Friday morning, I had a lot of media commitments, Sunrise did live TV interviews, newspapers interviewed us and people pulled us left and right to talk to media outlets. I then had the chance to walk the track with Jason. He’s raced there for longer than I have been alive and gave me some really great pointers which helped me throughout the weekend. Finally, it was time to strap in and drive! We had 2 practice sessions that afternoon. Every time I got in the car, I felt more comfortable letting it move underneath me and improved my lap times.

Qualifying was on Saturday morning where we qualified 16th, it wasn’t ideal but I’m a racer and was confident I would move forward in the race later that afternoon. Matt spent time with me between every session to look over mine and Jason’s data, which really pin points your strong and weak spots. I took everything on board and applied it in the race. The start process is tricky as we have launch control, along with basically doing a hill start at the same time. I got off the line ok, but almost spun on the second turn which put me on the back foot all race. I drove hard right to the end to finish 13th while Jason took out the team’s first race win!

Saturday morning was filled with meet and greets and more media before a quick turnaround between our final races. We rolled out for our second race and sponsors had the opportunity to walk the grid before our race start. I passed another competitor early on but struggled to stop the car. I played with our in-car brake bias’s. I locked my front wheels dropping back behind the car I had passed. I quickly made the ground back up and whilst trying to pass them again I locked up, stopping in the sand and causing a safety car. I was kicking myself because I don’t normally make mistakes like that, but the brake adjustments caught me out. I set some really competitive times, but now I was a lap down bringing it home in 15th.