A Win and World Series by Renault
In 2007 nothing in my motorsport world went right, if something could go wrong or if there was bad luck going round, I got it.
This year it has been the opposite, in the past couple of weeks I have had two great opportunities and experiences come my way.
Firstly there was the trip to Varano for rounds 5 &6 of the Formel V Championship. After testing and first qualifying on the Friday I hated the place. I was down in 8th position and miles off the pace, the circuit was slow and boring. Qualifying on Saturday morning was wet, but the car felt very good and I was confident if the race was wet or damp.
Saturday’s race was sunny but I made a good start and was soon in the battle for 3rd. With overtaking difficult, I was delighted to have fought my way up onto the podium, only to miss a gear and have to do it all over again. Eventually I made it back to 3rd and held my position to the line, for my 4th 3rd position in a row.
Sunday was wet, but by the time of the race the track was drying out nicely, but we had no choice but to start on wets. I made a rubbish start and stalled setting off 10s behind the field. However by the middle of the first lap I could feel that there was lots of grip available and set about charging through the field. By lap 3 I was in 3rd and but midway through the race I was in the lead. However my tyres were overheating and I had no option but to fall back into 2nd. On the last lap it was 3 for the lead and into the last corner I found a gap and took the win. I was absolutely delighted and it was a great feeling to get my second ever win under my belt.
This now puts me 2nd in the Championship ahead of Hockenheim next weekend where I will be hoping for another two podiums.
The commentary has also been going amazingly. A call to do the MSVR Supercar Sunday meeting at Anglesey led to a quite unbelievable chain of events which means that I am now the official UK TV Commentator for the World Series by Renault. The first two programmes have gone out on Setanta and BT Vision and the rest will appear the Thursday after each meeting. I also did the world TV feed commentary at the Silverstone meeting and this went very well, meaning that it is quite likely that I will fly out to the remaining meetings to the on-site TV commentary. This is an incredible opportunity and one that I am seizing with both hands and a huge thanks to everyone who has helped facilitate my first steps into TV.
