- Swede wins again to extend championship lead
- Triumphant start to new partnership with Compound Footwear
Linus Granfors equalled the GB4 Championship win streak record by scoring his fourth consecutive victory in the British single-seater series this weekend at Donington Park.
Contesting his first season of international racing, 16-year-old Granfors continued to upstage the opposition by controlling the first race of the weekend to win from pole position.
The effort combined with previous triumphs at Oulton Park and Silverstone to extend Granfors’ run of consecutive victories to four, tying the GB4 record. Fittingly, the success came on a weekend when Granfors announced a new sponsorship arrangement with Compound Footwear, giving the partnership a winning start.
“Four in a row!”says Linus Granfors. “It’s been a great weekend. Donington was yet another new track for me, so it took a couple of sessions to get up to speed, but in the end we managed to do so and win the first race. I got a good start from pole and was able to control it up front, even if the tyres went off a little bit more than I expected.
“Now, we have won at all three circuits we’ve been to this year, which is very encouraging.”
Granfors laid the foundations for victory in Saturday’s qualifying session, where he set both the outright fastest and second-fastest lap to bag pole position for both Race 1 and Race 2 of the meeting.
After winning the opening encounter, Granfors faced the possibility of a fifth straight victory in Race 2, although stalled at the start and dropped down the order. He eventually managed to battle back to fourth place.
The weekend then concluded with the reverse-grid Race 3, where the Swede started 15th and last but progressed to ninth by the chequered flag.
Following the third round of the season, Granfors has extended his GB4 Championship lead from 14 to 27 points.
“It’s been a good weekend overall,”Linus Granfors concludes. “It was a shame to miss out on the win in Race 2, but it was my own mistake stalling at the start. I’m actually really pleased that we still finished fourth in that race. The last race was a bit intense, which is quite typical for a reverse-grid event, but we’ve scored a lot of points this weekend and extended our championship lead. It’s been very good.”
The next round of the GB4 Championship takes place at Snetterton on July 13-14.
RESULTS
GB4 Championship
Rd. 3 – Donington Park (GBR)
Race 1
1: Linus Granfors (SWE), 13 laps
2: Brandon McCaughan (IRE), +0.620s
3: Liam McNeilly (GBR), +3.073s
Race 2
1: Brandon McCaughan (IRE), 10 laps
2: Liam McNeilly (GBR), +5.566s
3: Harry Burgoyne (GBR), +13.199s
4: Linus Granfors (SWE), +14.691s
Race 3
1: Branden Templeton (GBR), 7 laps
2: Callum Baxter (CAN), +7.700s
3: Alisha Palmowski (GBR), +8.473s
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9: Linus Granfors (SWE), +16.655s
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
GB4 Championship
After 3/7 rounds
1: Linus Granfors (SWE), 203 p.
2: Harry Burgoyne (GBR), 176 p.
3: Brandon McCaughan (IRE), 171 p.
4: Alisha Palmowski (GBR), 137 p.
5: Branden Templeton (GBR), 130 p.