Billericay's Matt Davies had his first podium finish of the year in third place in the sixth round of the Formula Three championship on Sunday.

Matt, 22, has raced in France for the last two season winning the 1997 French Formula Ford title and in 1998 the Formula Renault championship has returned to home soil for this year with the Fortec Motorsport team.

After the race at Oulton Park, Matt said: "I expected to be on the podium a bit earlier in the season. I always seem to go well in the race, but struggle in qualifying. Hopefully we have found a good set up and get into the top three more often.''

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