At last the sun was shining for the two days of racing at Castle Combe race circuit this weekend.

The race meeting was the second double-header race weekend of the calendar, and qualifying followed the same format as the earlier double header, with your first fastest qualifying lap determining your start position for race one, and your second fastest lap time determining your start position for race two.

Due to a lack of testing time compared to many other drivers, Steven was fairly content with his qualifying of 4th position for Saturday’s race, and 3rd on the grid for Sunday, and felt that he would be able to improve on his times for the main race.

Race 1:
Steven made a strong start in race one, and by the end of lap one had already gained a position, and was now running well in 3rd position. It took him a few laps to carve his way past into 2nd place, by which point the leader had already made a substantial break for it, meaning an impossible challenge in trying to close him down. Therefore Steven settled for a strong second place finish, and a good handful of points.

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Race 2:
Sunday’s race saw Steven take up his 3rd place starting position, but an initial bad get-away meant that Steven dropped back to 4th and then spent several laps trying to navigate his way past a substantially slower car. By the time Steven had recovered his 3rd position on track, the leading duo had amassed a three second lead, however travelling an average of 0.6 second a lap faster than the leading duo for the remaining laps, allowed Steven to close them right down by lap ten of the race.

Another podium finish


Image courtesy of Will Belcher

Sadly an incident at the Esses caused a red flag situation, and the race was immediately stopped, and so was Steven’s chance to improve on his podium finish.

Two podium finishes, with no testing, and tyres that quite frankly most drivers wouldn’t even test on, was not a bad result at all! – Bring on the next Double Header meeting!

In other news, Steven’s superfan Jake was dressed for the occassion and sported his new Jensen Racing #1 fan attire!

Super fan Jake