Final Race Junior | Euro Series Round 3, Rødby

OK-Junior: Lewis Wherrell extends his lead

Great Britain's Zac Drummond (Parolin Motorsport) was the fastest in Timed Practice, but it was his American team-mate Vivek Kanthan who created a surprise by taking the provisional lead after the Qualifying Heats with two wins. Drummond also won twice, as did Great Britain's Alfie Slater (RFM), Spain's Christian Costoya (Parolin Motorsport), Belgium's Thibaut Ramaekers (VDK Racing) and Great Britain's Lewis Wherrell (Forza Racing). The other heats went to Filippo Sala (Sodikart), Stepan Antonov (KR Motorsport) and Italy's Iacopo Martinese (KR Motorsport). The show went up a notch again on Saturday during the two Super Heats. Kanthan and Drummond confirmed their position, ensuring a 100% Parolin-TM front row in the Final.

Right at the start of the Final, contact forced Thibaut Ramaekers to make an off-track passage and start at the back of the pack. As in Trinec, the winner of the Valencia race failed to score any points in this Final. Ukrainian Oleksandr Bondarev (KR Motorsport), who started 6th, was one of the victims of the collision at the start. Meanwhile, Kanthan had lost three places during the first lap, at the end of which Drummond was in the lead ahead of Martinese and Drummond. It took another 12 laps to see the situation change at the head of the race, with Wherrell finally finding the gap on Drummond. The Forza Racing driver quickly extended his lead, while Antonov joined the battle for the podium. The leader made no mistakes until the finish and went on to win. Already top of the provisional Championship after the race in the Czech Republic, the Briton increased his lead.

After some lively Final duels, Kanthan and Drummond took 2nd and 3rd place. Drummond took advantage of a failed overtake attempt by Martinese (5th) on Antonov (4th) to gain two places in the last two corners! To secure 6th place, Taym Saleh (Sauber Academy) managed to hold off the onslaught of Belgian Dries Van Langendonck (Forza Racing), as well as Swedes Oliver Kinnmark (Koski Motorsport) and Scott Kin Lindblom (Tony Kart Racing Team). A penalty for incorrect positioning of the front fairing pushed Van Langendonck, who set the fastest lap of the race, back to 12th position. His pursuers therefore gained a place, notably American Jack Iliffe (Parolin Motorsport), Brazilian Augustus Toniolo (KR Motorsport) - up 23 positions - and Austrian Niklas Schaufler (DPK Racing).