Nikita Bedrin says VRD Racing is “back on top” after overcoming difficult Donington testing to claim pole position for Race 1.
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Bedrin says VRD is “back on top” after claiming 2026 GB3 Donington Race 1 pole

Nikita Bedrin believes VRD Racing has returned to where it belongs after overcoming a difficult build-up to claim pole position for the opening 2026 GB3 race at Donington Park. The championship leader had struggled to match Deagen Fairclough during the two days of pre-event testing, with the Hitech driver topping all six sessions before Qualifying….

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Nikita Bedrin and Deagen Fairclough split the two GB3 pole positions at Donington, with just 0.056s and 0.069s between them.
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2026 | GB3 | Donington Park | Qualifying | Bedrin and Fairclough split poles

Nikita Bedrin and Deagen Fairclough shared the two pole positions available during Saturday morning’s 2026 GB3 Qualifying at Donington Park. Championship leader Bedrin denied testing pacesetter Fairclough by just 0.056s in Qualifying 1, securing Race 1 pole with a 1m20.324s. Fairclough responded in an interrupted Qualifying 2, lowering the weekend benchmark to 1m20.107s to beat…

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Deagen Fairclough topped all Friday 2026 GB3 test sessions at Donington to complete a six-session sweep, ending 0.424s clear of Maxim Rehm.
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2026 | GB3 | Donington Park | Test | Friday | Fairclough completes perfect testing sweep

Hitech’s Deagen Fairclough completed a perfect sweep of 2026 GB3 pre-event test events at Donington Park on Friday, topping all three sessions for the second consecutive day ahead of Qualifying. Having led each of Thursday’s three tests, Fairclough repeated the feat on Friday before producing the quickest lap of the entire two-day programme in the…

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Deagen Fairclough topped all three Thursday GB3 tests at Donington, beating Flynn Jackes by 0.118s in the combined order.
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2026 | GB3 | Donington Park | Test | Thursday | Fairclough tops all three sessions

Hitech’s Deagen Fairclough topped all three Thursday test sessions as preparations began for this weekend’s penultimate round of the 2026 GB3 Championship at Donington Park. The Silverstone double race winner recorded his best lap during the second of the day’s three sessions, setting a 1m20.966s to finish 0.118s clear of Elite Motorsport’s Flynn Jackes. Xcel…

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Nikita Bedrin takes a 103-point GB3 lead to Donington Park as Molnar, Fluxá and Rehm chase him in the sixth round of 2026.
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2026 | GB3 | Donington Park | Preview | Bedrin takes 103-point lead into Round 6

The 2026 GB3 Championship returns to action at Donington Park this weekend as championship leader Nikita Bedrin looks to strengthen his position with three rounds remaining after the East Midlands event. Drivers will receive three testing sessions on Thursday and another three on Friday before two separate Qualifying sessions and Race 1 begin the competitive…

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