12/10/2021
What. A. Weekend.
In the second session of Friday testing, I overestimated how quickly I could take the final corner on cold tyres, after following my teammate (on warmer tyres) for half a lap. This resulted in the rear end unexpectedly sliding. In an attempt to save the car on the fastest corner on the track, I overcorrected and ended up spinning across the wet grass and having a rather heavy shunt into the tyres. It was totally my fault, and I think the crash being my fault was the thing that annoyed me the most.
Thankfully had a spare car after a teammate had left the JSCC. After my first session in the car, and starting to regain my confidence, especially around the last corner where i’d gone off earlier in the day. I quickly discovered that the way this car handled and the way it felt whilst driving it suited my driving much more than the previous car did.
Due to Pembrey being a triple header, Saturday was qualifying and race one. Qualifying was great, and was definitely my best qualifying not only in terms of result, but mentally too. I qualified 9th, with some very experienced drivers ahead of me. My start was not great in the race, and I dropped down to 13th on the first lap. I managed to fight my way back through the pack to finish 7th, my best result yet. 2nd in the rookies.
Sunday was another good day, after feeling fresh from the comeback the day before, felt confident going into to the two races on Sunday. Race one was very good, a much better start and I was having some very close racing until I was at the receiving end of someone else’s mistake, unfortunately forcing me into the car beside me. This has changed the toe angle of my car, meaning I did not finish the race.
Race three was much better. I had an ok start and was involved in a couple of close battles and ended up catching up to two pairs battling and becoming a close train of 5 cars. I finished the race in 8th, 3rd in the rookies.
Results overall:
Qualifying: 9th, 12th and 10th (first, second and third fastest lap)
Race 1: 7th overall, 2nd Rookie
Race 2: DNF
Race 3: 8th overall, 3rd rookie
