Louis Sharp has finished in second place as Hitech GP’s Alex Dunne won the opening ROKiT F4 British Championship certified by FIA race of the weekend at Oulton Park. The championship leader finished 7.4 seconds clear of Sharp to wrap up a sixth victory of the season with Aiden Neate in third.
Rodin Cars-backed racer Sharp was on a mission and pounced to take second from Neate at the Knickerbrook chicane. That battle raged on for the remainder of the 20-minute contest, however an opportunity for Neate to strike back never materialised.
“We showed our pace at the start, I was able to get a really good start, and on the first lap I made up two positions, so I couldn’t really ask for much more than that for a first lap,” said Sharp in parc ferme.
Sharp’s second place maintains his record of taking a podium finish at each race meeting, the Kiwi rising star clawing back more ground in the standings after being forced to sit out the opening event due to his age.
“After that, I really just settled into the race and tried to put in consistent laps. I could tell Aiden behind me was a bit quicker, and especially towards the end we lost a bit of pace. I was able to just hold on for second.”
Sunday features another double header of races around the Island circuit at Oulton Park
Race 1 results
1/ Alex DUNNE IRL Hitech GP
2/ Louis SHARP NZL Carlin
3/ Aiden NEATE GBR Phinsys by Argenti
4/ Georgi DIMITROV BUL JHR Developments
5/ Daniel GUINCHARD GBR Phinsys by Argenti
6/ Oliver GRAY GBR Carlin
7/ Joseph LOAKE GBR JHR Developments
8/ Oliver STEWART GBR Hitech GP
9/ Michael SHIN KOR Virtuosi Racing
10/ Eduardo COSETENG PHI Hitech GP
11/ Noah LISLE AUS JHR Developments
12/ Edward PEARSON GBR Virtuosi Racing
13/ Joel PEARSON GBR Chris Dittmann Racing
14/ Adam FITZGERALD IRL Phinsys by Argenti
15/ Daniel MAVLYUTOV GBR Hitech GP
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DNF Ugo UGOCHUKWU USA Carlin
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