Voisin wins GB3 Race 1 at Donington as Granfors and Rees clash

Callum Voisin won Race 1 at Donington Park on Saturday afternoon for Carlin ahead of team-mate Roberto Faria.

Joel Granfors started on pole and hung Matthew Rees out to dry at Redgate, with the pair making contact at McLeans and going into the gravel.

Granfors then spun back across the track and was incredibly lucky not to be collected by any of the 22-strong grid behind.

Granfors’ spin forced Luke Browning off in avoidance, though; the Hitech GP driver skipped across the gravel and went into the barrier with broken suspension.

Rees was able to continue, while Nico Christodoulou and Javier Sagrera retired with broken suspension.

Callum Voisin survived the melee to lead with a comfortable gap, having started third behind the clashing pair ahead, with Roberto Faria and Max Esterson behind.

Zak Taylor and Branden Oxley were the big winners out of the first-lap action, gaining seven and nine places respectively by the halfway stage.

Bryce Aron tried to send one down the inside of Marcos Flack at the Melbourne Hairpin and Goddards on Lap 7, but couldn’t complete the move while Flack tried to get past Oxley.

Back at the front, Esterson had closed the gap to Faria to just a few tenths by the halfway point of Lap 11, having set the fastest lap of the race with a 1:23.543.

Voisin held on for a comfortable first GB3 win, with Faria completing a Carlin 1-2, with Max Esterson third.

Alex Connor took fourth, ahead of Tom Lebbon, James Hedley, McKenzy Cresswell, Zak Taylor, Rees and Oxley.

GB3 Donington Provisional Race 1 Results:

Pos.	No.	Name	Nat.	Team	Laps/Gap
1	35	Callum Voisin	GBR	Carlin	12 laps
2	7	Roberto Faria	BRA	Carlin	+2.262s
3	42	Max Esterson	USA	Douglas Motorsport	+2.964s
4	32	Alex Connor	GBR	Arden Motorsport	+5.217s
5	34	Tom Lebbon	GBR	Elite Motorsport	+8.569s
6	67	James Hedley	GBR	Elite Motorsport	+9.520s
7	8	McKenzy Cresswell	GBR	Chris Dittmann Racing	+13.650s
8	21	Zak Taylor	GBR	Fortec Motorsport	+21.303s
9	53	Matthew Rees	GBR	JHR Developments	+24.086s
10	68	Branden Oxley	GBR	Chris Dittmann Racing	+24.934s
11	11	Marcos Flack	AUS	Douglas Motorsport	+25.219s
12	4	Bryce Aron	USA	Hitech GP	+25.496s
13	16	Tommy Smith	AUS	Douglas Motorsport	+26.410s
14	6	Cian Shields	GBR	Hitech GP	+27.903s
15	77	David Morales	USA	Arden Motorsport	+28.304s
16	43	Mikkel Grundtvig	DEN	Fortec Motorsport	+29.254s
17	27	John Bennett	GBR	Elite Motorsport	+30.134s
18	64	Nick Gilkes	CAN	Hillspeed	DNF (mechanical)
19	5	Luke Browning	GBR	Hitech GP	DNF (damage)
20	22	Nico Christodoulou	CAN	Arden Motorsport	DNF (damage)
21	31	Javier Sagrera	SPA	Carlin	DNF (damage)
22	50	Joel Granfors	SWE	Fortec Motorsport	DNF (damage)