Off to Hockenheim this evening, long overnight drive, sadly with no co-driver this time, but without any pressure to get there too early tomorrow so I can stop whenever! Eurotunnel at 11pm will have me on the road in France by 0100 - roughly 6 hours to Hockenheim in the motorhome.
38 cars entered for this first round of the championship (another 50+ FJs competing elsewhere in UK this weekend too!) It's a big meeting, called the Jim Clark Revival, named after the great Scottish F1 driver who died at Hockenheim. The event's website is here http://www.hockenheim-historic.de/
You might also be interested in looking at the FIA's own website which has a preview of the championship http://www.fia.com/news/formula-junior-relives-golden-years In that document you'll note that I get a small mention, as an outside contender for the podium in class - that's a fair comment. Not only have I been out in the car only once in the last 9 months, but I am the only car in class this weekend not running a Ford engine, which puts me at a power disadvantage. The boys have put a lot of effort into prepping the car, and we've thrown some expensive new parts at it too, these cars aren't always reliable, but hopefully we've done everything we can. I used the recent HSCC meeting as a test for the car, and it was working fine - other than a spin in qualifying but i can't blame the car for that!
Testing session tomorrow afternoon, which I need to get back into the swing of it, then 25 min qualifying session on Friday, followed by 25 min races on both Saturday and Sunday.
If i have wifi i'll blog whilst out there.
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