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More Podium joy for Seb as he closes on
the title leader with more points finishes on Brands Hatch GP circuit
WRDA member Seb Morris moved into second
position in the BRDC Formula 4 Championship standings after a series
front-running performances – including his sixth podium of the year on
the Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit over the weekend, 27th/28th July.
Seb was 6th in practice, with Seb and the Hillspeed team
still not quiet able to find the sweet spot on the car in qualifying,
but he made up for it with a fantastic launch from sixth place to leap
into the top four! Whilst working hard to fend off the attentions of
Matt Bell, Seb was well in control in fourth place, until the last lap
when a dramatic final couple of miles shook-up the order. With two of
the lead drivers hitting problems, Seb was able to move through into
second place to match his best finish of the season so far. However 2nd place in race one
meant a 7th place on Sundays’ race 2 reverse grid but another electric
start gained him a place off the line, which he held to the end, despite
coming under great pressure. In the final race of the weekend, Seb who
at only 17 is combing his racing with studies at Abbey Gate College and
the MSA, lined-up seventh on the grid again and, once more, moved into
the top six on the first lap. Quickly moving into fifth on the second
tour, following a problem for championship rival Jake Dalton, Seb then
gained fourth position when another of his chief opponents, Charlie
Robertson, spun into retirement at Sheene! With the cards falling in his
favour, Seb settled for fourth place in the end and underlined his
strong pace with a best lap of 1m28.175 seconds – quicker than the
fastest efforts of the top two podium finishers.
“We’ve been really consistent all year and
we showed that again this weekend. We just need a better qualifying, if
I can get that sorted out then we know we’ve got the pace as one of the
quickest packages out there.” There are three weeks to wait for the next
event on the BRDC Formula 4 calendar at Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit,
on 17th/18th August. Silverstone was the scene of a triple podium for
Seb at the beginning of the season.
Television highlights of the Brands Hatch
races, meanwhile, will be screened at 18.00 next Sunday, 4th August, on
ITV4 and ITV4 HD. BRDC Formula 4 Championship 1st Jake Hughes (Lanan Racing)
272pts 2nd Seb Morris (Hillspeed) 256pts 3rd Jake Dalton (Mark Godwin
Racing) 249pts 4th Jack Barlow (Sean Walkinshaw Racing)
239pts 5th Charlie Robertson (HHC Motorsport)
214pts 6th Matt Bell (Douglas Team E-Lites) 208pts
Photos Jakob Ebrey Photography Media Contact:
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“I’m
really happy with the weekend, the car was by far the quickest it’s been
all year”, said Seb, “I didn’t hook it all up in qualifying
unfortunately, but we still came away with second in race one. That
compromised us on the reverse grid for race two and I had to conserve
the tyres as well, so the top six there wasn’t too bad. Fourth in race
three was a good way to round-off the weekend.