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Deagen Fairclough started the second half of the GB3 Championship season impressively by securing two poles and a double win, with Hitech GP achieving a complete sweep at Silverstone over the weekend.

A challenging beginning to his campaign had placed Fairclough in 10th position in the rankings as the latest round approached, but he improved his situation with his strongest GB3 performance yet.

He had a strong start in the opening race to initially take the lead from Martin Molnar (Rodin), who took advantage of an early safety car period to move ahead, prompting Fairclough to adopt a defensive stance into Village before making the pass on the Wellington Straight.

Fairclough was not going to be stopped, as he dived back up the inside into Club during the next lap, while Molnar temporarily dropped to second behind Xcel’s Rowan Campbell-Pilling before regaining position at Brooklands. Campbell-Pilling struggled in the final stages, while Fairclough held off Molnar to secure his second victory of the season.

Honestly, I didn’t anticipate it,” Fairclough remarked about his race-winning pass. “It was a make-or-break moment; I needed to accomplish it quickly. It feels good to be on top again. It’s no longer my championship to lose, so I’m going all in.

Behind, Maxim Rehm and Lucas Fluxa clashed at Brooklands following a three-car fight with Flynn Jackes. Fluxa lost positions as he spun, while a one-second penalty for a safety car rule violation dropped Rehm to fifth behind Jackes. Meanwhile, championship leader Nikita Bedrin moved up three spots to eighth after a challenging qualifying session.

We were just trying to get by with what we had,” explained VRD driver Bedrin. “We encountered some problems during testing, which put us at a disadvantage, so in qualifying we weren’t ready and the car wasn’t in the correct position.

Fairclough’s second victory was somewhat simpler, as he withstood continuous pressure from Campbell-Pilling throughout the race, maintaining the lead from the start to the finish. Molnar overtook Fluxa at the beginning but then went on to challenge Campbell-Pilling at the Club, only to be pushed out and dropped to fourth place. Fluxa came in third, with Molnar bringing in Bedrin and Rehm behind him.

After being called up late by Elite Motorsport, Italian Formula 4 champion Edu Robinson began the final race of his first GB3 event from the reversed-grid pole position, yet he was overtaken at the start by Rodrigo Gonzalez of VRD, who maintained the lead for almost the entire exciting race.

Slipping down to fourth position at the start, Hitech’s Jacob Micallef executed a remarkable pass on Arden’s Leon Wilson at Abbey, joining the battle between the top two. Robinson temporarily took the lead at the Loop but lost it on the exit, and another unsuccessful attempt enabled Micallef to take second place at Becketts. The Maltese driver then made a thrilling last-lap move on Gonzalez at Brooklands to claim his first victory.

Wilson dropped to sixth place after Patricio Gonzalez and Bedrin, with the latter maintaining his championship lead almost the same – even though he had a tough weekend – at 103 points ahead of Molnar, who came in 12th. Fairclough climbed two positions to 10th, while Abbi Pulling faced a challenging event that ended in a spin at Copse.

The initial GB4 competition began with a thrilling head-on collision on the first lap, and Luke Hilton managed to endure the resulting turmoil to secure his second victory with ADM Racing.

Front-row qualifiers Thomas Ingram Hill (Fortec) and Fred Green (Elite) both incurred damage after colliding at Becketts, with Hilton initially held back by the struggling duo, enabling Connor Grant to take a short lead.

Hilton took the lead into Club and initially created a two-second advantage as a chaotic battle for second place unfolded. Grant reduced the gap in the final stages, but he was moved to third behind KMR Sport’s points leader Alex O’Grady at the finish line due to a 5-second penalty for exceeding track limits.

A problem with Grant’s Douglas machine during the formation lap caused an unsuccessful start in the follow-up race. Ingram Hill defeated Green at the beginning once the race finally began, and he took control of the race from that point to secure his first victory, finishing 2.7 seconds ahead of the Elite driver. Meanwhile, Hilton managed to keep Torrin Byrne behind to achieve his fifth consecutive podium finish.

Connor Willis of Hillspeed claimed his first victory in the reverse-grid race, finishing ahead of Byrne. After a mid-race safety car period, a three-lap sprint to the finish line took place. Hilton’s impressive move from 10th position ended abruptly due to a dramatic collision with Josh McLean at Club, allowing Ingram Hill to take third place from 12th on the grid.

The 50-minute opening race of the GT Cup was cut short due to a red flag, triggered by oil on the track that affected four cars during the first lap. Gilbert Yates (McLaren GT3) and Peter Erceg (Audi GT3) went to the pits before the interruption to switch places with Bradley Yates and Marcus Clutton. Clutton then made a strong move through the field after the restart and took the lead on the penultimate lap to secure the win.

Although Clutton prevented them from achieving a debut victory, the father-and-son pair of Gilbert and Bradley Yates redeemed themselves by securing the 100-minute enduro. On his initial weekend driving GT3 equipment, Yates Jr moved up from the second row to take the lead at the first corner, while his father ultimately crossed the finish line over a minute ahead of Felix Livesey and Charlie Digby’s Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo.

Defending champion Jake McAleer overtook Ed Hayes’ pole-positioned Cayman at the beginning of the first Porsche Club race, ultimately securing victory in his 997. Hayes managed to close a one-second gap on McAleer but ended up in second place after colliding with a slower vehicle.

McAleer moved up from third to take the lead once more in the follow-up race. Hayes capitalized on slower cars to rekindle his fight with McAleer, but then fell behind Steve Wood’s 996 and lost more position after a mistake at Club. Wood’s final attempt at a winning move was stopped when the checkered flag was shown prematurely, allowing McAleer to secure his second victory of the day.

Gordie Mutch achieved a double win in the Radical Cup UK. Cian Geraghty finished as the top competitor in the first race, but he had to take a drive-through penalty while leading the second race, allowing Tom Hodge to finish second after Shane Kelly received a 30-second penalty for a safety car violation.