After an engine blow in the workshop and a missed test, the only track time available was Friday, running in the engine in session one, then getting to grips with the track and car is session two. Then it was straight into qualifying on Saturday.
For Qualifying, 17th on the grid was the best we could do. Race one however went well, work on the cars setup improved the car dramatically with traction out of the slow corners, and gained a lot of time respectively to the leaders, picking off the field and avoiding a first lap pile up into the abbey hairpin, 11th place was the result.
Race two was an average race, getting held up at the start, and problems with severe tyre drop off meant only 14th position, however our pace was good to run with the top 10 battle mid way through, and we had set a good time to move us up the grid for race three.
Race three started with a small incident, as Josh Benson got flicked up into the air, Jordi Cunill slowed which saw me hit him and destroy the nose cone, however the car was still ok, and we kept going. As we moved up the field taking advantages of others battles I found myself in 10th position, challenging for 9th.
However, the stewards had deemed the front of my car dangerous, as they thought the rest of the nose may fall off, and the crash structure has been damaged, they pulled me in with three quarter distance covered. It was deemed the car was safe after a check and they let me back out, however the damage had been done, I kept pushing but with such a huge gap to make up, 19th was the result.
It was a difficult weekend, a huge dent in the budget with the engine blowing up in the workshop, due to a stone caught in the Cambelt, however we made good progress with the car during the weekend, and made a good impression in race one, and race three looked even more promising until the Flag came out.
A big thanks to Wrensport for all their hard work once again!
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KV