Stuart Middleton leads the championship after winning the second Ginetta Junior race of the season and coming second to Will Tregurtha in the first. Max Bird and Daniel Harper took Rookie Cup victories.
Race One
Middleton took pole in an incredibly close qualifying session that proved just how close the championship will be this season. He beat Tregrtha’s time by a tenth of a second.
The pair lined up on the front row of the grid for the first race of the weekend, with Dave Wooder behind them. The three battled for the lead of the race throughout the race, but it was Wooder who was leading the race by the time the first safety car of the season made an appearance.
Tregutha, then in second, was ready to take the lead again as soon as the safety car returned to the puts, with Middleton getting past rookie Bird to challenge for second place.
All four cars were incredibly close going into the final stages of the face, with Wooder losing out on second place to Middleton laps before the end.
Race Two
Tregurtha started the second race of the weekend on pole, ready to make it two out of two at the beginning of the championship, but it wasn’t to be. Middleton edged him into second place at the beginning of a race that promised to be as exciting and close as the first.
Tregurtha had an exciting race, moving up and down through the top five places after losing out to Geri Nicosia and rookie Harper. In the closing stages of the race, with Middleton still in the lead, Tregutha was fighting for the top spot again, trying desperately to get past the Douglas Motorsport driver.
It all fell apart for Tregurtha again before the end of the race, though, and he finished fifth overall, just ahead of Harper. Brown squeezed into third place in the closing lap of the race, demoting Cameron Roberts to fourth.
5th in a v close race 2 to go with the win yesterday. Leave @Brands_Hatch 3rd in championship. Thanks @HHC_Motorsport 🙂
— William Tregurtha (@Will_Tregurtha) April 3, 2016
Results
Race One
1 – Will Tregurtha – HHC Motorsport
2 – Stuart Middleton – Douglas Motorsport
3 – Dave Wooder – Total Control Racing
4 – Max Bird – Total Control Racing
5 – Tom Gamble – HHC Motorsport
6 –Cameron Roberts – JHR Developments
7 – Daniel Harper – Douglas Motorsport
8 – Geri Nicosia – JHR Developments
9 – Kyle Hornby – JHR Developments
10 – Jordan Collard – Total Control Racing
11 – Seb Perez – JHR Developments
12 – Enzo Fittipaldi – Douglas Motorsport
13 – Connor Grady – Total Control Racing
14 – Lewis Brown – HHC Motorsport
15 – Tom Wood – Elite Motorsport
16 – Harry King – Elite Motorsport
17 – Zak Fulk – Team Pyro
18 – Seb Priaulx – JHR Deveopments
19 – Dhyllan Skiba – JHR Developments
20 – Anthony Ayres – Mectech Motorsport
21 – Greg Johnson – Rob Boston Racing
22 – Charlie Fagg – HHC Motorsport – DNF
Race Two
1 – Stuart Middleton – Douglas Motorsport
2 – Dave Wooder – Total Control Racing
3 – Lewis Brown – HHC Motorsport
4 –Cameron Roberts – JHR Developments
5 – Will Tregurtha – HHC Motorsport
6 – Daniel Harper – Douglas Motorsport
7 – Geri Nicosia – JHR Developments
8 – Tom Gamble – HHC Motorsport
9 – Charlie Fagg – HHC Motorsport
10 – Seb Perez – JHR Developments
11 – Tom Wood – Elite Motorsport
12 – Connor Grady – Total Control Racing
13 – Seb Priaulx – JHR Deveopments
14 – Harry King – Elite Motorsport
15 – Zak Fulk – Team Pyro
16 – Dhyllan Skiba – JHR Developments
17 – Max Bird – Total Control Racing
18 – Anthony Ayres – Mectech Motorsport
19 – Enzo Fittipaldi – Douglas Motorsport
20 – Jordan Collard – Total Control Racing – DNF
21 – Greg Johnson – Rob Boston Racing – DNF
22 – Kyle Hornby – JHR Developments – EXC
