Douglas Motorsport’s Luke Hilton proved the driver to beat as GB4 Championship pre-season testing resumed at the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit.
The British driver registered a best time of 2m00.876s in the third and final session of the day to put himself 0.139s clear of Elite Motorsport’s Alex Kattoulas.
Hilton had been second quickest in the opening two sessions of the day, with Ary Bansal and Kattoulas topping the times respectively, but pumped in the quickest time of the day at the end of session three.
Kattoulas, who was the fastest driver at last week’s media day test, had to settle for second this time around, but was four tenths clear of Elite teammate Isaac Phelps, with the duo recording their best times in session two.
KMR’s Megan Bruce was second quickest in the final session, enough to put her fourth on the combined timesheets, 0.064s ahead of teammate Alex O’Grady.
Jack Taylor was the lead Fortec runner in sixth, and a tenth clear of session one topper Bansal, who was the final driver within a second of Hilton’s day topping pace.
Fortec’s Luca Magnussen was next up, 0.020s ahead of Pace Performance’s Josh McLean, while Douglas Motorsport resumed their testing programme with an aspiring Swedish contender, who completed the day’s top-10.
A total of 19 drivers participated in the first day of the test, with Fox Motorsport handing a first outing to racing newcomer Kristine Kolodziejski, who improved her pace rapidly as the day progressed.
Testing resumes at the home of the British Grand Prix tomorrow.
GB4 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Silverstone Monday testing combined result:
1. Luke Hilton, Douglas Motorsport, 2m00.876s
2. Alex Kattoulas, Elite Motorsport, +0.139s
3. Isaac Phelps, Elite Motorsport, +0.553s
4. Megan Bruce, KMR Sport, +0.636s
5. Alex O’Grady, KMR Sport, +0.700s
6. Jack Taylor, Fortec Motorsport, +0.846s
7. Ary Bansal, Elite Motorsport, +0.990s
8. Luca Magnussen, Fortec Motorsport, +1.061s
9. Josh McLean, Pace Performance, +1.081s
10. Douglas 1, Douglas Motorsport, +1.297s
11. Callum Baxter, Graham Brunton Racing, +1.363s
12. Leon Wilson, Arden Motorsport, +1.518s
13. Ava Dobson, Arden Motorsport, +1.640s
14. Dayton Coulthard, Douglas Motorsport, +1.884s
15. Jason Pribyl, ADM, +2.318s
16. Thomas Ingram Hill, Fortec Motorsport, +2.458s
17. Holly Miall, Fox Motorsport, +2.542s
18. Lily Watkins, KMR Sport, +5.416s
19. Kristine Kolodziejski, Fox Motorsport, +12.892s
