Following the clutch failure at Rockingham, the Mustang wasn’t going to be repaired in time for the first Goodwood sprint of the season. So my friend Colin Spark very kindly allowed me to double drive his Hyundai Coupe Evo F2. It was a very steep learning curve as the car was front wheel drive which I am not used to. Having to jump straight into an unfamiliar car on the fastest circuit in the calendar with a very wet track was unlikely to produce a great result.

Performance

Because of my unfamiliarity with the car I was unable to accuractely feel what it was doing on the race track which made it very difficult for me to push the performance. This wasn’t helped by a very wet and slippery track during practice, where I spun off at Lavant corner as I tried to correct my line and bring the nose of the car tighter into the first apex. The rear of the car slid out and I span backwards over the curb, though thankfully no damage was done. The next few laps were taken very carefully with me braking before the apex of the high speed Fordwater corner, before I finally managed to get it together and push the car for the final lap. I finished 6th out of 10 in class but feel I could have gone faster with more familiarity and confidence in the car.

Results

1st James Silk Honda Integra type R – 102.69 secs	2nd Hugh Mackey Renault Clio cup 172 – 106.28 secs
3rd Paul Mackey Renault Clio cup 172 – 108.02 secs	4th Iain Reynolds MGF – 112.64 secs
5th Robin Mulcaire MGF Trophy – 113.29 secs	6th Alex Peters Hyundai Coupe Evo F2 – 118.48 secs
7th John Bryant MG TF 118.81 secs	8th Howard Harman MG PA – 127.87 secs
9th Colin Spark Hyundai Coupe Evo F2 – 131.13 secs	10th Kevin Diamond Volvo Amazon – 136.64 secs