Championship rivalry blazes
BRITISH F4
Arden-run Finn Patrik Pasma took his maiden two Formula 4 wins at Rockingham in a “near perfect” weekend and Johnathan Hoggard claimed his first for four months – but those were not the main stories.
Instead, it was all about the rivalry between title contenders Kiern Jewiss and Ayrton Simmons.
Simmons got one over the points leader with a brilliant move in the first race. He dived down the inside of Jewiss from miles back at Tarzan to claim fourth. But that proved to be the high point for the JHR Developments driver.
In race two Simmons and Seb Priaulx were the innocent victims of a mistake by Jewiss. He had attempted a move down the inside at Deene, but as he tried to back out of it he made slight contact with Simmons, who in turn careered into Priaulx. While Simmons was out, Jewiss took second. “At the end of the day it was a slippery track,” said Double R Racing man Jewiss. “You’ve got to move on from it and there’s no point moaning about it.”
Jewiss was handed a 10-place grid penalty for the incident, but that didn’t stop him from taking a race-three podium with a final-corner pass – on that man Simmons.