19th June 2006

Brands Hatch Britcar

This was Fiona’s second time out in the Janspeed sponsored Britcar this year.

On Saturdays first practice the team only managed 7 laps.  New larger AP brakes had been fitted to the MG ZR 190 but the team were having problems adjusting them.  Having a slight miss-fire on the engine saw Fiona qualify in 4^th position.

Rob Oldaker drove the first stint for the first race of the day.  Having never driven the Brands Hatch GP circuit before Rob made the change over in 9^th position.  Fiona took over and passed the finish line in 4^th place.

Sundays race was a 2-hour endurance race.  Once again Rob started the race and was putting in faster lap times.  After 52 minutes the car came in for a re-fuel, tyres change and driver swap.  Fiona drove the car hard with her lap times within a second of her qualifying times.  There were still problems with the brakes and a slight miss-fire.  With 10 minutes to go there was a real problem.  Sitting in 3^rd position with the podium in sight, the clutch failed and the race was over.

June 24^th/25^th Fiona will be attending the Silverstone International with expected crowds of 30 to 40 thousand.  She will be competing with her Mayflower MG ZR.