Ladies and Gentlemen,
Quick report on yesterday's race at Castle Combe..
Qualifying (watch video here: http://www.purplematrix.co.uk/5exi/150707/q.wmv )
In true British weather form, the day started with heavy rain making for difficult racing conditions...
For this outing the car's engine had a turbo charger fitted, resulting in scary power to weight ratio of 411BHP per ton. However this probably worked to our disadvantage as the track was soaked and putting any of that power down was nearly impossible.. The outcome was 2 spins and a not so spectacular 8th place on the grid in our class.
Race (watch video here:
http://www.purplematrix.co.uk/5exi/150707/r.wmv)
The weather improved a little bit for the race.. This does not mean that it was sunny and dry - it just meant light rain and a wet but not soaked race track.
I had a pretty decent start and managed to warm up the slick tires enough to find some grip on the wet track.. The new engine felt fantastic and I soon realised that I was on the same pace at the bigger boys - for the first time I was able to keep up with the Ferraris :-)
About half way into the race, following an accident, the safety car came out which meant that we were all bunched up together - me running in 7th place.
After the restart I went for it and managed to overtake a turbo charged MR2 and soon after outbrake a Ferrari 360 to claim the 5th place (which is where I finished).
All things considered we felt that it was quite a good result in quite difficult racing conditions.. Hopefully we'll have better luck with the weather for the next race so that we can really test the new engine power and hopefully get some silverware..
I look forward to seeing you all at the next race - 4th August.
Regards,
Dylan