Hitech Pulse Eight’s Tymek Kucharczyk and VRD Racing by Arden’s Nikita Johnson were the winners in Sunday’s GB3 Championship races at Circuit Zandvoort in Holland. Having finished fourth in Saturday’s opening race, Kiwi Louis Sharp had a DNF in Sunday’s race 2 and finished seventh in Race three and now lies second overall in the championship.
“Tough break this morning at Zandvoort with a DNF in Race 2,” said Sharp. “Gutted to be taken out from behind while sitting in P2, but setbacks like this are part of the game.”
Kucharczyk regained the championship lead with his fourth win of the year in race two this morning, while Johnson celebrated his first ever win in Europe with his race three triumph.
See also: Sharp fourth at Zandvoort, holds narrow GB3 Championship lead
Race two
Kucharczyk emerged on top in a dramatic second race of the weekend, making two good starts to take the lead from second on the grid, with the second coming after the first start had been red flagged after a multi car collision.
He made the most again at the restart, and soared into the lead, winning with a margin of over seven seconds to Rodin’s James Hedley after nine laps of racing in a shortened contest.
Elite’s McKenzy Cresswell was third ahead of Fortec’s Colin Queen, who surged up the order to fourth ahead of JHR’s Patrick Heuzenroeder and Johnson, who started his day with sixth place.
Kucharczyk’s win allied to a non-score for Rodin’s Louis Sharp meant he regained the championship lead he lost in Hungary, while JHR’s John Bennett could only manage 15th after picking up damage, while fellow Hitech runner Will Macintyre was one of four drivers wiped out at the original start.
Race three
Johnson started second on the grid, and while he held that position off the line, he was passed by Heuzenroeder, who put his brightly re-liveried car at the head of the field momentarily on the first lap.
Both passed pole sitter Josh Irfan, but Heuzenroeder’s lead was short lived as Johnson moved past seconds later, and built a lead of over four seconds before the safety car was deployed to recover a stranded car.
Johnson mastered the restart though and took his first GB3 win with a 1.6 margin to Elite’s McKenzy Cresswell, who found his way into second ahead of Heuzenroeder, who earned his first podium of the year.
Hugo Schwarze (Elite), Macintyre and VRD Racing by Arden’s Noah Ping completed the top-six, ahead of championship challenger Sharp. Kucharczyk rounded off his weekend with an eventful drive to 10th.
The GB3 field return to action at the end of the month on the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit.
See also: Sharp fourth at Zandvoort, holds narrow GB3 Championship lead
GB3 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, driver’s standings after race 15 of 24
1/ Tymek Kucharczyk, Hitech Pulse-Eight, 283pts
2/ Louis Sharp, Rodin Motorsport, 265pts
3/ Will Macintyre, Hitech Pulse-Eight, 263pts
4/ John Bennett, JHR Developments, 253pts
5/ McKenzy Cresswell, Elite Motorsport, 219pts
6/ Jarrod Waberski, Elite Motorsport, 164pts
GB3 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Zandvoort race two top-six result:
1/ Tymek Kucharczyk, Hitech Pulse-Eight, 9 laps
2/ James Hedley, Rodin Motorsport, +7.474s
3/ McKenzy Cresswell, Elite Motorsport, +8.222s
4/ Colin Queen, Fortec Motorsport, +8.626s
5/ Patrick Heuzenroeder, JHR Developments, +9.623s
6/ Nikita Johnson, VRD Racing by Arden, +11.704s
DNF Louis Sharp, Rodin Motorsport
GB3 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Zandvoort race three provisional top-sevenresult:
1/ Nikita Johnson, VRD Racing by Arden, 16 laps
2/ McKenzy Cresswell, Elite Motorsport, +1.644s
3/ Patrick Heuzenroeder, JHR Developments, +2.176s
4/ Hugo Schwarze, Elite Motorsport, +2.579s
5/ Will Macintyre, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +3.052s
6/ Noah Ping, VRD Racing by Arden, +3.412s
7/ Louis Sharp, Rodin Motorsport
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