JHR Developments’ John Bennett set the pace in practice on the Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit this morning (Saturday).
The title contender put yesterday’s heavy shunt behind him to go top on his final lap, setting a 1m19.545s, just under a tenth of a second clear of Rodin’s championship leader Louis Sharp who had topped much of the session.
The top two were 0.204s clear of Elite Motorsport’s McKenzy Cresswell, who was five thousandths of a second ahead of Hitech Pulse-Eight’s championship hopeful Tymek Kucharczyk, with the Pole’s teammate Will Macintyre completing the top-five.
Elite’s Jarrod Waberski was next up, a tenth of a second quicker than the third Hitech of Gerrard Xie, with returning champion Callum Voisin eighth, ahead of Chris Dittmann Racing’s James Hedley, who was the final driver within a second of the outright pace.
Rodin’s Arthur Rogeon completed the top-10, ahead of reigning GB4 champion Tom Mills in 11th.
The field returns to action at 11.40 for the final qualifying session of the season.
GB3 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Brands Hatch free practice result:
1. John Bennett, JHR Developments, 1m19.545s
2. Louis Sharp, Rodin Motorsport, +0.090s
3. McKenzy Cresswell, Elite Motorsport, +0.294s
4. Tymek Kucharczyk, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +0.299s
5. Will Macintyre, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +0.468s
6. Jarrod Waberski, Elite Motorsport, +0.558s
7. Gerrard Xie, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +0.663s
8. Callum Voisin, Rodin Carlin, +0.922s
9. James Hedley, Chris Dittmann Racing, +0.944s
10. Arthur Rogeon, Rodin Motorsport, +1.034s
11. Tom Mills, Chris Dittmann Racing, +1.038s
12. Hugo Schwarze, Elite Motorsport, +1.048s
13. Seb Murray, Chris Dittmann Racing, +1.322s
14. Josh Irfan, JHR Developments, +1.425s
15. Noah Ping, VRD Racing by Arden, +1.282s
16. Patrick Heuzenroeder, JHR Developments, +1.686s
17. Shawn Rashid, VRD Racing by Arden, +1.700s
18. Aditya Kulkarni, Hillspeed, +1.975s
19. Colin Queen, Fortec Motorsport, +2.245s
20. Nikita Johnson, VDR Racing by Arden, +3.194s