Christo Performs Solidly At Snetterton

On Friday we were off the pace in testing and it was began to look like it was going to be an uphill battle over the weekend. We made a few changes for qualifying on Saturday morning and straight away I found a new pace and managed to keep it, on both sets of new tyres, for the whole session. It put me 3rd and 4th for the main races and the car felt fantastic to drive.

For the first race started on 3rd and got a really good start straight into second place off the line. I was right on Nasr’s gearbox into turn one but couldn’t quite make it. A few laps in I made a mistake into turn 6 over the bumps and locked up my front tyres, which catapulted the car straight into the gravel. I lost three places and was extremely angry about it, but I was able to get onto the track and pass my team mate for a 5th place finish, which was a slight consolation.

Race 2 was a reversed grid setup. I started 6th and had a good first lap battle, going around the outside of a car in turn 3 sideways, but managing to kept it on the track and pulling a position back.

In Race 3 I started 4th. Again, it wasn’t a good start and was on Magnussen’s gearbox for the first few laps until a safety car slowed the pack down. Nasr backed the whole field up at a really low speed which made it pretty hard not to go into the car in front of you but whilst still trying to keep tyre temperature up to a reasonable level. The race got back underway, and I was able to put a move on Nasr in turn 2, which gave me 3rd place which I kept it until the of the 40 minute race, winning some more good points for both my and Hitech Racing’s championships.

There is now a month-long break until the next race at Brands Hatch GP; another track I really like. In my final F3 races here in 2009 I scored both 2nd and 3rd place on the day, so I can’t wait to be back in the car for the main event.

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