We have recently moved to a new base, which was always something we were going to do. When Simon Armstrong decided he had to concentrate his efforts fully on his engine business – which was entirely understandable – we were in the way as it were. The fact was we had needed a bigger premises from the outset – that had just been a stop-gap to get us up and running in the first place, so moving was always on the agenda and that merely speeded up the process a bit but it was a necessary and positive step.
We now have somewhere more suited to running the car, whereas where we were before was more suited to building engines size-wise. It’s definitely a step forward for us. It’s a bit of an inconvenience at the moment in terms of trying to get the cars ready for the next round this weekend and moving workshop at the same time, but we are managing it.
The guys at Mygale have also been working hard in the wind tunnel and back at base, and there will be a number of steps coming through over the next few races. At
Snetterton we will have the first stand-alone step on the car, and that will only improve it.
I hope this weekend will see another step forwards, and that we will do better again than we did in the last round. We seem to be better in a wet configuration or on a drying track for whatever reason, so a little bit of rain probably wouldn’t hurt us either. We would like to qualify higher up than we have done so far, but I can’t see that as being an issue. We should have been in a better position on the grid last time in Romania but for the red flags, but it was the same for everyone I know. We are aiming for better grid positions and getting both cars into the points, and I think that’s perfectly realistic.
Hopefully I’ll have even more good news to fill you in on next time!
Jonny
Ultimate Motorsport is a new British-based racing team and the latest addition to Northamptonshire’s famed motorsport corridor. The team’s challenge is to end the years of Dallara dominance in British F3 using a new French-built Mygale chassis powered by Mercedes engines and driven by Esteban Guerrieri, of Argentina, and Ireland’s Michael Devaney.
