I reckon that it is time to move on from the last column, where I could brag that we had won a race, and move from the past and into the present. I kept the good news as long as possible until I got a bit guilty, so this is what has been happening since then.

First, let's talk about Salt Lake City, and then it's off to Le Mans....

Salt Lake City was full of expectations for another good result - did you know we won at Long Beach (oh no, there I go again!). We tested at Miller Motorsports Park a couple of weeks before the race and gathered lots of important information - like how cold it can get when it snows there, how cold the wind can feel and how difficult it was to make any sense of the day. Still, we did get more miles and we did learn a few things, so it wasn't that bad.

We were hoping that the race would be a lot warmer as it was a real nightmare on cold tyres - we must have been 20 seconds slower than normal on an out-lap.... When we returned for the race, thank God, the sun decided to come out and warm things up. Practice didn't go as well as we would have liked, as we weren't fast enough. To make matters worse, the new de Ferran Motorsports team turned up and smoked everyone! I mean, what was all that about? I thought is was really not on and very rude of Gil to do that - and he is a mate as well!

I remember doing a race at Silverstone and being the top dog in the Class B F3 Series, thinking I had another pole after qualifying. Then I realised, after reading the results of the session, that some bloke called de Ferran was on pole.... I asked 'who the hell is that guy, he shouldn't be there'... I did make amends in the race, as I went round the outside of him at Stowe on the first lap and took his nose off - then he spun out of contention. I thought at the time that no-one messes with ' the Brabs'! Well, that all sounds good... but the truth is that I never saw him and turned in, he spun as I took his air away from the car.

Anyway, back to Salt Lake and, in qualifying, he did it again and beat me, as he was second and I was fourth. It did show how tough he is as a racer and I was pleased for him that he did so well. I think the extra speed came from the fact that he was let out of 'jail', coming from working with Honda F1 in the team's darker days, and back in a race car!

Our race didn't start that well either, as Scott [Sharp] had a problem with the electronics. The engine suffered some hesitation and dropped him from fourth to ninth after the first lap. Scott quickly fixed that and started fighting back and putting down some quick lap times so that, when a yellow came out, he found himself in third and ready to start again.

Unfortunately, he got caught out in the first corner and spun with the whole field behind him. They all got through except for Christian Fittipaldi in the AGR car and they hit, ripping the left rear suspension off our car. It took 45 minutes for the team to fix and I went back out with the hope of picking some points up. I got to the finish and two points were ours - not much, but it did keep us second in the championship.

Now the series goes on sleep mode as Le Mans takes over, and the Patron Highcroft team will get a chance to catch its breath and regroup to fight in the second half of the season.

I, however, will be going to Le Mans. I'm going to say it again, Le Mans..... mmmmmm. Sorry, I get carried away when that's mentioned. Le Mans, Aston Martin Racing and another win!