Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing's Luke Hilton secured his first GB4 pole positions after securing both poles on offer in qualifying at Silverstone this morning.
The young Brit set a best time of 2m00.560s to claim race one pole, and a 2m00.629s to secure pole for race two, with that grid formed by each driver's second best times.
Fred Green was second for both sessions ahead of Alex O'Grady for the race one grid, and Enzo Hallman for race two. A total of 29 cars took part in qualifying, as GB4's record-breaking grid gets set for this weekend's season opener.
In a back-and-forth battle between Hilton and Elite Motorsport’s Green, it was the former who came out on top, each time less than a tenth of a second ahead of his fellow Briton. Green was 0.078s back with his fastest lap and just 0.012s off with their second-fastest attempts.
A last gasp lap from KMR Sport’s O’Grady secured him third on the grid for race one, with the Irishman 0.091s adrift of Hilton’s pole time, but he will start from fifth for race two, with Enzo Hallman (Hillspeed) and Emmilio Valentino Del Grosso (Elite) ahead of him.
Hallman made it four different teams in the top four for the race one grid, as he put his Hillspeed fourth – albeit nearly two tenths further back from the top three. Del Grosso was an impressive fifth, just his second time inside the top-10 this since testing began on Thursday.
Thomas Ingram Hill (Fortec Motorsports) was just 0.004s back from Del Grosso in sixth for race one. Jason Smyth (Douglas Motorsport) lines up seventh for race one, with the Irishman and Ingram Hill swapping places for race two.
Dayton Coulthard (Douglas) and lead rookie Franciszek Cegielski (Fortec) line up eighth and ninth respectively for both races, with 10th on the grid occupied by Archie Davies (Scorpio Motorsport) for race one and Connor Willis (Hillspeed) for race two.
Reverse-grid pole is provisionally held by Matan Achituv (Elite) who was 1.171s off the pace in 12th, with rookie Charlie Myers agonisingly close, just 0.006s behind the Israeli. Jordyn Martin comfortably led the female drivers, securing 16th and 14th on the grid for races one and two respectively.
The top nine were covered by one second in qualifying.
GB4 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Silverstone, provisional qualifying result:
1. Luke Hilton, Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing, 2m00.560s
2. Fred Green, Elite Motorsport, +0.078s
3. Alex O’Grady, KMR Sport, +0.091s
4. Enzo Hallman, Hillspeed, +0.277s
5. Emmilio Valentino Del Grosso, Elite Motorsport, +0.320s
6. Thomas Ingram Hill, Fortec Motorsports, +0.324s
7. Jason Smyth, Douglas Motorsport, +0.557s
8. Dayton Coulthard, Douglas Motorsport, +0.693s
9. Franciszek Cegielski (R), Fortec Motorsports, +0.780s
10. Archie Davies, Scorpio Motorsport, +1.068s
11. Connor Willis, Hillspeed, +1.114s
12. Matan Achituv, Elite Motorsport, +1.171s
13. Charlie Myers (R), Arden Motorsport, +1.177s
14. Romuald Bocquet (R), Scorpio Motorsport, +1.241s
15. Torrin Byrne, Pace Performance, +1.276s
16. Jordyn Martin (R), Fortec Motorsports, +1.393s
17. Conor Grant (R), Douglas Motorsport, +1.705s
18. Demitri Nolan, Hillspeed, +1.965s
19. Josh McLean, Pace Performance, +2.139s
20. Michael Koh (R), Hillspeed, +2.186s
21. Lily-May Watkins, KMR Sport, +2.380s
22. Caitlyn McDaniel, Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing, +2.436s
23. Archie Bullard (R), Fox Motorsport, +2.635s
24. Holly Miall, KMR Sport, +2.694s
25. Jamie Leverton (R), Idola Motorsport, +2.919s
26. Solenn Amrouche, Arden Motorsport, +3.064s
27. Jasser Iskander, Fox Motorsport, +3.357s
28. John O’Donnell, Pace Performance, +3.918s
29. Enzo Rujugiro (R), Fox Motorsport, +5.000s
GB4 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Silverstone, provisional second fastest qualifying result (race two grid):
1. Luke Hilton, Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing, 2m00.629s
2. Fred Green, Elite Motorsport, +0.012s
3. Enzo Hallman, Hillspeed, +0.225s
4. Emmilio Valentino Del Grosso, Elite Motorsport, +0.252s
5. Alex O’Grady, KMR Sport, +0.265s
6. Jason Smyth, Douglas Motorsport, +0.510s
7. Thomas Ingram Hill, Fortec Motorsports, +0.647s
8. Dayton Coulthard, Douglas Motorsport, +0.774s
9. Franciszek Cegielski (R), Fortec Motorsports, +0.836s
10. Connor Willis, Hillspeed, +1.086s
11. Matan Achituv, Elite Motorsport, +1.111s
12. Romuald Bocquet, Scorpio Motorsport, +1.238s
13. Archie Davies, Scorpio Motorsport, +1.280s
14. Jordyn Martin (R), Fortec Motorsports, +1.417s
15. Torrin Byrne, Pace Performance, +1.675s
16. Conor Grant (R), Douglas Motorsport, +1.705s
17. Charlie Myers (R), Arden Motorsport, +1.863s
18. Josh McLean, Pace Performance, +2.123s
19. Michael Koh (R), Arden Motorsport, +2.132s
20. Caitlyn McDaniel, Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing, +2.404s
21. Archie Bullard (R), Fox Motorsport, +2.614s
22. Lily-May Watkins, KMR Sport, +2.687s
23. Holly Miall, KMR Sport, +2.688s
24. Jamie Leverton (R), Idola Motorsport, +2.915s
25. Solenn Amrouche, Arden Motorsport, +3.310s
26. Jasser Iskander, Fox Motorsport, +3.486s
27. Demitri Nolan, Hillspeed, +4.715s
28. Enzo Rujugiro (R), Fox Motorsport, +5.861s
29. John O’Donnell, Pace Performance, +6.182s
