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Will comfortably on top in Brands Hatch Friday testing

Will Palmer was easily the quickest driver on track, as he topped the timesheets in two of four practice sessions on the Brands Hatch Indy circuit, ahead of this weekend's (1/2 August) trio of races to be held on the legendary Grand Prix layout at the Kent venue.

After sitting out the first session, Will made his mark in the second 30-minute session by topping the timesheets ahead of Sean Walkinshaw Racing's Jordan Albert. Will knocked Albert off top spot early in proceedings and did not relinquish his position for the rest of the session.

Having posted a time of 45.790s, Albert got to within 0.194s before Will's HHC Motorsport team-mate Harri Newey moved into second, still over a tenth of a second in arrears to the 18-year-old's best lap. The Hillspeed car of Faisal Al Zubair spun into the gravel at Paddock Hill Bend with 10 minutes remaining to bring out the red flag and, when the session resumed with just under four minutes left on the clock, Will's time looked safe. However, Albert strung together a strong lap as the chequered flag came out but he fell 0.010s shy of Will's personal best, leaving him second with Will at the top of the timesheets.

In the penultimate session of the day, Will impressed once again and was just 0.083s slower than pace-setter Rodrigo Fonseca. Such was the competitiveness of the session however, this was only good enough for fourth.

Will held the second quickest time with 10 minutes gone, his lap just 0.025s shy of then fastest man, Mexican Fernando Urrutia. The Lanan Racing pairing of Jack Bartholomew and Rodrigo Fonseca began trading times however and they vaulted to the head of the field, with the latter eventually coming out on top by 0.048s. After a frenetic 20 minutes, improvements became less frequent in the final few minutes and the order remained the same with Jordan Albert rounding out the top-five.

A dazzling lap in the final 30-minute session of the day saw Will come out on top comfortably ahead of his BRDC F4 rivals. Midway through the session, Will jumped to the top of the timesheets with a 45.479s, before improving that the next time round to drop his time to a 45.274s. easily the quickest lap seen across the day. The Chris Dittmann Racing pairing of Omar Ismail and Tom Jackson came closest to his time, but were still 0.174s and 0.226s adrift in second and third respectively.

Tomorrow's (Saturday) Duo BRDC Formula 4 action gets underway with practice on the demanding Grand Prix circuit at 09:30am, with qualifying at 12:15pm and race one at 15:55pm. You can follow all the action through live timing and text updates here on the official Formula 4 website.

Duo BRDC Formula 4 - Brands Hatch - Testing

Session one: No time
Session two: 1st - 45.664s
Session three: 4th - 45.695s - +0.083s
Session four:  1st - 45.274s 

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