Published on Friday, October 13, 2023

Voisin quickest in curtailed Zandvoort FP2

Rodin Carlin’s Callum Voisin posted the quickest time, but then brought out a late red flag in the second GB3 free practice session of the day at Zandvoort.

The British-Swiss contender set a time of 1m32.167s just before a mid-session stoppage, and when rain returned upon the resumption, his time remained unbeaten for the remainder of the 45 minute practice. His session ended in the barriers with front-end damage at turn one however with over five minutes remaining, with insufficient time to restart the session afterwards. That meant he ended up over two tenths of a second clear of Elite’s McKenzy Cresswell, who had topped the times himself before Voisin took over, with Hitech Pulse-Eight’s Alex Dunne third and 0.027s further back.

Douglas Motorsport’s Tymek Kucharczyk was next up in fourth, a tenth clear of Zak Taylor, with the Chris Dittmann Racing contender ensuring five different teams were represented at the top of the times. Hitech’s Souta Arao was sixth, a tenth ahead of teammate Michael Shin, while Max Esterson was the lead Fortec runner in eighth. Session one pace setter Nico Christodoulou was ninth this time around for Arden VRD, with teammate Noah Ping completing the top-10 despite causing the second red flag of the session after beaching his car in the gravel half way through. Fortec’s Jarrod Waberski caused the other stoppage, after stopping his car inside the first three minutes.

Series newcomers Jack Sherwood (CDR) and Patrick Heuzenroeder (Elite) were 16th and 21st respectively, as they continued to adapt to GB3 machinery.

The final session of the day at Zandvoort is due to take place at 17.30 local time (16.30 UK).

GB3 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Zandvoort Free Practice Two result:
1. Callum Voisin, Rodin Carlin, 1m32.167s
2. McKenzy Cresswell, Elite Motorsport, +0.208s
3. Alex Dunne, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +0.235s
4. Tymek Kucharczyk, Douglas Motorsport, +0.504s
5. Zak Taylor, Chris Dittmann Racing, +0.627s
6. Souta Arao, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +0.682s
7. Michael Shin, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +0.801s
8. Max Esterson, Fortec Motorsport, +0.862s
9. Nico Christodoulou, Arden VRD, +0.923s
10. Noah Ping, Arden VRD, +1.093s
11. Matthew Rees, JHR Developments, +1.205s
12. Edward Pearson, Fortec Motorsport, +1.301s
13. John Bennett, Rodin Carlin, +1.399s
14. Costa Toparis, Rodin Carlin, +1.546s
15. Oliver Stewart, Elite Motorsport, +1.681s
16. Jack Sherwood, Chris Dittmann Racing, +1.849s
17. Shawn Rashid, Douglas Motorsport, +2.409s
18. Gerrard Xie, Hillspeed, +2.592s
19. David Morales, JHR Developments, +3.106s
20. James Hedley, Arden VRD, +3.203s
21. Patrick Heuzenroeder, Elite Motorsport, +3.659s
22. Daniel Mavlyutov, Hillspeed, +3.930s
23. Joseph Loake, JHR Developments, +4.130s
24. Arthur Rogeon, Chris Dittmann Racing, +12.096s
25. Jarrod Waberski, Fortec Motorsport, no time set