British F4: Bearman takes victory at Oulton Park in rain affected race

Thomas Bearman would take his first British F4 victory at Oulton Park after rain hit the circuit and he kept composure before a red flag.

At the start of the race, Fionn McLaughlin repeated what he done the day prior by getting a better start than his pole sitting championship rival Martin Molnár. McLaughlin would quickly try to pull away in the opening phases. But the rain would begin to fall only a few laps in making the track very greasy by the time the leaders reached it.

McLaughlin would go straight on at the final corner followed by both Molnár and August Raber. This would lead to Bearman taking the lead after being more cautious than his rivals, but he would become under pressure from Henry Joslyn and Chase Fernandez in second and third.

Soon though a Safety Car would be deployed after Ary Bansal ended up in the wall on the pit straight. Once the race got back underway, the conditions deteriorated further causing a red flag and the race to end there.

This would mean the race would be only half points due to it. Bearman would take victory ahead of Joslyn and Fernandez while Jimmy Piszcyk would finish 4th ahead of Adam Al Azhari, McLaughlin, Mercier, Raber, Molnár and Campbell-Pilling who completes the top 10.

McLaughlin now holds a 5.5-point lead in the championship ahead of Molnár while Piszcyk sits in third 31 points adrift. McLaughlin continues to lead the Rookie Cup from Bearman by a comfortable margin. Tommy Harfield continues to lead the Challenge Cup from Charlie Edge but the championship leader has had an extra race weekend compared to his closest 3 rivals.