Clarke picks up the points for Markham Vale based Hillspeed

BRDC British Formula 3 Championship driver Oliver Clarke delivered a series of excellent performances to collect a brace of top four finishes and four top 10 results for Markham Vale team Hillspeed.
Oliver Clarke racked in the points for Hillspeed.Oliver Clarke racked in the points for Hillspeed.
Oliver Clarke racked in the points for Hillspeed.

Clarke showed terrific pace and car control during two wet races on Saturday, 3rd October, and two more on Sunday, 4th October, and only just missed out on adding the second podium of his rookie season.

Bagging plentiful points across rounds 15, 16, 17 and 18, Clarke has leapt up from 12th in the driver standings to seventh in the coveted championship.

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“It’s been a very strong weekend for Ollie – he was unlucky not to be on the podium again,” said Richard Ollerenshaw, team principal.

“The boys in the team got on top of the car right from the start of testing on Thursday, we had the potential for podiums without a doubt this weekend.“Ollie raced superbly and he put on plenty of points to move up into seventh in the championship, a great reward on his first ever time racing at Snetterton.

"Without the timing issue in qualifying he would’ve been on the second row in race one, and a podium would’ve been inevitable with the pace and performance he delivered. It wasn’t the best weekend for Cutter, but we know he’ll hit back.”

There is now a three week break in the BRDC British F3 calendar before the championship makes its third visit of the season to Donington Park for Rounds 19, 20 and 21 of the campaign on the weekend of 24/25th October.