Keohane’s dramatic return

MICHAEL KEOHANE made a dramatic return to the British Formula 3 Championship at Thruxton where he claimed a podium place in the first race and drove a sensational race

Having missed five races and the test at Thruxton, the Cork driver well deserved his third row qualifying in race one. Pole sitter, Bruce Jouanny was overtaken by the in-form Heikki Kovalainen on the first lap. The safety car was deployed to allow the removal of Stefano Fabi’s car and when racing resumed Kovalainen held off Jouanny, but the Frenchman then spun out of the race with a puncture.

On the next lap, Shinya Hosokawa was launched into a huge barrel role and the race was stopped, luckily, the Carlin Motorsport driver escaped serious injury.