British F3 Championship: Recap of How African Drivers Performed

The 2017 British Formula 3 Championship had two African participants; Jeremy Wahome from Kenya and Callan O’Keeffe from South Africa. Below is how they performed in their 24 races of the season.

Oulton Park

The first round of the season was held at Oulton Park from the 15-17 April. South Africa’s Callan O’Keeffe finished in 7^th after race one and made the podium after finishing 3^rd in race two. He, however, moved a position down to 4^th during race three at Oulton Park taking the Douglas Motorsport driver’s points tally to 56 points and finishing in 5^th position.

Jeremy Wahome qualified in 10^th position before race one at Oulton Park but did not do much to maintain or improve the position as he finished 16^th. Race two saw the Kenyan finish 11^th and 14^th in race three

Rockingham: 29-30 April

Jeremy finished 16^th in race one, 14^th in race two and 6^th in race three while Callan finished 3^rd in race one, 5^th in races two and three.

Snetterton 300: 27-28 May

Race one at Snetterton saw Callan finish fourth but improved to 3^rd in race two while Jeremy could not finish. Race three had the Kenyan coming in at 15^th with the South African dropping to 5^th.

Silverstone GP: 10-11 June

Callan had qualified in 6^th but ended up finishing 4^th in race one while Jeremy who had qualified in 15^th, finished in 11^th. Race two saw the Kenyan take a huge stride to finish in top 10 for the first time in 8^th position. The South African maintained his 4^th position while Jeremy fell to 9^th position in race three, but Callan was unable to finish the race as he crashed out in the early stages.

Spa: 7-8 July

Having qualified in 7^th, Callan finished 9^th in race one while Jeremy finished 13^th. Race two saw both drivers improve to 5^th and 11^th respectively. The improvement was short lived as in race three, the Douglas Motorsport driver fell to 9^th position while the Chris Dittmann Racing driver did not finish the race, respectively.

Brands Hatch GP: 5-6 August

The South African finished in 4^th position in race one but declined to 7^th in race two and managed to regain his 4^th position in race three. The Kenyan finished in his best position yet, 6^th in race one but was excluded in race two. On his return for race three, Jeremy finished 10^th

Snetterton 300: 26-27 August

Callan came in the 10^th position after race one and later fell further down the standings to 14^th in race two – worst position of the season for the South African. He put up a come-back and managed to finish 4^th in race three. The Kenyan did not race in this round.

Donington Park: 23-24 September

Callan had qualified in 5^th position but finished 7^th after race one. He did not finish race two and only managed to finish in 12^th after race three in the final round of the season while his Kenyan counterpart, Wahome finished in 13^th, 12^th and 11^th in race one, two and three, respectively in his last race of the 2017 season.

Callan O’keeffe. (Twitter)

O’Keeffe who drives for Douglas Motors sport finished 6^th after eight rounds with 373 points while Jeremy who drives for Chris Dittmann Racing finished in 14^th with 165 points

Jeremy said, “Was playing catch up the whole weekend having missed practice and was getting closer to the pace, race by race, so some positives to take away from that”.

He added, [perfectpullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“That marks the end of a tough season, but one which has forced me to learn so much about myself and racing. Thanks to the Chris Dittmann Racing Team for all their help this year and thanks for all your continued support!”[/perfectpullquote]

Featured Photo: Courtesy of Jeremy Wahome