Results from Brands Hatch, Rounds 16,17,18 of the BRDC F3 Championship

by admin | Aug 8, 2017 | F3 News, News

The BRDC British F3 Championship visited the Grand Prix circuit at Brands Hatch for Rounds 16, 17, 18 of the 2017 series.

Things got off to a bright start for Douglas Motorsport with Callan O’Keeffe clocking the quickest time over two days of practice on Thursday and Friday, and Jordan Cane rounded off the top 10.

The two Douglas Motorsport drivers were more closely matched in Saturday qualifying, Callan O’Keeffe qualified in 5th with Jordan Cane close behind in 6th, separated by only .067 secs. Race 1 was cut short by heavy rain, after a number of drivers skated off the track. When the red flag came out and the race declared after 8 laps, the two Douglas drivers had gained 1 position each, O’Keeffe 4th, Cane 5th.

Two cars in the top 5 was to be the highlight of the weekend for the team. In race 2 Jordan Cane was unfortunate to get caught up in a first lap accident, while Callan O’Keeffe finished in 7th. In race 3, O’Keeffe picked up another 4th position finish with Jordan Cane in 12th.

The penultimate meeting of the 2017 Championship is at Snetterton on 26/27 August. There is no doubt that both drivers and the team will be pushing for podium places.

Harper Wins Twice at Snetterton, a Strong Weekend For Douglas Motorsport

by admin | Jul 31, 2017 | Ginetta Junior Championship News, News

It was a strong weekend for Douglas Motorsport for Rounds 13,14,15 of the Ginetta Junior Championship at Snetterton.

Three Pole Positions (2 – Jewiss, 1 – Harper), 2 Wins ( Harper ), 2 second places (Jewiss – 2 Rookie Wins) and 3 cars in the top 5 of race 2, it was a successful weekend for the team.

It was Kiern Jewiss who kicked off the weekend with two pole positions from 2 qualifying sessions. Harper would line up alongside him in race 1 and Connor Grady’s 6th position meant a heavy Douglas Motorsport presence at the front.

Race 1 saw Harper and Jewiss trade positions at the front. In the end it was Harper who took the spoils, with Jewiss only .08s behind.

Race 2 was, as always with Ginetta Juniors, a frenetic affair. Kiern Jewiss was on pole position once again due to his brilliant qualifying performance. Although he lost the lead from the start, he was able to regain it and stay at the front for most of the race, while everybody else jostled for position behind.

However, on the penultimate lap, second placed Gamble made a move for the lead, a move that ended with both himself and Jewiss on the grass coming out of the Bomb Hole. Kiern was able to keep going and got the car home in 5th position and some valuable points. The incident meant Dan Harper was now in second place, and he finished the race in second. However, a track limits penalty for several drivers saw the win handed to Dan, his second win of the day and valuable points in the overall championship. To add to this win, Connor Grady was able to bring his Ginetta home in 4th place which meant 3 cars in the top 5 for Douglas Motorsport.

On Sunday, race 3 saw Dan Harper on Pole. But, pole was proving to be an unlucky starting position this weekend, he fell back a number of places to 5th. Meanwhile, Kiern Jewiss, who started in 5th position, was in second place by the end of lap 1, and took the lead on lap 2. He would remain there until the last lap when he was passed, but he challenged all the way to the line, missing out on P1 by only .076s.

Meanwhile, Connor Grady was involved in a battle throughout the race but did well to finish in 9th. Tom Canning was 11th, just missing out on 4 Douglas drivers in the top 10. In the rookie competition Canning was 6th, 5th and d 5th respectively, a competition in which Kiern Jewiss is stretching his lead after every outing. He had two rookie wins and a rookie second place. His eyes, however, are on the big prize. He sits in third, while Dan Harper is in joint 4th, only 5 points behind.

It looks like the rest of this competition is going to go down to the wire. Well done to all the Douglas Motorsport team and roll on the rest of the season.

Snetterton Gallery:

O’Keeffe Impresses in LMP3 Debut at Silverstone

by admin | Jul 3, 2017 | LMP3, News

The Henderson Insurances LMP3 Cup moved on to Silverstone for the weekend of July 1st and 2nd,

Douglas Motorsport F3 driver Callan O’Keeffe was given his sportscar debut in the Ligier LMP3, and what a debut it was. Qualifying fastest, O’Keeffe’s starting position was amended (as per the rules, no amateur driver took part in qualifying) and he started from the back of the grid.

O’Keeffe made a blistering start but spun at turn 1 in a bid to avoid contact. Despite this, the debutant made his way through the field and took the lead. However, as O’Keeffe was the solo driver in the Ligier LMP3, he had to server an extra 60 second penalty on top of the time required to stop for a driver change. This put him back down the field but in the closing stages he was able to make his way back up to P3 and this is where he finished, and impressive display for a debutant. To add to the result, Callan put in the fastest lap of the race, a lap record, over .4 seconds ahead of the second fastest driver.

Callan O’Keeffe after Race 1:

“I wouldn’t say I made it easy for myself, obviously, I had a bit of contact into turn one because everyone got on the anchors a bit too early and I put myself into a bit of a spin,” said O’Keeffe. “We had a 60 second penalty, so to make up a total of 80 seconds to get back onto the podium is a pretty good effort.”

In race 2, Callan once again took the lead before the 60 second penalty put a stop to his lead. He would eventually finish P3, and once again record the fastest lap in the race.

“We managed to finish 12 seconds off the lead with the fastest lap of the race in both races, getting the Sunoco fastest driver of the weekend award. So, all in all a pretty successful sports car debut and hopefully it won’t be too long before I’m back in one of these.”

– Callan O’Keeffe

Jewiss Delivers Hat-Trick of Podiums at Croft for Douglas Motorsport

by admin | Jun 12, 2017 | Ginetta Junior Championship News, News

Kiern Jewiss delivered another series of brilliant performances in the Douglas Motorsport Ginetta G40 at Croft Circuit at the weekend. He completed a hat-trick of second places in the overall race which has put him in 3rd place overall in the Ginetta Junior Championship – 2 points off second place, and extends his lead in the Rookie class to 88 points.

Dan Harper had to battle hard over the weekend but managed to pick up valuable points by finising in P7, P6, P8 in the three races over the weekend.

Kiern Jewiss has been a consistent performer in the Ginetta Junior series. It only took the first two rounds for Kiern to find his feet and delivered a 2nd place overall in only his third race, followed by another 2nd place two races later.

Kiern Jewiss statistics:

Overall Standings

T Gamble 309pts
T Wood 257pts
K Jewiss (R) 255pts
D Harper 243pts

Kiern Jewiss Rookie win record:

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Overall Podiums

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Rookie Wins

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Podiums in last 6 races

Poles, Wins, Podiums and Fastest Laps, 2 weeks of action with Douglas Motorsport

by admin | May 31, 2017 | News

The last two weekends have been busy for the team here at Douglas Motorsport. The weekend of 20/21 May saw the Ginetta Juniors in action at Oulton Park, and the Ligier JPS3 of Mike Newbould and Thomas Randle was at the Brands Hatch GP cicuit for LMP3 Cup action.

The following weekend saw the F3 team take a win in the second race at Snetterton. Not only did Jordan Cane win the race, but, his team mate Callan O’Keeffe finished in 4th and kept his statistics of a podium at every meeting so far in the F3 car.