A lot has happened since I last wrote my DB column (that only few of you good people read when bored...!) But for those of you who are interested in what happens in my manic world, keep reading and you find some interesting and enlightening things.
I am now sitting in a chair at Heathrow, a place I know a bit
too well, ready for a long trip to Australia. Why Australia? Because I will be testing the FPR Ford Falcon V8 at the famous..... Winton Raceway ....on Monday. Yes, back in those Aussie V8s for an attack on the Bathurst 1000, which I will fly to straight after the Petit Le Mans.
I have to admit I am feeling pretty good about this year, because FPR is one of the teams to beat this year, and won the Sandown 500 last weekend. I will be driving with talented New Zealander Matt Halliday at Bathurst, rather than Jason Bright, who I shared the car with last year. I know he is a Kiwi, but I married one, so we should get on!
Let's go back a bit. The last two races I did were in the American Le Mans Series at Road America and Mosport in Canada.
Road America is the best track in America as far as I am concerned. The place just flows, with its long straights and sweeping corners challenging any driver who wants to take it on. In the Panoz, I did just that, taking my life in my hands, throwing the car on my back and squeezing everything from it - all to be sixth on the grid, some two seconds off the pace! All the drivers are driving the balls - normally with a capital B - and we still can't make up the time. The Porsches and Ferraris are too fast and it is a bit frustrating being in this position.
