Krishnaraaj Mahadik claimed his maiden BRDC British Formula 3 victory in race two of the weekend on the magnificent full Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit, after he finished second on track but was promoted to the win after on the road victor Toby Sowery failed eligibility in post-race scrutineering. The Carlin duo of James Pull and Enaam Ahmed finished second and third respectively.

After finishing eighth in race one of the weekend, Mahadik, who returned to BRDC British F3 this weekend, started on pole and he duly led into Paddock Hill Bend as the lights went out. Chris Dittmann Racing’s Jeremy Wahome made a quick start from the second row and cut back down the inside of second placed starter Dane Nicolai Kjaergaard into Druids. Contact was made between the pair though and that caused a concertina effect, with Douglas Motorsport’s Jordan Cane being unfortunate to get caught up in the accident.

That afforded the opportunity for those starting further back to move up the order and Sowery took full advantage by gaining three places to run third on the opening lap. The Carlin duo of James Pull and Enaam Ahmed inhabited fourth and fifth whilst Ben Hingeley made a storming start in his Fortec Motorsports machine, having made up eight places to run sixth. Other fast starters including Omar Ismail, moving up five places to seventh and Cameron Das and Guilherme Samaia both gaining six places to run ninth and 10th respectively.

A train began to form behind Kenyan Wahome, enabling Mahadik to open up a small advantage at the front, but Sowery soon broke the status quo as he made a brave move on the Chris Dittmann Racing man at Sheene. That released the multiple British F3 race-winner who soon began setting a number of fastest laps to close the gap to Mahadik ahead.

Cameron Das dropped down the order after being forced to pit with a puncture, whilst on track, his Carlin team-mate James Pull attempted to pass Wahome around the outside at Paddock Hill. Pull ran wide however, flirting with the gravel, and Ben Hingeley took advantage to move up yet another position to fourth.

Sowery meanwhile had closed the gap to the leader Mahadik and after sizing him up, made a successful switchback through Paddock Hill and slid up the inside of the Indian at Druids to seize the lead. As the cars behind came through the same corner, Ben Hingeley made his move for the podium positions around the outside of Wahome, but the Brit and the Kenyan came to blows, with Hingeley ending up in the gravel and out of the race. Wahome continued on but dropped down the order to fifth, with Pull and Ahmed promoted to third and fourth respectively. After the race, Wahome was excluded from the results for driving in a manner incompatible with general safety owing to the incident.

Further round the lap, Chase Owen made contact with the rear of Guilherme Samaia, sending the Brazilian off into the gravel at Stirlings and thus the Safety Car was called for. After a brief period recovering the two stranded Tatuus-Cosworth cars, the Safety Car peeled back into the pitlane and Sowery made a brilliant restart, gapping the field behind as he turned into Paddock Hill. Omar Ismail meanwhile passed team-mate Wahome to move up to fifth whilst Pull pressured Mahadik for second.

In the closing stages, Sowery stretched his lead to over five seconds whilst Mahadik fended off Pull well and as the chequered flag came out after 14 laps, the order remained unchanged.

In post-race scrutineering, Toby Sowery’s car failed the eligibility criteria and thus was excluded from the race results. The Clerk of the Course was satisfied that this was due to an error and not an attempt to gain an unfair advantage. Sowery’s fastest lap from race two was also discounted and he will therefore line-up fourth for race three. That meant that Mahadik, on his return to the UK’s premier single-seater championship, took his maiden win in British F3, with Pull second and Ahmed third. Fourth went to Omar Ismail with Jamie Chadwick fifth, Chase Owen sixth and Callan O’Keeffe seventh. The top-10 was rounded out by Manuel Maldonado, Nick Worm and Cameron Das.

The third and final race of the weekend on the majestic full Grand Prix circuit at Brands Hatch gets underway at 17:00 with Enaam Ahmed on pole position. You can follow all the action through live timing and updates on the official BRDC British F3 website.

BRDC British F3 – Brands Hatch GP – Race Two Result



1. Krishnaraaj Mahadik, Double R Racing, 14 Laps

2. James Pull, Carlin, +2.307s

3. Enaam Ahmed, Carlin, +4.432s

4. Omar Ismail, Chris Dittmann Racing, +5.148s

5. Jamie Chadwick, Double R Racing, +6.035s

6. Chase Owen, Hillspeed with Cliff Dempsey Racing, +6.693s

7. Callan O’Keeffe, Douglas Motorsport, +6.907s

8. Manuel Maldonado, Fortec Motorsports, +7.467s

9. Nick Worm, Hillspeed with Cliff Dempsey Racing, +11.251s

10. Cameron Das, Carlin, +11.487s

11. Nicolai Kjaergaard, Fortec Motorsports, +1 Lap

DNF. Ben Hingeley, Fortec Motorsports, 7 Laps

DNF. Guilherme Samaia, Double R Racing, 7 Laps

DNF. Jordan Cane, Douglas Motorsport, 1 lap

EXC. Jeremy Wahome, Chris Dittmann Racing, Excluded

EXC. Toby Sowery, Lanan Racing, Excluded