- Swede celebrates pivotal moment in championship quest
- Fortec driver strengthens title grip in penultimate round of the season
Linus Granfors bagged an important success in his quest for the GB4 Championship title with a wet-weather victory at Donington Park in the penultimate round of the season.
Granfors entered this weekend’s races with a 15-point lead in the British single-seater series, and kept his cool in a crucial part of the championship to more than double his advantage at the head of the standings with just one round to go.
The 17-year-old Swede delivered his sixth victory of the season with a strong drive in the wet in the second race of the triple-header weekend.
“It’s been a good, and important, weekend here at Donington,” says Linus Granfors. “The big aim was to extend our lead in the championship, and that’s what we did. I’m especially pleased to win the second race in the wet. That hasn’t been our strength so far, but we’ve sorted it now and that makes me really confident heading into the finale in a few weeks’ time, regardless of the weather.”
Granfors opened the weekend at Donington Park with a P4 finish in Race 1, fighting back through the pack after dropping several places at the start. Via his win in Race 2, the Fortec racer then concluded the weekend with a P6 finish in the reversed-grid Race 3, coming through from the back of the pack.
“Our priority now of course is the title, so I didn’t want to take any huge risks today,” Linus Granfors concludes. “I think we achieved what we wanted here and took the points we should. I’m happy with the weekend. We’re in a better position now than before we came here, but I’m not taking anything for granted. The finale will be really tough and we need to make sure we leave nothing down to chance there.”
Following this weekend’s races, Granfors extends his lead from 15 to 35 points in the overall standings. The GB4 Championship finale takes place at the Brands Hatch GP circuit on the final weekend of September.
RESULTS
GB4 Championship
Rd. 6 – Donington Park (GBR)
Race 1
1: Lucas Blakeley (GBR), 12 laps
2: Finn Harrison (GBR), +5.379s
3: Alisha Palmowski (GBR), +11.954s
4: Linus Granfors (SWE), +12.542s
Race 2
1: Linus Granfors (SWE), 11 laps
2: Finn Harrison (GBR), +1.233s
3: Lucas Blakeley (GBR), +3.676s
Race 3
1: Harry Burgoyne (GBR), 12 laps
2: Lucas Blakeley (GBR), +0.491s
3: Alisha Palmowski (GBR), +10.482s
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6: Linus Granfors (SWE), +16.291s
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
GB4 Championship
After 6/7 rounds
1: Linus Granfors (SWE), 391 p.
2: Alisha Palmowski (GBR), 356 p.
3: Harry Burgoyne (GBR), 354 p.
4: Branden Templeton (GBR), 267 p.
5: Callum Baxter (CAN), 249 p.