Fred Green remains confident that he can reclaim the GB4 Championship lead after a difficult Donington Park weekend ended with a remarkable recovery drive.
The Elite Motorsport driver lost the points lead for the first time this season after Qualifying setbacks and incidents disrupted his opening two races. However, Green fought from the rear of the field to finish sixth in the reverse-grid finale and heads to Silverstone only 11 points behind KMR Sport’s Alex O’Grady.
Qualifying setback creates difficult weekend
Track-limits infringements shaped Green’s weekend before the racing began. Officials deleted all of his Qualifying lap times, along with those of several other drivers, and forced him to start all three races from the midfield.
The revised order mixed drivers with significantly different levels of pace and created intense battles throughout the field.
“What happened in qualifying made the weekend tough for everyone, especially the people who qualified at the front initially,” he said to GB4. “That made it really tricky, and almost hard to survive with the pace difference between the front and the back.
“It was inevitable that there were going to be some accidents and, unfortunately, I ended up in one or two of them.”
Green recovered to 10th in Race 1 despite his compromised starting position. However, his luck worsened in Race 2 when another driver swiped him out of contention at Goddards at the end of the opening lap.
O’Grady takes championship lead
Green’s retirement opened the door for O’Grady to move ahead in the standings.
The KMR Sport driver finished sixth in Race 1 and fourth in Race 2, giving him enough points to take the championship lead after the second contest.
Nevertheless, Green refuses to place too much importance on the standings at this stage of the campaign.
“It’s only round three,” he said. “I’m not too worried about the championship. If I do a good job, then it’ll come to me at some point.”
Instead, Green continues to focus on his own performances and the opportunities that remain during the rest of the season.
Puncture helps Green avoid major incident
Green faced further adversity at the beginning of Race 3 when another car’s front wing grazed his right-rear tyre and caused a puncture.
The damage forced him to slow and return to the pits. However, it may also have kept him clear of a six-car pile-up at the final corner on the opening lap.
Green still had to negotiate the debris while struggling to control his damaged car.
“It was like driving through a battlefield,” said Green. “I was limping back [to the pits], but I couldn’t even stay on the track to avoid all the debris.”
Officials deployed the Safety Car following the incident, which gave Green an opportunity to rejoin the rear of the field after his pit stop.
Green charges through the field
Once racing resumed, Green launched an aggressive recovery from the back of the pack.
The 17-year-old completed several overtakes and climbed to sixth by the chequered flag. His charge allowed him to recover important championship points after the setbacks that had shaped the rest of his weekend.
“It was probably my best race this year,” he said. “After the weekend I’d had, I didn’t feel like I had too much to lose, so I was cracking on. Fortunately, it all panned out for me. I pulled off some mega moves and ended up gaining over 15 positions [after the safety car].”
The result gave Green a positive conclusion to an otherwise frustrating round.
“It felt like a win to me, or even better, so it was nice to end the weekend like that.”
Although he left Donington without the championship lead, the recovery demonstrated the pace and racecraft that helped him control the standings during the opening rounds.
Silverstone success inspires confidence
Green will arrive at Silverstone second in the drivers’ championship, 11 points behind O’Grady and five ahead of Hillspeed’s Enzo Hallman.
The circuit hosted the opening round of the 2026 season, where Green claimed two pole positions, two victories and the fastest lap in both main races.
Consequently, he approaches the return visit with confidence that he can reduce O’Grady’s advantage or regain the championship lead.
“It makes sense to be positive and ready for a good weekend,” he said. “Hopefully we can replicate the success we had there before and gain some points back to regain the championship lead.
“I’ve got to take it as it comes because, as we saw [at Donington], a lot can happen.”
Green will now aim to combine his proven Silverstone pace with a cleaner weekend as the GB4 title battle continues.
