VRD Racing by Arden’s Nikita Johnson won the final race of the GB3 Championship season at Brands Hatch, as Rodin Motorsport’s Louis Sharp wrapped up the Driver’s Championship.
Sharp needed to finish inside the top-11 to guarantee the title, and he did just that by finishing 10th.
John Bennett needed to finish inside the top-two to have any chance of stealing the title, but could only work his way up to ninth.
Johnson's win was his second of the year, withstanding big pressure from Rodin’s outgoing champion Callum Voisin, with his teammate Arthur Rogeon finishing third to ensure Rodin won the Team’s Championship also.
Elite Motorsport's Jarrod Waberski engaged in battle with Hitech's Will Macintyre throughout, and emerged on top to claim fourth with the British driver fifth.
JHR's Patrick Heuzenroeder took sixth ahead of Hitech's Tymek Kucharczyk who secured third in the championship, while JHR's Bennett found his way past Sharp at the start to take ninth, but was unable to progress from there.
Sharp was very nearly wiped out of the race by a spinning Hugo Schwarze on the first lap, after the German driver suffered a puncture, but just about steered clear to bank the final spot in the top-10, and secure the title with a clean race. The British-born New Zealander secures a prize FIA F3 test as a result, and becomes the first driver to secure back-to-back British F4 and GB3 crowns as a result.
GB3 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Brands Hatch race three provisional result:
1. Nikita Johnson, VDR Racing by Arden, 17 laps
2. Callum Voisin, Rodin Carlin, +0.178s
3. Arthur Rogeon, Rodin Motorsport, +3.553s
4. Jarrod Waberski, Elite Motorsport, +7.841s
5. Will Macintyre, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +8.211s
6. Patrick Heuzenroeder, JHR Developments, +10.051s
7. Gerrard Xie, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +10.554s
8. Tymek Kucharczyk, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +10.826s
9. John Bennett, JHR Developments, +11.421s
10. Louis Sharp, Rodin Motorsport, +12.008s
11. Mckenzy Cresswell, Elite Motorsport, +12.445s
12. James Hedley, Chris Dittmann Racing, +13.589s
13. Seb Murray, Chris Dittmann Racing, +17.845s
14. Colin Queen, Fortec Motorsport, +18.180s
15. Aditya Kulkarni, Hillspeed, +18.459s
16. Josh Irfan, JHR Developments, +20.394s
17. Tom Mills, Chris Dittmann Racing, +22.634s
18. Shawn Rashid, VRD Racing by Arden, +23.069s
19. Hugo Schwarze, Elite Motorsport, DNF
20. Noah Ping, VRD Racing by Arden, DNF