Donington British F3: Harry Tincknell wins, Jack Harvey into points lead

Tincknell converted his pole position into the lead with a good start, but the title chase took a dramatic twist when pre-race points leader Jazeman Jaafar was eliminated in a first-lap collision with Alex Lynn at the Old Hairpin.

After three laps behind the safety car, Tincknell was untroubled from the restart and swept to his fourth reversed-grid win of the season in his Carlin Dallara-Volkswagen.

"I got a really good start, which has been my strong point this year," said Tincknell. "I haven't been feeling 100 per cent for the past few days and we had a tough time in the test, but we've been steadily working as hard as we can and we're on the pace now."

Pipo Derani took second, but had to defend second place early on from title-chasing Fortec Motorsport Dallara-Mercedes team-mate Felix Serralles. But Serralles took too much kerb at Coppice, unsettling the car and allowing Carlin runner Pietro Fantin to dive into third, with two wheels on the grass, on the approach to the Esses.

Serralles also came under pressure from fellow Fortec man Hannes van Asseldonk, but gathered himself together to take fourth. Van Asseldonk held Harvey's Carlin Dallara at bay for fifth.

Jaafar had made a superb start and passed Lynn around the outside exiting Redgate, but there was slight contact as the Carlin car went by. As Lynn braked for the Old Hairpin, the Fortec runner realised he had a left-rear puncture, but it was too late and he started to spin, clipping Jaafar onto two wheels as both cars exited the race.

The result means that Harvey, who starts the final race from pole, is now three points ahead of Serralles and five in front of Jaafar, with rain expected later on Sunday.

Hywel Lloyd collected his second National Class win of the weekend in his CF Racing Dallara, but class champion Spike Goddard finished within half a second of the Welshman.

Results - 13 laps:

Pos  Driver                  Team/Car                  Time/Gap
 1.  Harry Tincknell         Carlin Dallara-VW       20m12.362s
 2.  Pipo Derani             Fortec Dallara-Merc       + 1.718s
 3.  Pietro Fantin           Carlin Dallara-VW         + 3.344s
 4.  Felix Serralles         Fortec Dallara-Merc       + 4.064s
 5.  Hannes van Asseldonk    Fortec Dallara-Merc       + 5.786s
 6.  Jack Harvey             Carlin Dallara-VW         + 6.852s
 7.  Rupert Svendsen-Cook    Double R Dallara-Merc     + 9.248s
 8.  Nick McBride            T-Sport Dallara-Nissan   + 11.218s
 9.  Geoff Uhrhane           Double R Dallara-Mer     + 11.624s
10.  Hywel Lloyd             CF Dallara-Mugen*        + 18.504s
11.  Spike Goddard           T-Sport Dallara-Mugen*   + 18.928s
12.  Pedro Pablo Calbimonte  T-Sport Dallara-Mugen*   + 23.582s
13.  Duvashen Padayachee     Double R Dallara-Mugen*  + 32.346s

Retirements:

     Alex Lynn               Fortec Dallara-Merc         0 laps
     Jazeman Jaafar          Carlin Dallara-VW           0 laps

* National Class