Starting the season with a bang!

Whizz, bang, pop, whizz, bang, pop etc… Not noises you expect to hear from a healthy FF1600 engine!

In a fraught and exciting qualifying session Pat selected the wrong gear whilst attempting to avoid the kamakazi like attempts of another car to scythe his way through the large amount of traffic on the circuit. This rather innapropriate gear selection lead to noises not too dissimilar to those found above, those strange noises were the sound of three bent pushrods and three bent exhaust valves in the engine!

Despite the valiant efforts of all in the team and the selfless help of other teams in the paddock the engine was unable to be repaired in time for the race. This was a great shame as the car had gone very well in testing and once fitted with new tyres in qualifying Pat was confident that he and the car were quick enough to be a lot further up the grid given a couple of clear laps.

A full report of the first test day and the adrenalin fuelled pandamonium that was the first race meeting will be posted very shortly!