Rodin Carlin’s championship leader Callum Voisin started the deciding GB3 weekend in perfect style, by claiming his fifth and sixth pole positions of the season. In doing so, he claimed the Jack Cavill Pole Position Cup for the second season in succession, and will claim a £2,000 prize at the end of the weekend.
With damp conditions, times tumbled throughout the session, with McKenzy Cresswell and Voisin exchanging top spot with almost every lap.
But it was Voisin’s 1m32.439s effort with five minutes remaining of the 20 minute session that secured pole, while his second best time was just 0.05s slower, putting him at the front of the field in race two also.
A late time from JHR’s Matthew Rees put him just 0.013s away from Voisin, while another title challenger in the form of Hitech Pulse-Eight’s Alex Dunne was third fastest, 0.154s away from top spot.
Dunne’s teammate Souta Arao continued his strong end to the season with fourth on the race one grid, just two thousandths of a second away from Dunne and 0.030s ahead of Arden VRD’s James Hedley.
Fortec’s Max Esterson was sixth, and less than a quarter of a second away from pole, 0.038s ahead of title contenders McKenzy Cresswell (Elite Motorsport) and JHR’s Joseph Loake, who was only 0.287s away from pole, but down in eighth, and needing a big fightback with Voisin at the head of the field.
Douglas Motorsport’s Tymek Kucharczyk and Fortec’s Jarrod Waberski completed the top-10, which was covered by 0.436s. Less than a second covered the top-15 drivers.
For the race two grid, Voisin heads the field for that contest too, two tenths ahead of Dunne, with Esterson third. Cresswell, Hedley and Arao complete the top-six.
Rees, Kucharczyk, Loake and Chris Dittmann Racing’s Arthur Rogeon complete the race two grid top-10, which was covered by 0.590s.
GB3 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Donington Park qualifying result:
1. Callum Voisin, Rodin Carlin, 1m32.439s
2. Matthew Rees, JHR Developments, +0.013
3. Alex Dunne, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +0.167
4. Souta Arao, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +0.169
5. James Hedley. Arden VRD, +0.199
6. Max Esterson, Fortec Motorsport, +0.242
7. McKenzy Cresswell, Elite Motorsport, +0.280
8. Joseph Loake, JHR Developments, +0.287
9. Tymek Kucharczyk, Douglas Motorsport, +0.357
10. Jarrod Waberski, Fortec Motorsport, +0.436
11. John Bennett, Rodin Carlin, +0.515
12. Nico Christodoulou, Arden VRD, +0.600
13. Arthur Rogeon, Chris Dittmann Racing, +0.601
14. Oliver Stewart, Elite Motorsport, +0.726
15. David Morales, JHR Developments, +0.944
16. Daniel Mavlyutov, Hillspeed, +1.057
17. Noah Ping, Arden VRD, +1.174
18. Michael Shin, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +1.210
19. Costa Toparis, Rodin Carlin, +1.213
20. Gerrard Xie, Hillspeed, +1.737
21. Edward Pearson, Fortec Motorsport, +1.835
22. Patrick Heuzenroeder, Elite Motorsport, +1.891
GB3 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Donington Park second fastest qualifying times (race two grid):
1. Callum Voisin, Rodin Carlin, 1m32.488s
2. Alex Dunne, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +0.207
3. Max Esterson, Fortec Motorsport, +0.307
4. McKenzy Cresswell, Elite Motorsport, +0.313
5. James Hedley, Arden VRD, +0.313
6. Souta Arao, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +0.358
7. Mathew Rees, JHR Developments, +0.366
8. Tymek Kucharczyk, Douglas Motorsport, +0.423
9. Jospeh Loake, JHR Developments, +0.485
10. Arthur Rogeon, Chris Dittmann Racing, +0.590
11. Jarrod Waberski, Fortec Motorsport, +0.597
12. Oliver Stewart, Elite Motorsport, +0.682
13. John Bennett, Rodin Carlin, +0.882
14. David Morales, JHR Developments, +1.047
15. Noah Ping, Arden VRD, +1.223
16. Daniel Mavlyutov, Hillspeed, +1.296
17. Michael Shin, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +1.311
18. Nico Christodoulou, Arden VRD, +1.679
19. Gerrard Xie, Hillspeed, +1.801
20. Patrick Heuzenroeder, Elite Motorsport, +1.847
21. Edward Pearson, Fortec Motorsport, +1.869
22. Costa Toparis, Rodin Carlin, +2.720