I'm really rapt to be back in the seat and in a good, competitive car, he enthused, I bumped into Rudolf Masi from Piccola Scuderia at a race meeting late last year and he mentioned that he had drives available. I'd had enough of being out of the seat and was very keen to get back into a competitive car, so we started talking and put the deal together from there. Hopefully, we can have a good year."
The late arrival of the car to Piccola's Sydney workshop - a mirror of the problem James Winslow faced in 2007 - has ensured a hurried build-up to this weekend's meeting and will left the morning's opening practice session as the first laps for both team and driver.
The first laps the car turned, and the first laps I've done in twelve months, were in the wet which wasn't ideal, McFadyen explained, If it stays wet, then we won't give away too much to the cars that have been doing a lot of testing before the start of the season. If it's dry, then we'll work hard on dialling the car in to make it as competitive as possible. I'm confident that we can challenge at the front because the guys have worked hard on the car for the last two or three days to get it ready, they have done a fantastic job.
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