10:45am Tuesday 7th July 2009
ROWLAND Kinch secured an impressive victory in his Arrows A4-2 in the third round of the FIA Historic Formula One Championship.
Having started from third, Kinch had dropped to fifth before an incident between the March 761/6s of Katsu Kubota and Peter Meyrick promoted him two places.
Kinch then passed the fast-starting McLaren M26/5 of Bobby Verdon-Roe to take second, before hunting down the lead Brbaham BT49C-10 of Joaquin Folch.
With Kinch in a comfortable lead, the race was red flagged two laps from the end after an incident involving Peter Dunn's March 761/4 on the outside of Westfield Bend.
He said: “It was great fun and I have to say thank you to the team for giving me a great car.
“It all came together in the race, and once I found where I was faster than the others and just kept my head.
“Now I’m just looking forward to the next race. Hopefully I can win there as well.”
Folch had been unable to keep pace with Kinch’s Arrows, but looked certain to secure second until transmission problems befell his Bernie Ecclestone-prepared Brabham with six laps remaining.
Instead, the runner-up spot was inherited by Verdon-Roe, the only other driver to come near the pace of the front two.
He said: “I got a great start and perhaps I could have even snatched the lead, although that would have been greedy.
“I saw I was clear of Peter Meyrick and cut to the inside of Katsu Kubota.
“Luckily my judgement was spot on.
“It was very good fun and I’m happy to take second.”
Peter Wuensch took third, although the German was under increasing pressure from Peter Dunn’s March before the latter's accident at Westfield.
Wuensch admitted: “I had good luck beacuse other drivers in the race were unlucky.
“It’s the third time I have raced at Brands Hatch and I really enjoy it.
“Today has been another happy day.”
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