A podium and a grand slam for Nikita Bedrin means that the Russian driver now has 222 points, 68 points ahead of Maxim Rehm. Despite Bedrin’s results, however, VRD Racing have now slipped to second in the teams’ standings, five points behind leaders Rodin Motorsport on 339.
In his home weekend, Martin Molnár qualified on pole position for race one ahead of Deagen Fairclough. However, he was quickly overtaken by the Hitech driver into the first corner, almost falling into the clutches of Bedrin in the process.
Fairclough continued to build a gap in the subsequent laps, up until the safety car was deployed for Abbi Pulling, who crashed into the tyre barrier at Turn 2 on lap seven after hitting the wall. Racing resumed three laps later and Fairclough went on to take his first victory of 2026 ahead of Bedrin and Rehm, who both passed Molnár at Turn 1 on the restart.
Bedrin began race two from pole and Fairclough once again swiped the lead through the first corner. Behind, Rowan Campbell-Pilling tagged Peter Bouzinelos and spun him into the path of Jacob Micallef at the apex. Bedrin retook the lead around the outside of Turn 2 just before the safety car was called.
Fairclough ground to a halt on lap two approaching Turn 13 whilst behind the safety car. The safety car was initially called in at the end of lap three, but was immediately deployed again, reportedly for technical issues with the digital flag panels.
The race got back underway at the end of lap five and Bedrin continued on to take the win ahead of Molnár and Fluxá, who moved up to third when Rehm pulled off at Turn 1 on lap 10 with mechanical issues.
The reverse-grid race again saw an opening lap safety car as Fairclough collided into the back of Rehm and went airborne, careering into the side of Pulling and terminally damaging her. Fairclough stopped at Turn 1, marking his fifth retirement of the year, whilst Pulling pulled off at Turn 5.
Two more safety cars interrupted proceedings. The first came out just as lap seven began when Kyuho Lee spun into the barriers at Turn 11. The second came on lap 10 when Aurelia Nobels sideswiped Bouzinelos at Turn 1, stranding him in the middle of the track.
The race became a one-lap shootout on lap 13 and Flynn Jackes, who started on pole, finally took his maiden GB3 victory. He finished ahead of Fluxá and Rehm, who dived down the inside of Campbell-Pilling at Turn 1. However, the German driver was later found to have used DRS when it was prohibited to do so after a safety car restart and was given a one-position penalty, promoting Campbell-Pilling to his maiden GB3 podium.
The top 15 in the drivers’ standings
- Nikita Bedrin (VRD), 222
- Maxim Rehm (Rodin), 154
- Lucas Fluxá (Xcel), 144
- Martin Molnár (Rodin), 141
- Jin Nakamura (Hitech), 96
- Flynn Jackes (Elite), 88
- Patricio Gonzalez (VRD), 87
- Rowan Campbell-Pilling (Xcel), 85
- Abbi Pulling (Rodin), 84
- Deagen Fairclough (Hitech), 77
- Kyuho Lee (Elite), 77
- Rodrigo Gonzalez (VRD), 71
- Fu Yuhao (Hitech), 64
- Dante Vinci (Hillspeed), 63
- Ricardo Baptista (Xcel), 55
The teams’ standings
- Rodin Motorsport, 339
- VRD Racing, 334
- Hitech, 248
- Xcel Motorsport, 240
- Elite Motorsport, 192
- Hillspeed, 118
- Arden Motorsport, 104
- Fortec Motorsports, 61
- Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing, 10
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