On a weekend where he could wrap up the championship title a round early, KMR Sport’s Tom Mills made the perfect start to proceedings by claiming a double pole position in qualifying.
The 18-year-old almost eclipsed last year’s qualifying lap record with a 1m24.782s effort, which put him 0.166s clear of Fox Motorsport’s Liam McNeilly for the race one grid, and he also claimed pole for race two based on his second quickest lap time, putting him 0.358s of McNeilly again.
VRD Racing's Zack Ping, in just his second GB4 weekend was an impressive third quickest, and a tenth of a second ahead of Mills' nearest championship challenger Cooper Webster, who was fourth for Evans GP.
Colin Queen was the lead Fortec runner in fifth, a tenth clear of Elite's Josh Irfan, with KMR Sport's Jack Clifford eighth and the final driver within a second of the qualifying time.
Harry Burgoyne was only 1.004s away from the outright fastest time in eighth, 0.068s ahead of the second Fox Motorsport machine of Sid Smith, with Fortec's Aditya Kulkarni, who brought out a late red flag, completing the top-10.
Mills, McNeilly, Ping, Webster and Queen hold the same positions on the race two grid, with Burgoyne jumping up to sixth ahead of Irfan, Clifford, Smith and Evans GP's returnee Kai Daryanani.
The first race of the weekend is due to commence at 14.45.
GB4 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Brands Hatch GP Qualifying result:1.
1. Tom Mills, KMR Sport, 1m24.782s
2. Liam McNeilly, Fox Motorsport, +0.166s
3. Zack Ping, VRD, +0.423s
4. Cooper Webster, Evans GP, +0.532s
5. Colin Queen, Fortec Motorsports, +0.675s
6. Josh Irfan, Elite Motorsport, +0.807s
7. Jack Clifford, KMR Sport, +0.905s
8. Harry Burgoyne, Graham Brunton Racing, +1.004s
9. Sid Smith, Fox Motorsport, +1.072s
10. Aditya Kulkarni, Fortec Motorsport, +1.436s
11. Kai Dayanani, Evans GP, +1.741s
12. Sebastian Murray, Graham Brunton Racing, +3.000s
13. Dylan Hotchin, Dylan Hotchin Racing, +4.424s
14. Thomas Lee, Evans GP, +8.640s
GB4 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Brands Hatch GP qualifying provisional second fastest times (race two grid):
1. Tom Mills, KMR Sport, 1m24.747s
2. Liam McNeilly, Fox Motorsport, +0.358s
3. Zack Ping, VRD, +0.626s
4. Cooper Webster, Evans GP, +0.635s
5. Colin Queen, Fortec Motorsport, +0.975s
6. Harry Burgoyne, Graham Brunton Racing, +1.061s
7. Josh Irfan, Elite Motorsport, +1.149s
8. Jack Clifford, KMR Sport, +1.335
9. Sid Smith, Fox Motorsport, +1.341s
10. Kai Dayanani, Evans GP, +1.746s
11. Aditya Kulkarni, Fortec Motorsports, +2.189s
12. Sebastian Murray, Graham Brunton Racing, +3.258s
13. Dylan Hotchin, Dylan Hotchin Racing, +5.335s
14. Thomas Lee, Evans GP, +9.169s
