Brands Hatch BF3: Sowery takes dominant maiden British F3 win

Championship leader Toby Sowery made a rocketing start from sixth on the grid to clinch a dominant victory in the second race at Brands Hatch.

Sowery got off the line well and overtook a string of cars ahead, passing polesitter Enzo Bortoleto to move into the lead by the end of lap 1.

Once in front, the Lanan driver controlled the proceedings, winning the 14-lap race by a mammoth margin of 9.413 seconds to further extend his championship lead.

Behind him, Indian Tarun Reddy secured his first podium with second place, having passed Ricky Collard and Bortoleto in quick succession in the opening three laps of the race.

Bortoleto, however, managed to hold on to the final spot on the podium, fending off the aforementioned Collard and Douglas’ Thomas Randle. The three drivers were separated by half a second at the chequered flag.

South African Sisa Ngebulana finished in a fine sixth place, ahead of Fortec’s Faisal Al Zubair, who dropping from fifth.

Thomas Maxwell was eighth in the lead Sean Walkinshaw entry, teammate Denyssen behind him in ninth.

The South African overtook Chris Dittmann’s Quinlan Lall and debutant Krishnaraaj Mahadik during the race, with the former ending 10th and latter 11th.

Yesterday’s race winner Matheus Leist spun at Druids corner on the opening lap, bringing his race to a premature end.

Carlin's Colton Herta, who pitted at the end of the first lap, emerged to finish six laps and clocked the fastest lap of the race, giving him pole position for the final race of the weekend.

Race 2 results:

Pos	Driver	Team	Time/Gap
1	Toby Sowery	Lanan Racing	19'10.793
2	Tarun Reddy	Fortec Motorsports	9.413
3	Enzo Bortoleto	Double R Racing	12.985
4	Ricky Collard	Carlin	13.169
5	Thomas Randle	Douglas Motorsport	13.328
6	Sisa Ngebulana	HHC Motorsport	13.981
7	Faisal Al Zubair	Fortec Motorsports	14.856
8	Thomas Maxwell	Sean Walkinshaw Racing	15.469
9	Eugene Denyssen	Sean Walkinshaw Racing	16.537
10	Quinlan Lall	Chris Dittmann Racing	17.288
11	Krishnaraaj Mahadik	Chris Dittmann Racing	18.358
12	Jan Jonck	Sean Walkinshaw Racing	19.160
13	Aleksanteri Huovinen	Double R Racing	19.842
14	Ameya Vaidyanathan	Carlin	21.170
15	Akhil Rabindra	Lanan Racing	21.877
16	Ben Hingeley	HHC Motorsport	22.787
17	Enaam Ahmed	Douglas Motorsport	25.390
	Colton Herta	Carlin	+8 laps
Ret	Jeremy Wahome	Chris Dittmann Racing
Ret	Raoul Hyman	HHC Motorsport
Ret	Matheus Leist	Double R Racing