Preview: Silverstone (UK Formula Vee)

Filed under: Race Previews on August 14, 2007

The “titanic struggle for the Formula Vee championship” (Marcus Pye, Autosport) continues this weekend at the Home of British Motorsport, Silverstone. It seems like weeks of anticipation, but it has only been 15 days since night fell on the last meeting. Never-the-less, my confidence is high despite going into what is potentially our weakest circuit. My main championship rival, Martin Farmer, driving the works GAC, has been significantly faster than anyone else in a straight line all year. He has the advantage and with two more championship points, he has the title lead too. However, as far as I’m concerned, I have absolutely nothing to lose and will just go for the win as usual.

In case this season hasn’t had enough controversy, a new episode began when the 750MC felt the need to restate the definition of “pump fuel” in the final instructions. With motorsport under the MSA obviously divided over what should be permitted for use in the future, there can be no question over what is presently legal and what isn’t. I personally welcome the attention on the issue and feel that the MSA themselves should have had a greater presence in mandating fuel testing earlier, especially at club events.

Moving forward, we took the decision to book testing at Silverstone on Friday given the number of components which fell off at Brands Hatch. This now gives us the opportunity to work on a number of small developments for the weekend and properly evaluate setup.

Finally, thanks to the generosity of another driver (who wishes to remain anonymous), I have, for the first time, a spare engine for this weekend and up until the end of the year. For that I am most grateful.

PS. Check Autosport/Motorsport News this week