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Day 2 of the weekend, and still worried about the tyres not working. Without another set, there was no other option than to run with the same set and hope that they worked better.

Qualifying started off well, grip seemed good, and I made my way past several people on the first few laps. Problem was, after 5 laps the handling wet away again, and I started lapping some 2-3 seconds slower. On the plus side, I ended up qualifying 6th, so a few places up on yesterday.

I was a little slow off the grid, but managed to hold 6th place for the first lap. I found I was quick onto the straight into the hairpin, but on lap 2 Jonathan Halliwell and myself wanted to same tarmac on the entry to the hairpin and touched. Nothing serious, but slowed my exist and dropped me a place as we turned onto the pit straight, and another before the banking.

The next few laps reminded me of Rockingham with no one nearby to actually race. There was one incident around lap 9 or 10 where the pack in front managed to make a mistake, allowing me to catch the up. I managed to get past Nick Wright, again into the hairpin, but I was now loosing rear end grip. Nick was right behind me in the left hander after the Rocket complex, and I ended up taking too much speed a taking the cones out sideways!

I picked the car back up, and kept my distance from Mark Pierpoint, finally finishing 7th... and later increased to 6th due to a disqualification for Joachim.

As ever, a big thanks to Bob Marsh for the race photos.