Round 3 - Snetterton - Angus Whiteside

The weekend kicked off with qualifying on Saturday morning and Whiteside led the way with a stunning performance. The rookie lapped seven tenths of a second quicker than anyone else to record his second consecutive pole position in the championship.

Fellow first year contender Gilbert Yates was second fastest, his best qualifying result of the season so far, while championship leader Toby Trice (SVG Motorsport) shot up to third on the timesheets with his last lap of the session ahead of Wes Pearce (Elite Motorsport).

Whiteside converted his clear qualifying pace into a dominant win in the opener that afternoon. Yates initially got the jump at the race start, but the pole-sitter was back ahead by the end of the opening tour and had pulled over three seconds clear by the end of lap two.

A mid-race safety car period slashed his advantage, but he was back to over two seconds clear within a lap and cruised home to victory. Yates finished second on the road, however he was deemed to have jumped the start and was handed a ten second penalty that dropped him to 13th.

If Whiteside’s race one win was ‘dominant’, his charge to victory in race two was even more impressive. The rookie benefitted from some battling behind to pull clear and take another commanding lights-to-flag victory by 11 seconds.

Whiteside completed his dream treble in the final race on Sunday afternoon, once again leading from start to finish. Breaking over two seconds clear in the first three laps, he went on to take the win by over six seconds to further extend his points lead in the rookie class standings.