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Title within reach for Will as BRDC Formula 4 heads to Donington Park

Duo BRDC Formula 4 Championship leader Will Palmer heads to the penultimate round of the season at Donington Park this weekend (12/13 September), where he has the opportunity to seal the 2015 title. The BRDC Rising Star currently holds a lead of 74 points over nearest rival Tom Jackson and needs to extend that gap by 21 points by the end of the weekend to claim the BRDC Formula 4 crown.

Will took two more dominant wins last time out at Snetterton, taking his tally across the season to eight. The 18-year-old from Southwater was forced into retirement in race two however as contact between his car and that of Lanan Racing's Chris Mealin resulted in broken rear suspension; Mealin was later excluded from the results due to the incident.

Chris Dittmann Racing's Tom Jackson leads the chase of the championship leader, following a triple podium at Snetterton. Will's HHC Motorsport team-mate Harri Newey also enjoyed a trip of top-three finishes and is 29 points further adrift of Jackson in third.

Will got experience in another championship last weekend (5/6 September) as he made an impressive debut in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 series at Silverstone. He recorded two-top 10 finishes from three races, including a best finish of ninth in race three which secured him a spot on the podium as top rookie.

Donington Park is a circuit Will knows well as he finished as runner-up in the second BRDC F4 race at the circuit last year. He will be hoping to improve on that this weekend and claim victory to add to his other success in 2015 at Oulton Park, Silverstone, Snetterton and Brands Hatch.

Will said: "I'm looking forward to getting back into the F4 car at Donington, and hopefully I can use last week's experience to come back stronger than ever. Obviously I have one eye on the points standings this weekend but I will just focus on doing the best job I can and winning more races."

The BRDC F4 grid will take to the 2.5-mile Grand Prix Circuit in Leicestershire for three races across the two-day meeting, with qualifying getting underway at 11:20 and the Saturday with the first race of the weekend taking place the same day at 16:35. Race two begins on Sunday at 11:10 with the final encounter at Donington at 15:50, with all the action being broadcast exclusively live on Motors TV in the UK and throughout Europe.

Live timing and text updates will be available throughout the weekend on the official Formula 4 website here, with the regular one-hour long highlights programme available on ITV4 and BT Sport a week following the race meeting.

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