ALEX LYNN claimed two more podium finishes in the second round of the FIA Formula Three European Championship on home ground at Silverstone.
He also had a storming drive in the other race that saw him scorch through from outside the top 20 into sixth place.
The 19-year-old from Great Dunmow claimed the fastest lap on a recovery drive and has moved up to fourth place in the championship as a result.
Lynn, who won at Silverstone in British F3 last season, as well as during his title-winning Formula Renault UK campaign in 2011, had high hopes for success this time around with his Mercedes-powered Prema Powerteam Dallara.
Rain before the second qualifying session meant he started on wet-weather Hankook tyres. But an inspired switch to slick tyres enabled him to grab pole position from team-mate Raffaele Marciello, the championship leader, by the margin of 0.847 seconds.
Although Lynn lost a place at the start of race one, he soon passed Felix Rosenqvist for second.
From then on, it was a gripping battle as he chased leader Harry Tincknell all the way to the chequered flag where the gap was hardly ever more than a second.
After the race Lynn said; "Tincknell drove a very strong race and didn't make any mistakes. It's a good result, but always disappointing to be so close to victory and not quite there."
In the second race, Lynn was pushed off the track at the first corner and spun almost to last in the field.
Despite electing to use his older set of tyres in this race, he claimed fastest lap and was sixth on the final lap when he swept around the outside of Josh Hill at Stowe Corner.
The final race saw Lynn beaten off the line by Rosenqvist, and he dropped to third when Marciello got by at a safety-car restart. He then consolidated the position to take a comfortable podium finish.
The next round is the first of the DTM support events, at the German Grand Prix circuit of Hockenheim on May 4/5.
