Following the conclusion of the final GB3 race of the weekend at Spa-Francorchamps, a revised result has been issued that declares Tommy Smith as the winner.
The race has been counted back to the end of the first lap of the original start. After the red flag for David Morales’ accident, the race was resumed under the safety car, but with an incorrect grid formation.
The stewards report reads as follows:
‘Race 3 was red flagged due to an accident, the leader had completed 2 laps at the time [of] the first showing of the Red Flag. The race was restarted under Safety Car, had another Safety Car phase directly after the restart and was ended when the clock ran to zero.
‘Due to the reported fact, that the procedure for building the grid for the restart was not respected, the Stewards have decided, in accordance with the powers vested in them under FIA International Sporting Code and in accordance with their authority under Article 11.9.2.a, that the result of Race 3 will be based on the order of crossing the finish line after lap 1. That is one lap less than the number of laps completed by the leader at the time of the first showing of the Red Flag.’
As a result, the results from the restart have been declared null and void, and the results have instead been counted back to the original start.
As the leader had completed two laps before the red flag, half points are still eligible to be awarded, despite the official results being rolled back to the end of lap one.
The revised result hands Douglas Motorsport’s Smith his first win of the season, ahead of Carlin’s Callum Voisin, with Zak Taylor third for Fortec.
The revised result is shown below.
GB3 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Spa-Francorchamps revised race three result:
1. Tommy Smith, Douglas Motorsport, 1 lap
2. Callum Voisin, Carlin, +0.235s
3. Zak Taylor, Fortec Motorsport, +0.694s
4. Roberto Faria, Carlin, +1.071s
5. Nick Gilkes, Hillspeed, +1.631s
6. Alex Connor, Arden Motorsport, +2.071s
7. Mikkel Grundtvig, Fortec Motorsport, +2.811s
8. Javier Sagrera, Carlin, +3.167s
9. Marcos Flack, Douglas Motorsport, +3.364s
10. Nico Christodoulou, Arden Motorsport, +3.981s
11. John Bennett, Elite Motorsport, +4.255s
12. Tom Lebbon, Elite Motorsport, +4.510s
13. Cian Shields, Hitech GP, +4.889s
14. James Hedley, JHR Developments, +5.230s
15. Matthew Rees, JHR Developments, +5.332s
16. Joel Granfors, Fortec Motorsport, +5.722s
17. Max Esterson, Douglas Motorsport, +6.145s
18. Luke Browning, Hitech GP, +6.451s
19. Branden Oxley, Chris Dittmann Racing, +6.704s
20. McKenzy Cresswell, Chris Dittmann Racing, +6.785s
21. Bryce Aron, Hitech GP, +6.970s
DNF. David Morales, Arden Motorsport