This was a real eye opener for us. Doing a race weekend elsewhere was really different to Llandow and an all round good experience. We arrived late afternoon on Friday and were shocked to find very little place to park as the car parks were packed - This is never the case at Llandow even if you turn up 5 minutes until the race.
We set up camp and had a look around.
Everyone was so friendly and helpful and Saturday practice was very strict meaning Ethan only got a total of 1 hour track time. By the end of the day at a very different track Ethan was about 3 seconds off front running pace.
Race day on Sunday was also fun - we struggled with set up a bit only having had to do it at one track. Ethan got bumped off track a few times by more confident yellow plates but he didnt let him bother him and got on with the job at hand.
It was a full grid of 30 with reserves waiting patiently for their turn. Ethan had not really driven in a full grid but again it didnt bother him.
By the end of Sunday Ethan was two seconds away from the front runners and given more track time we believe he could have been alot quicker. He found the devils elbow corner very difficult and struggled to find a good line through it all weekend - he could have made a second up here. His Mychron was quoting a theoretical front running pace. At the end of the day he finished 3rd place comer novice and whilst there wasnt a trophy for this we believe he made excellent progress. Next race Llandow - 20th August.
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