Duncan Tappy remains hopeful that he can land one of the remaining vacancies in the World Series by Renault, having taken his second UK national title in three years in 2007.
The former FFord title-winner came good in his second year of FRenault last season, earning himself an outing in Comtec's World Series car as part of his prize and, remaining in Valencia for the second day of the November test, also tried out with Fortec Motorsport, the team that had guided him to UK success in 2007.
Having found his feet in the Comtec car, the 23-year old made steady progress throughout the day, ending up with a creditable 13th fastest lap amongst drivers with previous World Series experience. Although disappointed to come up seven-thousandths of a second short of that time on the morning of day two, an improved car allowed him to better his benchmark by the end of the test with Fortec, and whetted his appetite for more.
"The difference between the FRenault and World Series cars is massive," he admitted to
Crash.net Radio, reflecting on the steep learning curve he had to climb at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, "The World Series car is huge, a big car with big slicks. It's almost an old-fashioned car with those tyres as the
Formula One cars these days don't have them, and it's a physical car to drive. There is a lot more power, the braking is amazing and the amount of aero that the car creates is huge, so it was great experience to test as a prize for the winning the FRenault championship.
