Alex Ninovic tightened his grip on the 2025 GB3 Championship during a dramatic weekend at Silverstone. After taking a victory at each of the recent overseas rounds, the Rodin Motorsport driver added another as the second half of the season kicked off on home soil.
The Australian dominated both qualifying sessions, and he converted the first of his poles into a comfortable triumph while a thrilling battle raged behind.
Reza Seewooruthun headed the chasing pack initially before being challenged by Gianmarco Pradel, but Deagen Fairclough pounced by sweeping around both of them. The trio continued to lock horns until Seewooruthun tagged Fairclough into Brooklands, and the Argenti driver soon retired with car damage.
Keanu Al Azhari climbed from sixth to wrestle third away from his Hitech team-mate Fairclough, with Pradel resisting late pressure from the Alpine junior to complete a Rodin 1-2.
Meanwhile, Ninovic’s closest title rival Patrick Heuzenroeder lost out to Will Macintyre in the closing stages and finished sixth.
An early mistake cost Ninovic the lead to Fairclough in the sequel, and the safety car briefly halted his attempts to fight back. Ninovic tried a move at the restart into Copse, but lost momentum on the kerb, before he eventually fought his way past at Aintree. Fairclough’s ambitious attempt to take the place back at the next corner resulted in both drivers tumbling out of points-scoring contention with front-wing damage.
“It’s quite frustrating, we lost some valuable points,” said Ninovic. “There was no chance of him making the corner without hitting me.”
Alpine junior Al Azhari was one of several first-time victors at Silverstone
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Heuzenroeder was briefly delayed by the slowing Fairclough, allowing Al Azhari to snatch the lead, but an error at Aintree left him having to do it all over again. The Emirati did so successfully at Brooklands with two laps to go – and he then led home the Australian for his maiden victory.
Michael Shin, making a cameo return with Hillspeed, took his first podium in third, and Seewooruthun put in another solid showing in fourth.
Pradel, who entered the weekend third in the standings, made amends for a tricky qualifying by winning the finale having led throughout from reversed-grid pole.
“We’ll see if we can get closer to Alex, but it would be great for us to get a 1-2 in the championship,” he said.
Seewooruthun capitalised on an early dice between Red Bull junior Enzo Tarnvanichkul and Noah Lisle to steal fourth, and eventually picked off Kai Daryanani and Jack Sherwood to finish two seconds behind Pradel.
Ninovic extended his championship advantage to 39 points with a strong run from 11th to fourth, as Heuzenroeder slipped down to 12th after running wide while battling Lisle, who went on to complete the podium.
Fairclough and Al Azhari both suffered blows to their titles hopes by failing to see the chequered flag.
“It’s so far been my strongest weekend, how fast and consistent we’ve been,” Ninovic reflected. “I’m looking forward to the next couple of rounds.”
Taylor puts GB4 title contenders in the shade at Silverstone
Taylor won his first race of the season in the GB4 opener, then doubled up in the wet race two
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Jack Taylor scored his first GB4 victories during a weekend of struggles for the championship protagonists at Silverstone.
The Australian driver successfully converted both of his pole positions – though the manner of his two triumphs were markedly different.
He led home a Fortec 1-2 for his maiden win, as team-mate Thomas Ingram Hill climbed from sixth to take second away from Leon Wilson.
A rain shower on the formation lap threatened to turn the sequel on its head. Taylor led most of the field into the pitlane to change to wet tyres, with Ava Dobson and Mayer Deonarine the only two cars to start from the grid on slicks. It didn’t take long for Taylor to reel in and pass the pair, and he controlled a late safety car restart to complete the double.
Behind him were Leandro Juncos (Hillspeed) and highly impressive debutant Arjen Kraling (Douglas), who scored his first car racing podium in just his fifth start. Juncos was again second in the reversed-grid race behind Stefan Bostandjiev, who secured a first win for himself and Pace Performance.
A broken gear linkage in qualifying left Daniel Guinchard starting well down the order for all three races, but an off-form weekend for closest rivals Ary Bansal and Isaac Phelps resulted in his championship lead only shrinking by one point.
Kell father-and-son duo won eventful GT Cup enduro
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A late double overtake helped Darren Kell and his son James claim a dramatic victory in the GT Cup’s second 100-minute enduro of the season.
Kell Sr (McLaren 720S) beat Peter Erceg’s Audi R8 into Maggotts on the opening lap, but the pair soon lost out to Paul Bailey’s Brabham BT62 and Dominic Paul’s Lamborghini. The McLaren and Audi had fought back to first and second when rain arrived, with the cars taken over by Kell Jr and Marcus Clutton respectively while wet tyres were fitted.
Bailey handed over to David Brabham, who retired moments later when the car shed a wheel. Following a resultant safety car period, Kell swept around the outside of Clutton and G-Cat’s Greg Caton at Copse to complete his race-winning move. Clutton took second, while a penalty for Caton promoted AF Corse’s Marcos Vivian and Francesco Castellacci to the podium.
Kell Sr led home Erceg in both of Saturday’s sprint contests. Reigning champion Charlotte Gilbert won Class C for Topcats Racing in race one, though she was denied an outright podium after being passed by David Shaw’s superior GT3 Porsche 911 following a late safety car.
Fenwick took over the Lamborghini Super Trofeo from Gilbert in the sequel and also finished fourth, one place behind team-mate Jarrod Waberski who made a strong recovery from 13th. Gilbert and Fenwick took GTC honours in the enduro with fifth overall.
Marcus Littlewood dominated the first two Radical Cup UK bouts ahead of Max van der Snel and Hamish Forrest. But he was denied a chance to wrap up the title one round early after retiring from the pitstop race, which was won by van der Snel.
Littlewood missed out on the chance of sealing the Radical title early
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