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I arrived on the Friday for testing, but had a fairly large shunt
at Graham Hill bend in the wet. It caused the session to be stopped, as the car
was embedded in the barriers and not in a safe location. Damage occurred to the
nose cone, both front wings, rear wing, all the offside wishbones, pushrods,
uprights etc, sidepod, radiator and more.
There was no chance of re-building the car for the race on Sunday, so Dermot managed to arrange a leased Formula Vauxhall Lotus. On Saturday, I drove the truck from Brands Hatch to Derbyshire to pick up a Formula Vauxhall Lotus from Richard Purcell, then back, a 17 hour round trip.
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Qualifying
In
the session, I spent most of the session getting to know the circuit and the
car, so did not set a particularly fast time, with a 52.13 sec lap. This put me
20th on the grid of 22 cars, 4.6 secs off pole. A mere 1 second improvement
would have seen me 12 places higher!
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Race
The
battery failed on the green flag lap and I coasted into the pitlane, race over before I got to the startline.
Very disappointing after all that effort and expense to be out of the race
before it started, especially for such an avoidable incident.
The offending Formula Vauxhall Lotus can be seen in the back of the truck, behind the shell of the Formula Renault.
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