Kush Maini fifth fastest on Friday Test session

Snetterton, 2 October 2020: Double R Racing’s Benjamin Pedersen set the fastest time of the week in the final Friday session at Snetterton. The American driver set a lap of 1m44.121s with five minutes remaining to eclipse anything seen across the two days of testing, and was over a quarter of a second clear of countryman Kaylen Frederick.

Earlier, in the opening Friday Session, Kush Maini set the fastest time which was twice affected by red flags. The Indian driver was 0.855 seconds clear of Chris Dittmann Racing’s Josh Skelton, while 2019 runner-up Johnathan Hoggard made a testing return with Fortec, setting the third fastest time. 

Only eight laps were completed by most of the field thanks to two red flags, with Hitech’s Reece Ushijima bringing the first out with an off at Riches just before the midway point, with the session resuming when his car was retrieved from the run off area and returned to the pits. The session ended early when JHR’s Max Marzorati went off at the same corner with around five minutes remaining.

With the lack of running, Maini’s session best was around two seconds away from yesterday’s pace. 

In the final test session, Pedersen topped the times on several occasions in the session and set three laps in the final 10 minutes to keep himself at the top. Carlin’s Frederick trimmed the margin at the end and was half a tenth clear of Chris Dittmann Racing’s Josh Skelton, with Fortec’s Johnathan Hoggard 0.070s further back in fourth.

Championship leader Kush Maini was fifth and over a tenth clear of Douglas Motorsport’s Ulysse De Pauw, who set exactly the same time as Carlin’s Nazim Azman in seventh. 

Louis Foster (Double R), Roberto Faria (Fortec) and Reece Ushijima (Hitech) completed the top-10, with Lanan’s Piers Prior and Douglas Motorsport’s Manaf Hijjawi also within a second of the outright pace.

Lanan’s Bart Horsten was 13th in the session and nearly half a second ahead of Hillspeed’s Sasakorn Chaimongkol, with Chris Dittmann Racing’s Alex Fores just 0.004 seconds further back.

Max Marzorati set the 16th fastest time for JHR Developments, 0.066s clear of Hillspeed’s local man Oliver Clarke, with Marzorati’s teammate Carter Williams and Lanan’s Josh Mason completing the 19 runners, with Kiern Jewiss failing to set a lap today.

On the combined times for the day, the top-five drivers all set their best time in the final session, with Azman sixth overall courtesy of his session three effort. The full combined times are shown below.

The field are back in action at Snetterton with qualifying at 3.15 India time on Saturday, with live timing available by clicking here.

BRDC British F3 Championship, Snetterton Friday test session four result:

1. Benjamin Pedersen, Double R Racing, 1m44.121s
2. Kaylen Frederick, Carlin, +0.253s
3. Josh Skelton, Chris Dittmann Racing, +0.307s
4. Johnathan Hoggard, Fortec Motorsports, +0.377s
5. Kush Maini, Hitech GP, +0.422s
6. Ulysse De Pauw, Douglas Motorsport, +0.557s
7. Nazim Azman, Carlin, +0.557s
8. Louis Foster, Double R Racing, +0.779s
9. Roberto Faria, Fortec Motorsports, +0.924s
10. Reece Ushijima, Hitech GP, +0.958s
11. Piers Prior, Lanan Racing, +0.981s
12. Manaf Hijjawi, Douglas Motorsport, +0.983s
13. Bart Horsten, Lanan Racing, +1.027s
14. Sasakorn Chaimongkol, Hillspeed, +1.486s
15. Alex Fores, Chris Dittmann Racing, +1.490s
16. Max Marzorati, JHR Developments, +1.785s
17. Oliver Clarke, Hillspeed, +1.851s
18. Carter Williams, JHR Developments, +2.135s
19. Josh Mason, Lanan Racing, +2.266s

BRDC British F3 Championship, Snetterton Friday combined test result:

1. Benjamin Pedersen, Double R Racing, 1m44.121s (session four)
2. Kaylen Frederick, Carlin, +0.253s (session four)
3. Josh Skelton, Chris Dittmann Racing, +0.307s (session four)
4. Johnathan Hoggard, Fortec Motorsports, +0.377s (session four)
5. Kush Maini, Hitech GP, +0.422s (session four)
6. Nazim Azman, Carlin, +0.527s (session three)
7. Ulysse De Pauw, Douglas Motorsport, +0.557s (session four)
8. Roberto Faria, Fortec Motorsports, +0.727s (session three)
9. Louis Foster, Double R Racing, +0.779s (session four)
10. Reece Ushijima, Hitech GP, +0.958s (session four)
11. Piers Prior, Lanan Racing, +0.981s (session four)
12. Manaf Hijjawi, Douglas Motorsport, +0.983s (session four)
13. Bart Horsten, Lanan Racing, +1.027s (session four)
14. Sasakorn Chaimongkol, Hillspeed, +1.486s (session four)
15. Alex Fores, Chris Dittmann Racing, +1.490s (session four)
16. Oliver Clarke, Hillspeed, +1.495s (session two)
17. Josh Mason, Lanan Racing, +1.665s (session three)
18. Max Marzorati, JHR Developments, +1.785s (session four)
19. Carter Williams, JHR Developments, +2.133s (session three)