Ollie Millroy (Claygate, Surrey) won the Super One Renault Formula ICA kart series in dominating style on Sunday, winning both championship races.
The Reed’s School pupil added the two wins from the concluding meeting, held at Rowrah, Cumbria, to three other wins from earlier in the season to win the championship by 22 points.
“You can’t really do more than win both finals,” said Millroy. “Coming into the round we knew there were four of us who could win the championship. On Friday and Saturday I felt fine, but on Saturday night I started getting a bit nervous, although I’ve learnt how to control it and turn it into adrenalin.”
Millroy was challenged through much of the race meeting by Lee Bell (High Wycombe), who emerged as the championship runner-up to Millroy.
Bell topped the timed qualifying, but dropped back when racing got under way, while Millroy found some extra pace and emerged as winner of the second heat. Millroy started the first championship race on pole position, but Bell mounted a strong challenge, moving from third on the grid to snatch the lead from Millroy on the third lap with an audacious move around the outside of the final bend.
Millroy was also passed by Shaun Carter (Crowthorne), on lap three, but regained his position right behind Bell just after half distance. Bell resisted Millroy’s first attempt to regain the lead on lap 13, but was powerless to defend two laps later and followed Millroy to the flag.
The top three in the first final was completed by Sam Tordoff (Leeds), who despite starting in second place, dropped out of the top 10 after a first lap tangle, then made an impressive recovery to third place.
In the second championship race, Lee Bell took the lead from Millroy immediately, with Jonathan Walker (Blackburn) moving into second. Bell and Walker had a four-lap tussle, which concluded in contact between the two, eliminating Bell and dropping Walker, who was later black flagged and penalised for careless driving, down the field.
The incident handed the lead back to Millroy, who was battling Stefan Di Resta (Bathgate, Lothian) and the two reached the chequered flag in that order, followed by Matt Truelove (Lincoln) who had started 18th and Scott Malvern (Ilford), who challenged for second at one point earlier in the race.
Renault Formula ICA provisional Championship standings:
1st – Ollie Millroy, 472pts; 2nd – Lee Bell, 450pts; 3rd – Matt Truelove 453pts; 4th – Jonathan Walker, 429pts; 5th – Shaun Carter 421pts; 6th – Jason Edgar, 416pts.
