Brands Hatch was the venue for rounds 16, 17 & 18 of the BRDC British F3 Championship, 2018.

Jamie Chadwick promised to bounce back after a disappointing weekend at Spa, and in race two that promise came true when Jamie took the race win for Douglas Motorsport. It was a moment for the history books also, as Jamie became the first female to win a British F3 race.

Although finishing second on the road to Pavan Ravishankar, Jamie knew that it was enough to take the win as she was certain Ravishankar would be given a penalty after a clear false start. There was some more good news for Douglas Motorsport as Arvin Esmaeili finished in 5th place.

Jamie Chadwick:
“I knew Pavan would get a penalty for the start, I was hoping he would get a drive through so I could just get my head down but I knew he was getting the penalty so I just sat behind him. I’ve had much harder races for lower positions so it was nice to have that one a little bit easier and to get that first win.

“It’s really hard to pass around here so I knew if I had track position, which I got on the first lap, my race wouldn’t be too bad. Fortunately starting a bit further up helped me out a bit. I’m absolutely delighted and a big thanks to the Douglas Motorsport team for making this happen.”

BRDC British F3 Championship, 2018.

Rounds 13,14,15 Spa Francorchamps, July 21/22

The British F3 championship’s only meeting outside of the UK took place this weekend, at the Spa Francorchamps circuit in Belgium. Douglas Motorsport welcomed a new driver, Belgian Max Defourney.  Defourney immediately demonstrated his pace during the practice rounds and then in qualifying, where he qualified sixth on the grid and just a couple of tenths away from pole. An impressive feat as he only drove the car for the first time in the hours before qualifying

However, his weekend came to a premature end, a shunt at Raidillon on the second lap of the first race meant he was out for the weekend. Douglas Motorsport’s team have always been incredible when it comes to repairing the cars, working through the night to get drivers back on track, but this time the car was damaged beyond repair.

The best result of the weekend was Jamie Chadwick’s 6th place finish in race 2. The result of the race was later amended and bumped Jamie up to 5th place!

BRDC British F3 Championship, 2018.

Rounds 10,11,12 Silverstone, June 9/10

After a tough weekend at Snetterton last month, Silverstone was the venue for rounds 10, 11 and 12 of the BRDC British F3 championship.

Things started well in Friday practice, when Jordan Cane and Jamie Chadwick were 2nd and 4th fastest over the two sessions respectively.

Qualifying was a very close affair, with 0.687s separating the top 10 on what is the longest track of the championship. Starting the real racing in 4th place, Jordan Cane managed to pick up a place and take another podium finish in 3rd place. Starting in P6, Jamie Chadwick also made up one place and finished in 5th. Overall, a good result for the team, two drivers in the top 5.

BRDC British F3 Championship, 2018.

Rounds 7,8,9 Snetterton. May 26/27

Round 6 at Oulton Park saw two collisions, each of which put  a Douglas Motorsport driver out of the race. Jamie Chadwick and Arvin Esmaeili were the victims of some bad driving by others. This time at Snetterton, in the first practice session on Friday it was Jordan Can’es turn. After a good practice day on Thursday, Jordan was fastest in most sectors and right up at the top of the practice times in each session. However on the Friday morning, on the first lap of the first practice session, Jordan was taken out of it by a car on slick tyres on a wet track who missed his braking at the end of the straight and went across the grass, taking Jordan Cane out of it when he emerged from the grass back onto the track.