British F4: Hanna takes win in British F4 debut at final Thruxton race

Salim Hanna took the third race win of the Thruxton event for British F4 on his debut in the series.

Hanna started on the front row alongside Henry Joslyn and as the lights went out, the debutant got by the pole sitter to take the lead. Hanna would lead through complex ahead of teammate Martin Molnár and the Rookie Cup championship leader, Fionn McLaughlin as both would get by Joslyn on lap 1 as well. McLaughlin would make an error at Goodwood were he went onto the grass causing him to lose a number of places down to 11th.

Not long after this, Thomas Bearman, Joel Bergström and Chase Fernandez would come together ending all three of their races and the Safety Car being deployed. When racing resumed Hanna kept the lead and built a small advantage. Meanwhile, Molnár and Joslyn began battling each other extending the gap Hanna had built up even further.

Hanna would come home to take victory ahead of Molnár and Joslyn who round out the podium while Adam Al Azhari and August Raber would finish 4th and 5th respectively. James Piszcyk would finish 6th ahead of Ella Lloyd who would take 7th place while McLaughlin, who was on a comeback drive after his off earlier in the race, would finish 8th and take 2nd place in the Rookie Cup. Ethan Jeff-Hall would finish in 9th and Ary Bansal would round out the top 10.

Leaving Thruxton, Molnár would lead the standings by 10 points to McLaughlin. Piszcyk would sit 3rd in the standings while Raber and Joslyn would complete the top 5 in the standings.

Meanwhile, in the Rookie Cup, McLaughlin still leads from Bearman by a much larger margin. Behind them, Xavier Avramides would stay ahead of Theo Palmer who is tied on points with Cole Hewetson who are 4th and 5th in then standings.

The Challenge Cup would see Tommy Harfield remain in the lead by 16 points to Charlie Edge while Alba Hurup Larsen and Ella Lloyd sit 3rd and 4th in the standings. Newcomer Salim Hanna took all three Challenge Cup victories at Thruxton cementing the Columbian into 5th in the Cup.