Carlin's Sun Yue Yang claimed his maiden BRDC British F3 win at Donington Park, converting his pole position and keeping a cool head in a chaotic race.

Local man Tom Gamble climbed from sixth on the grid to take second, with Pavan Ravishankar completing the podium.

There was drama right from the start, with the race red flagged after the initial start due to damage to the circuit, and ruining excellent starts for Gamble, who had climbed into the lead, and for championship leader Linus Lundqvist, who had climbed from 11th on the grid to third, while Manuel Maldonado retired with damage.

With the race restarted with the original grid, it was Yang who led them away off the line, but further down the order there was chaos at Redgate. A spinning Arvin Esmaeili came back onto the track and impacted with Kush Maini and with Lundqvist, while Jusuf Owega was also caught up in the drama, with race one winner Kjaergaard having to take avoiding action in the process.

Esmaeili, Maini, Lundqvist and Owega were all out on the spot, with this being Lundqvist's first retirement of the season, on a weekend where he could have sealed the championship.

The safety car was deployed for several laps while the damage was cleared. Upon the restart, Yang got a decent lead on the field and then led the race for the duration, establishing a gap of over two seconds, while Ravishankar held off the charge of Gamble until the penultimate lap, when the Nottingham driver managed to make a move at Goddards to take second. But with little time left, Gamble was unable to take the fight to the Chinese driver.

Newcomer Hampus Ericsson claimed fourth, just 0.392s away from the podium, with Max Defourny claiming his best British F3 result with fifth. On his 20th birthday, Sasakorn Chaimongkol secured sixth place, less than two tenths clear of Krishnaraaj Mahadik, who climbed from 16th on the grid to seventh.

Ayrton Simmons claimed eighth ahead of front row starter Josh Mason, with Carlin's Jamie Caroline 0.176s behind at the chequered flag and completing the top-10.

Kjaergaard recovered from his off track excursion on the opening lap of the restart to take 12th place behind newcomer Cian Carey. Kjaergaard's points meaning he has further closed the gap to championship leader Lundqvist down to 79 points. Meanwhile, Billy Monger finished in 15th place and last on the road after pitting to change a front wing, but set fastest lap and in doing so claimed pole position for race three, his second pole of the weekend.

The top three drivers were presented with their trophies on the podium by British GT driver and BRDC member Ben Barnicoat. The final race of the weekend, with Monger on pole, starts at 17.25.

BRDC British F3 Championship, Donington Park race two result:

1. Sun Yue Yang, Carlin, 8 laps

2. Tom Gamble, Fortec Motorsports, +1.734s

3. Pavan Ravishankar, Double R Racing, +3.743s

4. Hampus Ericsson, Fortec Motorsports, +4.135s

5. Max Defourny, Douglas Motorsport, +4.761s

6. Sasakorn Chaimongkol, Hillspeed, +5.308s

7. Krishnaraaj Mahadik, Double R Racing, +5.477s

8. Ayrton Simmons, Chris Dittmann Racing, +7.615s

9. Josh Mason, Lanan Racing, +8.056s

10. Jamie Caroline, Carlin, +8.232s

11. Cian Carey, Chris Dittmann Racing, +12.018s

12. Nicolai Kjaergaard, Carlin, +13.653s

13. Jamie Chadwick, Douglas Motorsport, +16.171s

14. Ben Hurst, Hillspeed, +16.920s

15. Billy Monger, Carlin, +22.434s

DNF. Kush Maini, Lanan Racing, 0 laps

DNF. Linus Lundqvist, Double R Racing, 0 laps

DNF. Jusuf Owega, Hillspeed, 0 laps

DNF. Arvin Esmaeili, Douglas Motorsport, 0 laps

DNF. Manuel Maldonado, Fortec Motorsports, did not take restart