My Weekend In The Algarve

I was racing at the new Algarve circuit at the weekend for the penultimate races in my rookie British F3 season. It was a very tough and hot couple of days which started well, but in the second race things went wrong and I disappointingly only made it to the 2nd corner.

Each session during testing I was getting faster, as were the other cars. There were many Euro F3 teams racing as well this weekend, which made the competition even tougher, but which was something I was enjoying.

Qualifying went well for me in both sessions, again I improved each time. I got P10 and P7 with all the Euro drivers in the mix. In Race 1 I finished 7th, after quite a bit of action during the race.

But Race 2 was a different story. I got to turn one still in 7th position, but as the field braked for turn two I was was hit from behind by one of the Euro drivers which bent my rear suspension – it ended my race. I was absolutely gutted because I knew the car had been improving all weekend and it was looking forward to notching up more well-earned points for my Championship.

But that’s what happens in racing and I’m keeping my chin up. I’ll be at Brands Hatch GP this weekend for the final round and will be giving it my all to finish my season on a high.

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