
7. Tristan Charpentier, Fortec Motorsports, +16.817s
8. Krishnaraaj Mahadik, Double R Racing, +17.115s
9. Sun Yue Yang, Carlin, +17.260s
10. Sasakorn Chaimongkol, Hillspeed, +17.791s
11. Kush Maini, Lanan Racing, +19.284s
12. Jamie Chadwick, Douglas Motorsport, +19.952s
13. Ben Hurst, Hillspeed, +26.879s
14. Arvin Esmaeili, Douglas Motorsport, +28.438s
15. Pavan Ravishankar, Double R Racing, +29.457s
DNF. Josh Mason, Lanan Racing, +2 laps
DNF. Ayrton Simmons, Chris Dittmann Racing, +2 laps
DNF. Nicolai Kjaergaard, Carlin, +2 laps
Photo credit: BRDC British F3 and British GT