SB:
Quietly confident. I’ve got a good package underneath me so I’ll have no excuses. I’m going to need to do well, to both please my sponsors and managers and impress people on the ladder up to
Formula 1. I do need to do a good job this year.
Q:
There will be 33 cars on the British F3 grid this season, the biggest field in the series’ history. How tough is the competition going to be do you think?
SB:
The competition is going to be very tough. I think there are at least ten people out there who can win races – maybe even more – so at the top end there will be fierce opposition. We are just going to have to see come Easter Monday where we are in that front ten.
Q:
From what you’ve seen in testing so far, who do you view as your biggest threat?
SB:
Any one of my team-mates I think. Mario (Moraes), Niall (Breen), Alberto (Valerio) and now Maro (Engel) too are all going to be very, very fast, so they are all ones to watch out for. Then you’ve got Hitech and Double R as well, so there are a lot of drivers who are going to be right up there.
Q:
You’ve also recently had a boost with the announcement of an exciting new sponsorship deal. Tell us about that.
SB:
We’ve just announced I’m going to be joined by BP this year, which is a fantastic sponsorship deal for me. I met BP at
Autosport International in January, and they showed me how much cleaner the BP Ultimate 102 unleaded fuel is, how the emissions are lower and how you can get up to 28 miles more fuel out of a tank of petrol which for me – from a consumer’s point-of-view – is absolutely fantastic. It allows the engine to actually go a little bit faster too which is great. I’ve been using Ultimate fuel ever since. I think it’s fantastic that I’ve got them on-board.
Q:
So with all those positives taken into account, what would you say are your overall aims and objectives for the season?
SB:
Aims for the season? To do as well as I possibly can. If I can work well with my engineer hopefully we should have a very good year.
