Jordan Albert had to settle for a brace of top-five finishes in the fourth meeting of the BRDC Formula 4 Championship at Snetterton in Norfolk.

Albert, from the Chipping Nortonbased Sean Walkinshaw Racing team, finished fifth in the first race having charged through the field from 12th on the grid.

In Sunday’s race, Albert made a superb start from fourth to storm into the lead and a podium result certainly looked possible, but as the track became more favoured to those on slicks, he was eventually pushed back to fifth at the finish.

Albert’s hopes of a podium finish in the last race ended when he was forced to retire with broken steering following a collision with Harri Newey on the opening lap.

Teammates Zubair Hoque had a steady weekend with a best finish of 13th, while recent arrival Spain’s Marc Gonzalez’s best result was 11th in his maiden race.

“Jordan had a couple of chances to be on the podium, but it didn’t work out unfortunately”, said team owner Walkinshaw.

“In the last race he had a coming together with Newey and there was nothing he could do, the possibility was there to take a very good result.

“Zubair took some more points and put in some steady drives, so it wasn’t a bad weekend for him either.

“Overall, Marc did a really good job – it was the first time he’d seen this circuit configuration.

“He raced well, considering the conditions and was very level headed throughout.

“He’s a great prospect.”