Kush Maini to start P2 on the Grid for British F3
Leicestershire, 20 Sept 2020: The final race of BRDC British F3’s second visit of the year to Donington Park starts at 16.05, with Carlin’s Kaylen Frederick set to line up on pole position. Indian racer Kush Maini will start on P2 on the grid.
Earlier in Race 1 on Saturday, Kush Maini finished third and extended his Championship lead.
The grid for the race three is determined by each driver’s second fastest time in qualifying, with Frederick securing a double pole position in yesterday’s session. The American championship challenger was over a quarter of a second faster than his opposition when it came to second best times, and he heads the grid in front of Hitech GP’s championship leader Kush Maini, with a tantalising battle between the championship contenders in prospect.
After qualifying third Kush Maini said on Saturday: I would have liked a better result to be honest after testing, the team has done amazing this weekend. A few issues in qualifying, no excuses, could have been, would have been, should have been, but didn’t, so we’ll just look at the race. P3 is still a good starting spot and points are the key, so we’re going to be focussing on a good start and see where we are. It’s all to play for in the races.
“The car has been really good and the team have been really good. Obviously at this track we have the two hairpins at the end where you can pass, so if we have the pace we will be fighting for positions so I’m looking forward to it.
“If I get up behind him [Kaylen Frederick], then I’m going to be elbows out because the championship means nothing yet. I’m going to be going for the win.
Douglas Motorsport’s Ulysse De Pauw, already a podium finisher this weekend will start third ahead of Hillspeed’s Sasakorn Chaimongkol, with Nazim Azman (Carlin) and Bart Horsten (Lanan) completing the top-six on the grid.
Reece Ushijima heads up row four for Hitech GP ahead of Double R’s Benjamin Pedersen, with Kiern Jewiss (Douglas) and race two winner Louis Foster (Double R) completing the top-10.
Hillspeed’s Oliver Clarke has been combative this weekend, and will need to be again from 11th on the grid, ahead of Fortec’s Frank Bird, who will be aiming for a top-10 result on his debut weekend.
Race two podium man Manaf Hijjawi starts 13th for Douglas Motorsport ahead of Chris Dittmann Racing’s Josh Skelton, with Lanan’s Piers Prior and Fortec’s Roberto Faria in 15th and 16th.
Josh Mason, another podium finisher this weekend will start 17th for Lanan ahead of Chris Dittmann Racing’s Alex Fores. The race will again be streamed live, and will be viewable by clicking here.
The full grid line-up is shown below.
BRDC British F3 Championship, Donington Park, race three grid:
1. Kaylen Frederick, Carlin, 1m24.855s
2. Kush Maini, Hitech GP, +0.271s
3. Ulysse De Pauw, Douglas Motorsport, +0.275s
4. Sasakorn Chaimongkol, Hillspeed, +0.351s
5. Nazim Azman, Carlin, +0.442s
6. Bart Horsten, Lanan Racing, +0.451s
7. Reece Ushijima, Hitech GP, +0.496s
8. Benjamin Pedersen, Double R Racing, +0.592s
9. Kiern Jewiss, Douglas Motorsport, +0.600s
10. Louis Foster, Double R Racing, +0.705s
11. Oliver Clarke, Hillspeed, +0.758s
12. Frank Bird, Fortec Motorsports, +0.779s
13. Manaf Hijjawi, Douglas Motorsport, +0.786s
14. Josh Skelton, Chris Dittmann Racing, +0.866s
15. Piers Prior, Lanan Racing, +0.874s
16. Roberto Faria, Fortec Motorsports, +0.957s
17. Josh Mason, Lanan Racing, +1.111s
18. Alex Fores, Chris Dittmann Racing, +1.237s
