MRF Challenge : Newey claims season-opener

Manama : Harrison Newey dominated the season-opening race of the 2016/2017 MRF Challenge. Newey and won comfortably ahead of Ralf Aron and Joey Mawson. Earlier in the day, Newey had set the fastest lap to qualify on pole position.

The 18-year-old Briton then made the perfect start to lead comfortably into the first corner. Mawson managed to keep second ahead of a charging Mick Schumacher and Ralf Aron. Newey stretched his lead to five seconds and was untroubled as he crossed the finish line.

Aron finished in second ahead of Mawson and Juri Vips. Schumacher crossed the line in fifth place ahead of Felipe Drugovich.

“I could not have hoped for a better start to the season. In qualifying the car was just great and I was able to extract maximum from it. I had the perfect getaway and after that it was all about controlling the pace. I hope I can carry this same form for the rest of the weekend,” Newey said.