Martin victorious as Hedley spins

Will Martin returned to the top step of the Ginetta Junior podium at Silverstone as championship leader James Hedley span on the opening lap.

Lorcan Hanafin took the chequered flag first on track, but was handed a five second penalty for exceeding track limits, dropping him off the podium.

Hedley started from pole but immedietly came under pressure from Ethan Brooks and Burton. The Elite Motorsport driver dropped back to third before making contact with another driver and spinning.

A number of drivers ran wide to avoid the incident and Hedley dropped down the order, but was able to continue.

The drama ahead allowed Zak O’Sullivan, who had started down the order, to join Martin, Hanafin and Burton in the battle for what was second.

Brooks, whose best finish in the championship was a seventh place at Thruxton, had a small gap at the front of the field, but ran into the gravel at high speed, bringing an early end to his race.

The incident moved Martin into the race lead, but Burton and Hanafin were able to both pass the Richardson Racing driver.

Hanafin led Burton over the line, but both drivers dropped backwards after penalties were applied, allowing Martin to take his first victory since Thruxton.

O’Sullivan took second ahead of James Taylor, who fell backwards on the opening lap and put in a strong recovery drive.

Hanafin took fourth, ahead of Aston Millar and Gus Burton.

Ben Kasperczak took seventh overall on track, but was handed a 1 second time penalty and dropped back to ninth, promoting Haytham Qarajouli onto the rookie podium. Josh Rattican also benefited, finishing P8.

Casper Stevenson rounded out the top 10, while Hedley finished 17^th.

Image Credit: Caroline Rhea

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Position	Name	Number	Team	Time/Gap
1	Will Martin	10	Richardson Racing	13m21.198s (11 Laps)
2	Zak O’Sullivan	51	R Racing	+0.335s
3	James Taylor	66	Richardson Racing	+0.759s
4	Lorcan Hanafin	23	Douglas Motorsport	+2.599s
5	Aston Millar	70	R Racing	+2.986s
6	Gus Burton	57	Douglas Motorsport	+4.818s
7	Haytham Qarajouli	75	Total Control Racing	+7.570s
8	Josh Rattican	21	R Racing	+8.121s
9	Ben Kasperczak	35	BK Racing	+8.514s
10	Casper Stevenson	25	Richardson Racing	+8.695s
11	Bailey Vosin	22	Douglas Motorsport	+9.763s
12	Ethan Hawkey	40	Richardson Racing	+12.713s
13	Frankie Taylor	32	Team HARD	+18.089s
14	Ben O’Hare	95	Premiership Academy	+19.714s
15	Molly Dodd	47	Premiership Academy	+20.666s
16	Freddie Tomlinson	62	Douglas Motorsport	+21.921s
17	James Hedley	67	Elite Motorsport	+22.645s
18	Suleiman Zanfari	52	Elite Motorsport	+25.731s
19	Dan Gale	68	Total Control Racing	+38.875s
20	Kieran Fuller	88	Privateer	+45.024s
21	Zak Taylor	23	Alastair Rushforth Motorsport	+1m01.634s
DNF	Ethan Brooks	86	Total Control Racing	+6 Laps
DNF	Joel Pearson	29	R Racing	+11 Laps