{"id":94132,"date":"2025-08-25T07:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T07:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/94132\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T07:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T07:33:09","slug":"motorsport-news-ninovic-leads-heuzenroeder-pradel-in-australian-domination-of-gb3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/94132\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorsport news: Ninovic leads Heuzenroeder, Pradel in Australian domination of GB3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ffa3e7f8-a25a-9585-3c82-6aca64dc4591-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018On point\u2019 Ninovic leads Australian domination of GB3\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlex Ninovic celebrates a race win in the GB3 Championship at Brands Hatch.<\/p>\n<p>Racing on the British GT Championship undercard, Ninovic took pole position for Race 1 and Race 2 of the weekend and converted them into wins.<\/p>\n<p>In Race 3, which flips the top 12 from qualifying, the 18-year-old wound up finishing where he started in 12th.<\/p>\n<p>Brands Hatch took his win tally to six for the season from 18 races to date. Ninovic also took wins at Zandvoort, Spa-Francorchamps, the Hungaroring, and Silverstone.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udcfa RACE ONE HIGHLIGHTS\ud83d\udcfa<\/p>\n<p>Recap a stunning victory for Alex Ninovic in race one at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brands_Hatch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Brands_Hatch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3SUdk5DZ9x\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/3SUdk5DZ9x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GB3 Championship (@GB3Championship) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GB3Championship\/status\/1959268598846808256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been the perfect weekend we could have hoped for, and I can\u2019t be happier,\u201d said Ninovic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe car feels amazing, I\u2019m on point this weekend, and everything\u2019s come together really well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt shows from the two qualifying sessions and then the two wins in the races with a nice margin, I can\u2019t complain about anything.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether, double pole and double win, it definitely ranks as probably my best weekend [of my career] so far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just extremely excited, I\u2019m super happy with the result and it obviously gives us some good points in the championship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udcfa RACE TWO HIGHLIGHTS<\/p>\n<p>Recap how Alex Ninovic stormed to his sixth win of the year in race two at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brands_Hatch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Brands_Hatch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VllpWytHrz\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/VllpWytHrz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GB3 Championship (@GB3Championship) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GB3Championship\/status\/1959635998763110600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Heuzenroeder finished fourth in the opening two races of the weekend before a crash in the third race with Pradel cruelled his chances.<\/p>\n<p>The Sydney-born driver leads by 71 points over compatriot Patrick Heuzenroeder of Xcel Motorsport, who has one win this year at Zandvoort.<\/p>\n<p>Heuzenroeder scored back-to-back fourth place finishes before suffering a DNF in the finale after colliding with countryman Gianmarco Pradel fighting over seventh.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udcfa RACE THREE HIGHLIGHTS\ud83d\udcfa<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how Enzo Tarnvanichkul claimed his first win in a dramatic <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brands_Hatch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Brands_Hatch<\/a> finale <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cwo2zFi5A1\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/cwo2zFi5A1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GB3 Championship (@GB3Championship) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GB3Championship\/status\/1959688293764788733?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pradel, who is Ninovic\u2019s teammate at Rodin, sits third in the standings with two wins to his credit at the Hungaroring and Silverstone.<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s other interest, Noah Lisle, was 10th in the opening two races before finishing 13th in the third. He sits eighth in the points with one podium to his name.<\/p>\n<p>Ninovic\u2019s standing in the drivers\u2019 championship has him more than two race wins clear of Heuzenroeder.<\/p>\n<p>The GB3 Championship continues at Donington Park on October 4-5.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Ninovic celebrates a race win in the GB3 Championship at Brands Hatch. 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