Fresh off the back of his finest sportscar performance to-date in the Playstation Ginetta Junior Championship, Jordon Lennox-Lamb produced one of the drives of his fledgling career to leave the established stars trailing in his wheeltracks on his maiden K
F1 appearance.
The young Bedford ace returned to
Brands Hatch for the final round in the closed-top Ginetta Junior series in high spirits, having already competed at the Kent circuit three weeks previously, and that confidence was evident right from the opening session.
“It was really good,” Jordon enthused. “Each time I went out I was getting quicker and quicker and making fewer mistakes. The first practice session was held in damp conditions and it went really well. The car was really loose and moving around a lot, but I was holding it well and putting in consistently good times.”
Though qualifying itself was repeatedly halted, the former BRDC Stars of Tomorrow JICA front-runner nevertheless secured a trio of impressive top six grid slots, but the races would bring mixed fortunes.
“In the first one I made a really good start and got up to fourth,” Jordon recounted, “then going through Paddock Hill Bend on lap two I just dropped a wheel off the track and it put me in the gravel trap. That slight error cost us the race, because shortly afterwards there was a big accident and it was red-flagged.
“I was really annoyed with myself, because I wanted three good results from the weekend. Carolynn Hoy from the BRDC was there and it wasn't really a good start.”
The mistake did, however, leave the 15-year-old even more fired-up for race two, and it certainly showed, as he was able to put his karting experience to good use in an outing full of overtaking from start-to-finish, taking the chequered flag a strong fifth and subsequently being elevated to fourth when one of the drivers ahead was handed a jump-start penalty.
“I was really pleased,” Jordon enthused. “I was already happy with fifth, and for the final race I was hoping to get onto the podium.
