Andy Meyrick has maintained his lead in the National Class of the British F3 International Series despite a difficult weekend at Snetterton during the latest rounds of the season.

Following a challenging rain soaked qualifying session, Meyrick qualified fifth for round nine and sixth for round ten, marking the first time this season that the Carlin driver had failed to take pole position.

Having finished in second place in race one after battling his way through the National Class pack, Meyrick made a good start in race two to move up to fourth by the end of lap one, just one place from a podium finish.

He then climbed up to third by lap three with Jay Bridger in his sights but pushing hard to take second place, the 22 year-old racer went off track. Although he was able to rejoin the race, damage to his car meant he went off at the next corner and was forced into retirement.

"Obviously I'm not happy to have come away with just a second place this weekend," he said. "We struggled quite a lot in qualifying, and to their credit, the team worked hard to see if there was a problem with the car. The first race went quite well, I made up a number of places to take second place which I was happy with. In race two I was pushing hard to catch Bridger and went off track. I managed to rejoin the race but I think I must have picked up a puncture or something because the car went straight on at the next corner.

"It's obviously better to be winning races, but I think you have to learn from bad weekends like this and come back stronger next time. I'm still leading the championship; I've leant a lot and will be back on form next time out at Thruxton."