Elite Motorsport’s McKenzy Cresswell set the fastest lap of the day inside the final five minutes of the fourth GB3 session on the Brands Hatch Indy circuit.
The Silverstone race-winner’s time of 42.518s put him 0.059s ahead of long-time session leader Tymek Kucharczyk, while James Hedley was also within a tenth of a second for Arden VRD in third.
Hillspeed’s Gerrard Xie enjoyed his best session of the day in fourth place, just 0.126s away from top spot, and 0.066s clear of Hitech Pulse-Eight’s Alex Dunne in fifth.
Fortec’s Jarrod Waberski was inside the top-six again, half a tenth ahead of JHR’s Joseph Loake, who was just three thousandths of a second ahead of Rodin Carlin’s Callum Voisin.
The championship leader’s teammate John Bennett was 0.052s in arrears, while Shawn Rashid was inside the top-10, and just over four tenths away from top spot.
On the combined time sheets for the day, Cresswell was 0.058s clear of Arden VRD’s Noah Ping, who recorded his best effort on the way to topping the first session of the day.
Kucharczyk and Hedley set their best times in session four and were third and fourth overall, while Nico Christodoulou’s session one time ensured the fastest five in testing today were covered by less than a tenth of a second.
Xie’s session four effort ensured he completed the top-six overall, ahead of Voisin, Dunne, Waberski and Matthew Rees. The top-10 on the combined timesheets were covered by 0.292s, with all 24 drivers entered for this weekend within eight tenths of a second of the outright pace.
Action tomorrow moves onto the full Grand Prix circuit, with practice up first at 9am.
GB3 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Brands Hatch Indy session four result:
1. McKenzy Cresswell, Elite Motorsport, 42.518s
2. Tymek Kucharczyk, Douglas Motorsport, +0.059s
3. James Hedley, Arden VRD, +0.082s
4. Gerrard Xie, Hillspeed, +0.126s
5. Alex Dunne, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +0.192s
6. Jarrod Waberski, Fortec Motorsport, +0.279s
7. Joseph Loake, JHR Developments, +0.331s
8. Callum Voisin, Rodin Carlin, +0.334s
9. John Bennett, Rodin Carlin, +0.386s
10. Shawn Rashid, Douglas Motorsport, +0.412s
11. Zak Taylor, Chris Dittmann Racing, +0.423s
12. Matthew Rees, JHR Developments, +0.455s
13. Max Esterson, Fortec Motorsport, +0.462s
14. Lucas Staico, Douglas Motorsport, +0.498s
15. Nico Christodoulou, Arden VRD, +0.529s
16. Michael Shin, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +0.549s
17. Noah Ping, Arden VRD, +0.561s
18. Oliver Stewart, Elite Motorsport, +0.573s
19. Souta Arao, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +0.574s
20. David Morales, JHR Developments, +0.601s
21. Edward Pearson, Fortec Motorsport, +0.625s
22. Arthur Rogeon, Chris Dittmann Racing, +0.656s
23. Costa Toparis, Rodin Carlin, +0.717s
24. Daniel Mavlyutov, Hillspeed, +0.786s
GB3 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Brands Hatch Indy, combined testing times:
1. McKenzy Cresswell, Elite Motorsport, 42.518s (session four)
2. Noah Ping, Arden VRD, +0.058s (session one)
3. Tymek Kucharczyk, Douglas Motorsport, +0.059s (session four)
4. James Hedley, Arden VRD, +0.082s (session four)
5. Nico Christodoulou, Arden VRD, +0.087s (session one)
6. Gerrard Xie, Hillspeed, +0.126s (session four)
7. Callum Voisin, Rodin Carlin, +0.137s (session one)
8. Alex Dunne, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +0.192s (session four)
9. Jarrod Waberski, Fortec Motorsport, +0.263s (session one)
10. Matthew Rees, JHR Developments, +0.292s (session three)
11. Joseph Loake, JHR Developments, +0.303s (session three)
12. Max Esterson, Fortec Motorsport, +0.352s (session three)
13. John Bennett, Rodin Carlin, +0.386s (session four)
14. Zak Taylor, Chris Dittmann Racing, +0.399s (session one)
15. Shawn Rashid, Douglas Motorsport, +0.412s (session four)
16. Oliver Stewart, Elite Motorsport, +0.419s (session one)
17. Lucas Staico, Douglas Motorsport, +0.430s (session three)
18. David Morales, JHR Developments, +0.494s (session three)
19. Souta Arao, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +0.526s (session three)
20. Michael Shin, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +0.549s (session four)
21. Costa Toparis, Rodin Carlin, +0.599s (session three)
22. Edward Pearson, Fortec Motorsport, +0.625s (session four)
23. Arthur Rogeon, Chris Dittmann Racing, +0.637s (session one)
24. Daniel Mavlyutov, Hillspeed, +0.786s (session four)