Archive for the 'Race Reports' Category
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Formula Ford: Brands Hatch Review - 3 Comments!
August 18th, 2009Brands Hatch was another disappointing and frustrating weekend for me. The car overheated in qualifying, got hotter in the first race and then even hotter in the second, eventually culminating in another retirement. Regrettably, it is now mathematically impossible to win the Midland South Formula Ford Championship – even if I were to win both [...]
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The Donington Park Farce - 9 Comments!
August 2nd, 2009For a second time this year we arrived at Donington Park only to leave without a race due to subsidence of the track between McLean’s and Coppice. And just like earlier in the year, despite conditions becoming clear, the Clerk of the Course was forced to abandon the day on safety grounds.
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Formula Ford: Victory at Mallory Park - 7 Comments!
July 28th, 2009In March 2007, I won my first ever car race in Formula Vee at Mallory Park after starting second on the grid. Yesterday, I won my first Formula Ford race – also at Mallory Park and from second on the grid. This was then followed by second place in the Edwina Overend Trophy and fastest [...]
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Formula Ford: Silverstone Review - Be the first to comment!
July 2nd, 2009Last weekend represented the half way point in my season with two rounds of the National Formula Ford 1600 championship, one counting as a round of the Midland South Formula Ford 1600 championship. It was a very difficult weekend for me, underwritten by mechanical woes and other difficulties.
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Formula Ford: Snetterton Review - 5 Comments!
May 4th, 2009Snetterton is probably my home circuit. Although I am actually equidistant between Brands Hatch and Snetterton, the Norfolk circuit offers me greater sentiment as my home track. Ultimately, we had one of the most frustrating weekends possible but I think overall, we learnt enough during the to be much clearer about what we do next.
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