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Richard Keen has secured his second win of the day in the Visma Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy at Brands Hatch.
Keen
out dragged pole-sitter Will Bratt into Paddock Hill Bend, but had to
fend off a fast-starting Jack Clarke, who'd started on the second row
of the grid. Bratt meanwhile was forced to settle into third place.
Keen
soon opened up a gap to Clarke, building an advantage of 1.8s by the
end of lap three. Once in front, he never looked back, and shrugged off
a brief challenge from Clarke early on.
"I
didn't see Jack, but I'm told he had a look up the inside. After the
first corner it was a case of just getting my head down and putting in
some consistent laps," he said. Keen continued to stretch his lead over
the following laps with another textbook drive to victory.
Further
back, Bratt's poor start put him under pressure from Tim Bridgman, who
attempted to pass on the inside at Druids at first but couldn't find a
way past. On lap 18 Bridgman tried a move at Paddock, but ran wide and
allowed Jonathan Legris into fourth.
Bridgman's
error arrived at the perfect moment for Legris, who made terrific
progress during the race. The 19 year-old started from eighth on the
grid, and worked his way through the pack, and grabbed the chance to
pass Bridgman.
"I'm getting used to the car now, and I just took it by
the scruff of the neck in that race. Working through the traffic was
hard, but great fun," said Legris.
Richard
Keen and Jack Clarke make up the front row of the grid for the final
race of the day, with Jack Clarke in confident mood.
"Ive got the wet
starts nailed now, so I'm really looking forward to the final race of
the day. Obviously I'm slightly disappointed not to have done better in
that race, but Richard's consistency makes him hard to catch," said
Clarke.
Visma Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy
Round two classification
1. Richard Keen 17m04.347s
2. Jack Clarke +6.312s
3. Will Bratt +7.064s
4. Jonathan Legris +7.736s
5. Tim Bridgman +9.187s
6. Jason Moore +12.452s
7. Richard Plant +12.711s
8. Rob Sunderland +19.134s
9. Alex Brundle +22.486s
10. Emma Selway +34.071s
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