British F4: Lewis Wherrell claims first victory in British F4 at Snetterton

Lewis Wherrell would take his maiden victory in British F4 in the first race of the weekend at Snetterton in lights-to-flag victory.

Race one would see Lewis Wherrell start from pole position ahead of Scott Kin Lindblom and Theo Palmer. The Championship protagonists would line up in fourth and fifth with Dries Van Langendonck and Ethan Jeff-Hall completing the top five on the grid of a thirty-car field.

Lindblom would be covered off into the first corner by Wherrell while Palmer lost the place to Van Langendonck at the start as the championship leader moved up to third. Palmer would lose another two places to George Proudford-Nalder and Ethan Lennon as they went side-by-side through turn two and three. Jeff-Hall would also lose out on a few places as well dropping him to eighth on the road by the end of the opening lap.

Further back, Kit Belofsky would lose the rear after what seemed like a rear tyre failure forcing him off at the penultimate corner spinning back onto the track into the final corner in front of a few cars while just ahead of them, Harfield would defend hard on the run into the first corner before contact with Timo Jüngling forced the CDR car off the circuit and into the barrier. These two incidents would cause a Safety Car.

The race would get back underway with just over eight minutes to go as the top three would fight hard into the first corner, but Wherrell would be able to defend enough to keep the position ahead of Lindblom and Van Langendonck. Joseph Smith just behind would find his way by both Palmer and Proudford Nalder to move up to fourth place after a bottleneck caused by the top three fighting allowed him to get a strong run into turn two.

Wherrell would continue to lead all the way until the finish building up a solid margin to take his first victory in British F4. Lindblom would finish second ahead of Van Langendonck and Smith. Proudford-Nalder would complete the top five ahead of Palmer and Lennon while Jeff-Hall, Adam Al Azhari and Jarrett Clark complete the top ten.