Hitech Pulse-Eight’s Tymek Kucharczyk led from start to finish as he claimed his first GB3 Championship race victory at Silverstone.
Having claimed a double pole in qualifying, he made a good start and pulled away from the field, finishing clear of Elite Motorsport’s McKenzy Cresswell and teammate Will Macintyre.
Championship leader Louis Sharp took fourth for Rodin Motorsport, after fending off a feisty mid-race battle with teammate Ugo Ugochukwu, who fell behind the third Hitech Pulse-Eight car of Gerrard Xie late on, with the Chinese driver taking fifth and the American sixth.
Elite's Jarrod Waberski moved up to seventh place after an entertaining scrap with James Hedley, who took eighth for VRD Racing by Arden.
FIA F3 race winner Martinius Stenshorne was one of the race's main movers as he climbed from 14th on the grid to ninth for Chris Dittmann Racing, and finishing ahead of JHR Developments' John Bennett, who held on to his 10th place starting position.
But the race was all about Kucharczyk at the front. Cruelly denied of a double pole at this circuit on a technicality last year, there was no repeat this time around as the Polish driver controlled the fourth contest of the season.
At times up to a second a lap quicker than his rivals, his eventual winning margin of eight seconds across 10 laps is one of the biggest in GB3 history. And he has the chance to do it again from pole position tomorrow morning.
GB3 Championship, partered by the BRDC, Silverstone provisional race one result:
1. Tymek Kucharczyk, Hitech Pulse-Eight, 10 laps
2. McKenzy Cresswell, Elite Motorsport, +7.855s
3. Will MacIntyre, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +9.503s
4. Louis Sharp, Rodin Motorsport, +12.222s
5. Gerrard Xie, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +12.879s
6. Ugo Ugochukwu, Rodin Motorsport, +14.776s
7. Jarrod Waberski, Elite Motorsport, +16.607s
8. James Hedley, VRD by Arden, +17.481s
9. Martinius Stenshorne, Chris Dittmann Racing, +18.149s
10. John Bennett, JHR Developments, +20.078s
11. Patrick Heuzenroeder, JHR Developments, +21.350s
12. Josh Irfan, JHR Developments, +21.723s
13. Colin Queen, Fortec Motorsports, +27.669s
14. Shawn Rashid, VRD by Arden, +27.784s
15. Hugo Schwarze, Elite Motorsport, +31.127s
16. Arthur Rogeon, Rodin Motorsport, +31.191s
17. Edward Pearson, Fortec Motorsport, +31.914s
18. Adi Kulkarni, Hillspeed, +34.686s
19. Seb Murray, Chris Dittmann Racing, +36.023s
20. James Wharton, Fortec Motorsport, +35.828s
21. Flynn Jackes, Chris Dittmann Racing, +37.002s
22. Noah Ping, VRD by Arden, +37.391s