Rodin Motorsport’s Arthur Rogeon claimed his second GB3 Championship race win in the final encounter of the weekend at Silverstone.
The Frenchman started second but took the lead at Copse on the first lap, as he squeezed past pole sitter Patrick Heuzenroeder.
Rogeon withstood an early safety car restart to head home VRD Racing by Arden’s Shawn Rashid and Hitech Pulse-Eight’s Tymek Kucharczyk, who closed the gap in the championship battle as he took third from seventh on the grid after moving past Elite's Hugo Schwarze halfway around the last lap.
The German driver missed out on a first podium finish as a result, and finished six tenths of a second ahead of JHR's John Bennett, who also gained ground in the championship battle, gaining four places across the contest.
Hitech Pulse-Eight's Gerrard Xie claimed sixth having also gained four places, as did Rodin Motorsport's Louis Sharp, who leaves Silverstone with a slightly reduced championship lead.
Pole sitter Heuzenroeder was shuffled down to eighth, ahead of VRD Racing by Arden's Nikita Johnson, while Hitech's Will Macintyre salvaged 10th from a difficult weekend, gaining eight places across the race.
Rogeon's move at the start proved pivotal, as the race was neutralised early on when Aditya Kulkarni's Hillspeed car spun at the Maggotts/Becketts complex. Before the safety car was deployed, Rashid had also moved past Heuzenroeder, setting up his maiden podium finish.
Rogeon made a good restart after the safety car to establish a gap at the front, while Schwarze moved past Heuzenroeder to take third.
Consistently building his gap at the front, Rogeon clinched his second win of the year by over three seconds, while Rashid was comfortable in second to secure a maiden podium.
Schwarze looked set to also claim a first GB3 trophy, but was caught out at turn 12 on the final lap, allowing Kucharczyk through to take his first podium of the event.
GB3 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Silverstone race three provisional result:
1. Arthur Rogeon, Rodin Motorsport
2. Shawn Rashid, VRD Racing by Arden, +3.354s
3. Tymek Kucharczyk, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +4.617s
4. Hugo Schwarze, Elite Motorsport, +5.880s
5. John Bennett, JHR Developments, +6.544s
6. Gerrard Xie, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +7.728s
7. Louis Sharp, Rodin Motorsport, +8.959s
8. Patrick Heuzenroeder, JHR Developments, +11.522
9. Nikita Johnson, VRD Racing by Arden, +13.391s
10. Will Macintyre, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +13.997s
11. McKenzy Cresswell, Elite Motorsport, +14.561s
12. Jarrod Waberski, Elite Motorsport, +15.064s
13. Colin Queen, Fortec Motorsport, +15.486s
14. James Wharton, Fortec Motorsport, +18.576s
15. Seb Murray, Chris Dittmann Racing, +19.036s
16. Jacob Douglas, Chris Dittmann Racing, +19.171s
17. Flynn Jackes, Chris Dittmann Racing, +19.446s
18. Josh Irfan, JHR Developments, +21.659s
19. Edward Pearson, Fortec Motorsport, +23.026s
20. Marcus Luzio, Hillspeed, +38.616s
21. Ugo Ugochukwu, Rodin Motorsport, +41.041s
22. Noah Ping, VRD Racing by Arden, +1m14.674s
DNF. Aditya Kulkarni, Hillspeed