Arriving to the Nürburgring for the third time this year, we were all hopeful for our most successful race event to date.

Testing began on Friday afternoon and for the main part went very well, but the weather forecast looked grubby for Saturday’s main race event.

As it turned out, Saturday morning was little cold and damp, but a lot better than we had expected. I was in the car for the qualifying stage and the plan was to do one lap on old tyres to make sure the track wasn’t pooling water, then swap out for new tyres and go for a flying lap.

I completed my first lap in 9 minutes and 1 second, but the red flags came out just as I passed the line and ended the session due to a accident involving another car. We still qualified second in our class, and 66th overall.

Phil was first in the car for the race, and he completed eight laps before handing over to me in. We were in 5th place. The changeover pit stop went smoothly except my radio system didn’t connect correctly; I could hear the team but they couldn’t hear me. Luckily we were able to communicate using a bit of ‘morse code’, with me keying in with the radio to confirm, but I was still unable to speak.

I completed my 8 laps, – a full fuel stint – and handed the car over to Andreas in 2nd position to complete the rest of the 4 hour race. We were slowly catching the leaders but just ran out of time as the race came to an end, crossing the line in 2nd position, and 41st overall.

Our next race is the final four hour event before the Nürburgring 24 hours. With every lap of the Nürburgring we get better and better, so were expecting to climb the last step on the podium shortly, and I’m looking forward to taking our first win at the next race on 11th June.