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spawny whippet motorsport

 

Silverstone (International)

 

26thApril 2003

 

Qualifying

 

No testing. Usual misfire problems in qualifying, and 1 front right puncture. 

I qualified 14th from 26, after stopping twice to try and get misfires cured.

 

 

Race

The car stalled on the way to the assembly area and wouldn't re-start. I finally started the race after 1 lap was completed from the pit lane behind Mark Harrison. The replacement tyre from the earlier puncture seemed to be made from wood, as it had absolutely no grip at all. I caught and passed a few Mono 1800 cars, but when the intermittent misfire returned, I lost the places again. Finally had another puncture on the last lap going very hard into Copse; the front end of the car ran wide, but I managed to catch it and limp back to the pits on 3 wheels. Luckily I recorded a finish, albeit in the pit lane. Unbelievably, I was 18th from 21 finishers, but 8 seconds off the pace! Race won by Jonathon Lewis.

 

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