Jaime Alguersuari took his third win in a row to become the first Spanish driver win the British F3  Championship.   The 18-year-old, who is also youngest ever British F3 Champion, overtook pole position holder Oli Oakes at the start and led to the flag in dominant style.  His title rival Oliver Turvey climbed up the field from 20th on the first lap to 8th finishing his season parked next to the track three laps from home.  Nick Tandy took his best finish of the year in second place ahead of Sergio Perez.  Jay Bridger finished his championship year with a win ahead of Henry Surtees and Steven Guererro.

Speaking after the race Alguersuari  said “I just can’t believe that I’ve won the title.  The odds were stacked against me coming to Donington, but the team and my engineer have done a fantastic job.  It’s been a very close year of racing and very competitive, so it makes it even more special to win this year against such good drivers.”

See he sounds like an F1 driver already.

Local driver Oliver Turvey’s championship hopes ended when he slipped back to 20th on the opening lap and had to begin the long hard slog back through the field.

Melbourne driver Sam Abay made one final attempt to pass Perez to claim his first podium finish of the year but the Australian went in too deep into Redgate and ran wide on the exit  dropping him back to fifth place.

Australian driver Sam Abay just missed his first series podium

Another Aussie in John Martin finished the day in 12th place, Martin will now return to Australia for a one off drive in the Australian F3 race on the streets of the Gold Coast as part of the Nikon Indy 300.

:with British F3 Media