I’ve now obtained in-car footage from Race 1 of the Britcar Silverstone race and this is a cropped down section of it showing my fastest lap – a full second improvement on my personal best and as you’ll see, there’s still quite a way to go!

This is me trying to keep up with Alyn James in the Honda Civic, who with Barry McMahon had spun at Stowe on lap one. After they’d recovered and rejoined, I’d managed to keep the two of them at bay for a while but one by one they got past. I’ve only ever beaten Alyn once – that was at Thruxton a couple of seasons back when his car was less than perfect – so wanted to beat him again if I possibly could. No chance!

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