Ryan Lewis heads to the final two rounds of the Avon Tyres British Formula 3 Championship at Brands Hatch next weekend determined to end the season the way he started it; with a double victory to add to the 15 he has already. Despite dominating the Scholarship class, clinching the title with five races in hand, the 20 year-old from Royston is still keen to add another two race wins to his total and feels that the low-downforce Indy circuit could also see him up amongst the championship class cars.

“I'm really looking forward to racing at Brands,” said Ryan. “It's not a big downforce track, the Indy circuit, and I'm sure I can put a lot of championship cars to shame. There's going to be carnage at the first corner, I'm sure of that, what with the Championship battle still up for grabs and Paddock Hill bend notorious as first corners go. It's going to be an interesting weekend that's for sure.

“I definitely don't want to get in the way of the Carroll/Piquet battle in any way; I just want to get there and get my head down and finish the season on a high - with double victory. It'll be good to race there again, I really like the track, and Paddock Hill is definitely one of my favourite corners. I think the races will certainly be eventful and the racing should be good.”

Ryan also carried out a successful test at Pembrey last week which allowed him to master the Welsh track and smooth out his driving style. “I think the test last week was probably the best test I've ever had. I'm very happy working with the team and I think we work well together, I'm pretty sure they felt it was a good test too and hopefully we can put all that we learnt to good use next weekend.”

Avon Tyres British Formula 3 Scholarship Points after 22 rounds
1. RYAN LEWIS 381 (Champion)
2. Stephen Jelley 236
3. Vasilije Calasan 168
4. Barton Mawer 134
5. Ronayne O'Mahony 109
6. Adam Khan 78
7. Ajit Kumar 70
8. James Winslow 27
9. Lars Sexton 23

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