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Star of India: Double Victory for Gautam Singhania at Brands Hatch
ISSUE 094 MAY 2014
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FERRARICOMPETITIONRESULTS RICHARD ALLEN You will notice that the inimitable RA column is missing from this month’s edition. Richard Allen has unfortunately had to spend some time in hospital having an unexpected problem attended to. Happily he is back home and well on the way to recovery. As everyone who knows him will be well aware, Richard is a workaholic and is never happy unless he is busy doing something – preferably driving a Ferrari at high speed. Despite having only just emerged from hospital, when I last chatted to him the other day he was off to help his gardener with some hedge trimming. If I can persuade him to keep out of the garden I hope to induce him to get back to his computer keyboard to write his usual entertaining piece for CompRes next month.
SORRY FOR THE HOLDUP Apologies for the late arrival of this issue of Compres. A very busy several weeks of competitions, time spent overseas, waiting for promised copy that never arrives, and a nasty and persistent chest infection afflicting both Anne and me, have all combined to make it more difficult than usual to meet deadlines. We’ll try harder next time!
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS Although the official closing date for Ferrari entries
JUNE
JULY
for this race meeting undoubtedly the highlight of our 2014 race programme - has now passed (it was Friday, 27th June) there is just time, if you get your skates on, to be included if you missed this critical date. All the documentation was mailed out to registered competitors some time ago but if you contact Anne Swift (see page 1 for CompRes details) she will send you the info electronically. If you are not registered for one of our two 2014 race series, but have a suitable Ferrari, we can possibly accommodate you if you act quickly. Just to recap, the date of the race meeting is 18th to 20th July and the races will be for a combination of Ferraris eligible for our Pirelli Ferrari formula classic and our Pirelli Ferrari Open series. The starting procedure will be a rolling start and the two race durations will be around half-an-hour. There will be two qualifying sessions, one
for each race. On the Friday we have arranged the usual special Ferrari Dinner at the Hotel de la Source, where we have block-booked all the available rooms at a demon discounted rate. This weekend, as I go banging on, is pure bliss for those who are passionate about racing at the finest circuit in Europe in combination with a short break at a super hotel in the company of like-minded pals. If, of course, you prefer to drive in your Ferrari to park up in some obscure grass field and contemplate the daisies, as many seem to do these days, we’ll know where you’ll be instead.
‘ELF AND SAFETY (AGAIN!)
It never ceases to amaze me how much our lives continue to be interfered with by an army of jobsworths who try to meddle in our affairs, in the claimed interests of ‘health and safety’. I read that Jaguar advertisements have been WHAT’S ON banned for focusing on speed. The adverts showed a car driving at speed through a tunnel before driving across a 21/22 Silverstone GP: Pirelli Ferrari mountain road at night. formula classic; Pirelli Ferrari Open The Advertising Standards Authority concluded: “the ads 22 Gurston Down Hillclimb were irresponsible and condoned dangerous driving”. It ruled that they must 24 FOC: Donington Park Track Day not appear again and told Jaguar “not to portray speed 12/13 Loton Park Hillclimb as the focus of an advert in future . . . and not to portray 18-20 Spa-Francorchamps: Pirelli driving behaviour that might Ferrari formula classic; encourage motorists to drive Pirelli Ferrari Open irresponsibly”. 22 FOC: Oulton Park Track Day Heaven help us, and our motor industry in its efforts to 25-27 Silverstone Classic Festival successfully sell highperformance cars in the
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precious export markets. If it happened in Italy I’m not sure what Enzo would have made of it, had he still been around. Nor, indeed, those creative people in the EmiliaRomagna region who spend their lives producing exquisite ultra rapid machinery like Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Pagani, De Tomaso and Ducati . . .
COMPETING WITH YOUR FERRARI: BE PREPARED! Following a request for help from Scout Leader Mike Rocker, Club hill-climber Richard Preece turned up with his car at the Greens Norton Scout Group based in Silverstone village. Scouts were very keen to give Richard’s F355 the once-over prior to his first round of the PFHC at Harewood. After an explanation on both car preparation and the sport from Richard, the scouts were
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Dyb dyb dyb. Richard Preece initiates a group of scouts into the gentle art of speed hillclimbing. We’ll bet he got them to clean his 355 as well!
quick to ask and answer questions as part of achieving their Mechanics Badge. The best answer given saw one lucky
young lady winning a Ferrari cap. In case you are wondering at their expressions, they were all shouting 'Ferrari!'
FERRARI RACING DAYS The big Ferrari SpA-organised event at Silverstone is not far away and we shall be sending out full details to all our racing competitors fairly soon. The Club has received an invitation from the factory to organise two races of our Pirelli Ferrari Open series at this event, which will be held from Friday, 12th September to Sunday, 14th September inclusive. The provisional timetable is given on the right, with the Pirelli Ferrari Open activity highlighted in red. We have had agreement to our suggestion to extend the duration of the PFO qualifying session to allow two drivers to share a car during the weekend if they wish. The last time the Ferrari Racing Days was held in the UK – in 2012 – we produced grids of 32 cars (more than any other Ferrari races that weekend) and our cars were the fastest that raced at the meeting. It would be great if we could produce just as many this year. If you are not registered for the 2014 PFO but would like to be considered to take part in this important race meeting, please let us know as soon as possible. Our friends at MARANELLO CONCESSIONAIRES would like to celebrate their illustrious history in Ferrari racing at this event by displaying their decals on every Ferrari taking part in our Pirelli Ferrari Open races. As a token of thanks, each PFO driver will be given a case of Lambrusco, specially flown in from Maranello.
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BRANDS HATCH INDY 3rd/4th May 2014
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THE PERFECT MATCH HE OPENING ROUNDS of the 2014 Pirelli Ferrari formula classic series were arranged for the weekend of 3rd/4th May, a date slightly later than usual but designed to give everyone rather more time to get their Ferrari fully into race order. The venue was Brands Hatch on the Indy course and our hosts were the MG Car Club. The initial entry list of 22 cars was depleted by last-minute withdrawals from the Men from Matlock – Nick and Jim Cartwright – plus Wayne Marrs and your scribe. My Gp2 308GTB was very late out of the workshop after a refresh to its engine – it was a little tired by the end of last season and replacement piston rings and other assorted details were needed to bring it back to health. After this surgery it needed some miles of running-in and there
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simply was insufficient time to do it. Brands is always a difficult circuit logistically, with the scrutineering bay and weighbridges in the outer
paddock and the control tower and race admin located in the inner paddock with the pit boxes. The connecting tunnels that go under the track are not accessible for vehicles needing any sort of
Newcomer Darren Wilson (10) made an impressive debut in his Gp3 328GTB. Here he is just ahead of Tim Walker’s similar car.
From top: Chris Compton Goddard was the winner of Gp2 on both days in his very quick 308GTB. William Moorwood drove his 308GT4 to good purpose in winning Gp1 from Carl Burgar in his Mondial QV. Richard Allen pursued by the Mondials of Didier Benaroya and Ray Ferguson. It didn’t take Ray very long to discover why everyone else was using different tyres on their Ferraris.
headroom and the north-bound tunnel is particularly tricky to negotiate for wide Ferraris like the 458 Challenge. Some Classic Ferraris were allocated places in the pit boxes while the rest were placed in the outer paddock. This meant a lot of energetic bicycling by Anne Swift as she endeavoured to coordinate everything. A threatened amount of unnecessary hassle, caused by an unhelpful Brands chief scrutineer insisting that all the Ferraris be taken to the outer paddock for scrutineering was happily averted by some closing of ranks with the stewards and Clerk of the Course from our cooperative hosts at MGCC. The programme for Classic was a 20-minute qualifying session on Saturday followed by two races of 20 minutes duration, one on Saturday afternoon and the second just after lunch on Sunday. The grid for R1 was to be based on the fastest times in qualifying while the second fastest times determined R2’s layout. 15 cars went out for the first PFfc qualifying session on Saturday morning following a drivers’ briefing at 10 o’clock. Just one newcomer was in the mix: Darren Wilson, who has acquired the Gp3 328GTB previously campaigned by Danny Winstanley and, for a couple of outings, by Craig Milner. Darren is a race driver with many years experience, of which several seasons recently have been in the Renault Clio Cup series. Also joining us for the first time in Classic (although previously seen in his nice blue F355 Challenge car in PFO) was Yorkshireman Rob Pulleyn. Rob has acquired his Gp3 328GTB from previous owner Chris Butler who, of course, had great success with it. Our notes show that Ray Ferguson, perhaps mistakenly, had opted to use last season’s control tyre, the List 1A Rosso, on his Mondial t although the rest of the field had all chosen this year’s control List 1B tyre, again supplied by Pirelli but in fact the
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Ecsta V70A Kumho in K91 (hard) compound. Some wit christened this new tyre a ‘Kurelli’, which conjured up thoughts of the story of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin which has nothing whatsoever to do with motor racing! However, everybody (not least Ray!) was anxious to find out how this new rubber would perform. There had been quite a lot of car fettling over the winter months in competitors’ efforts to tweak performance although the only note we have is that Richard Fenny had changed his 308GT4’s roll bars to effect a softer setting, which he told us had greatly improved the car’s handling. The timesheets showed that Gary Culver had captured pole with 55.073; the existing Indy record, held by Jim Cartwright (running his 328GTB on PZero Cs
Evers had a good Brands, coming home 4th overall and winning Gp3 in the first race of the weekend in his nicely presented 328GTB.
in bright and dry conditions. Pole allow his car to be recovered. man Culver reached Paddock Hill The race resumed on lap 9 first with Jenkins right on his tail. with the field all backed up Paul-Barron, in 3rd, led behind Culver in the same order Everingham’s as before the interruption. Gp3 car and However Jenkins, almost Goddard with attached to the leader’s rear the first of bumper, seemed ready to pounce the Gp2 and this he did on lap 12. Culver Ferraris. On gamely held on for the remainder lap 7, it of the race but was unable to find became a way to recover the lead. Both painfully cars were flat out, with Jenkins obvious to breaking the Gp4 lap record on Ferguson the final lap with a resounding why 54.876. everyone else Everingham came home 4th was using overall to win Gp3 while Goddard, Nicky Paul-Barron picked up a pair of third places different in 5th, was the victor in Gp2. A in his immaculate Gp4 328GTB. tyres; his close scrap in Gp1 resulted in a in 2012) is 55.355. Close behind bright yellow Mondial t slid off the win for William Moorwood were the Gp4 328s of Nigel track at Surtees prompting the (308GT4), just a fifth of a second Jenkins (55.868) and Nicky Paulappearance of the safety car to ahead of Burgar’s Mondial. Barron (55.929). Leading the Gp3 cars was Peter Everingham’s 328 on 56.160, ahead of Chris Compton Goddard’s Gp2 308GTB which posted 56.210. Such close and competitive lap times augured well for the afternoon race. Carl Burgar’s Mondial QV wasn’t running as it should and completed one lap only; happily the organisers allowed him to qualify out of session later in the day. Jenkins’s 328 was initially very smoky suggesting an overfilled sump, which Nigel later confirmed was the case. Saturday’s 20-minute race Richard Fenny (Gp2 308GT4) ahead of the ex-Butler Gp3 328GTB of Rob Pulleyn, having his first taste of Pirelli Ferrari formula classic. got underway just after 4 o’clock
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Nigel Jenkins was on top form in his prodigiously rapid Gp4 328GTB
Debbie Culver presented the prizes in the bottom paddock, the trophies being tastefully laid out on the Preston’s camping table with decorative flower arrangements by Yvonne – a nice touch. The second 20-minute race of the weekend was scheduled for 14.30 hrs on Sunday afternoon, the grid being based on the second fastest qualifying times. This time Ferguson had wisely strapped on the Kumhos, finally convinced of their superiority in the dry. There were no
mechanical casualties from R1 so it was the same 15-car field albeit with N P-B now sharing the front row with Culver, and row 2 comprising Jenkins and Goddard. Culver looked determined to avenge his previous day’s defeat and blasted off the line ahead of Paul-Barron and a fast starting Everingham. Tim Walker made an effective launch ahead of Chris Goddard and was clearly anxious to catch Evers’s white Gp3 machine. By lap 5, N P-B was still in second – some 7 seconds behind
the leader – with Jenkins nibbling his tail. Evers, in 4th overall, similarly had Walker making a close examination of his boot lid. The highly modified Mondial t of Taylor was holding on to 6th, with Goddard’s Gp2 308 just behind. Benaroya had made a useful start in his rag top Mondial and was just ahead of new man Wilson and Allen, in their 328GTBs. Ferguson was enjoying the grip of his new tyres and had newcomer Rob Pulleyn and Fenny in his mirrors. By mid-race Jenkins had speeded up, taken 2nd, and was on the pace of leader Culver albeit 5 seconds in arrears. Walker was now showing his mettle and had slipped past Everingham to take the Gp3 lead and 4th overall. At the tail of the field Burgar was inches ahead of Moorwood, both drivers lapping at remarkably similar speeds. On lap 11 Taylor slowed right down, his Mondial suffering water pump failure which resulted in his retirement one lap later. Four laps on, Goddard inserted his 308GTB between the battling 328s of Walker and Evers. With 22 laps completed out came the chequered flag to greet Gary Culver, who had successfully kept yesterday’s winner Jenkins at bay, winning by a margin of 4 seconds. Nicky Paul-Barron took third, some appreciable distance behind the leaders. Tim Walker kept up the pace to win Gp3 with an impressive Darren Wilson taking a class second. Chris Compton Goddard took an easy Gp2 victory and William Moorwood drove well to reverse the previous day’s defeat by Burgar. The day’s prizes were handed out by Karen Edney along with the bottles of Champagne and the RnR Classic Driver of the Meeting award, which deservedly went to Nigel Jenkins.
Debbie Culver enjoys handing out the trophies to husband Gary (on the left) after his victory in Sunday’s race, and to Nigel Jenkins who not only won outright on Saturday but collected the RnR Classic Driver of the Meeting award. It doesn’t get much better than this!
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BRANDS HATCH Indy Circuit ROUNDS 1 & 2 3rd & 4th MAY 2014 RACE 1: ROUND 1 Pos
No
Driver
Tipo
Group
Laps
Time
Best Lap
Qualify
Pos
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DNF
54 34 17 12 44 57 10 71 45 14 25 15 29 56 7
Nigel Jenkins Gary Culver Nicky Paul-Barron Peter Everingham Chris Goddard Nick Taylor Darren Wilson Tim Walker Richard Allen Didier Benaroya Richard Fenny Robert Pulleyn Willliam Moorwood Carl Burgar Ray Ferguson
328GTB 328GTB 328GTB 328GTB 308GTB Mondial t 328GTB 328GTB 328GTB Mondial Cabriolet 308Gt4 328GTB 308GT4 Mondial QV Mondial t
4 4 4 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 1 1 4
20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 19 4
20:14.877 20:15.358 20:28.244 20:37.909 20:41.186 20:49.747 20:50.109 20:50.431 21:00.161 21:01.740 21:12.413 20:22.731 20:39.869 20:40.070 4:09.590
54.876
55.868
54.985 56.131 56.830 56.909 57.434 57.294 57.515 58.390 58.199 58.959 59.407 1:01.765 1:01.715 59.843
55.073 55.929 56.160 56.210 56.861 570128 57.006 57.917 58.285 58.584 59.233 1:02.387 1:14.667 1:02.901
2 1 3 4 5 6 8 7 9 10 11 12 13 15 14
Class Winners Gp4 Gp3 Gp2 Gp1
Fastest Laps:
Nigel Jenkins Peter Everingham Chris Goddard William Moorwood
Nigel Jenkins Peter Everingham Chris Goddard Carl Burgar
Gp 4 Gp 3 Gp 2 Gp 1
54.876 (79.24 mph) 56.830 (76.51 mph) 56.909 (76.41 mph) 1:01.715 (70.46 mph)
Lap record
RACE 2: ROUND 2 Pos
No
Driver
Tipo
Group
Laps
Time
Best Lap
Qualify
Pos
1
34 Gary Culver
328GTB
4
22
20:32.171
55.165
55.161
1
2
54 Nigel Jenkins
328GTB
4
22
20:36.528
54.866
56.120
3
3
17 Nicky Paul-Barron
328GTB
4
22
20:56.211
56.175
56.116
2
4
71 Tim Walker
328GTB
3
22
21:09.478
56.430
57.085
7
5
44 Chris Goddard
308GTB
2
22
21:09.756
56.072
56.267
4
6
10 Darren Wilson
328GTB
3
22
21:15.781
56.778
57.159
8
7
12 Peter Everingham
328GTB
3
22
21:16.448
56.991
56.467
5
8
45 Richard Allen
328GTB
3
21
20:51.240
58.004
58.667
10
9
7
Mondial t
4
21
20:58.117
58.547
1:03.252
14
10
25 Richard Fenny
308Gt4
2
21
21:31.284
59.962
58.760
11
11
15 Robert Pulleyn
328GTB
3
21
21:31.431
59.910
59.427
12
12
14 Didier Benaroya
Mondial Cabriolet
3
20
20:42.433
57.967
58.618
9
13
29 Willliam Moorwood
308GT4
1
20
20:56.808
1:01.302
1:02.656
13
14
56 Carl Burgar
Mondial QV
1
20
20:57.786
1:01.118
1:14.900
15
DNF
57 Nick Taylor
Mondial t
4
11
10:49.819
57.214
56.977
6
Ray Ferguson
Class Winners Gp4 Gp3 Gp2 Gp1
Gary Culver Tim Walker Chris Goddard William Moorwood
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Fastest Laps:
Nigel Jenkins Chris Goddard Tim Walker Carl Burgar
Gp 4 Gp 2 Gp 3 Gp 1
54.866 (79.25 mph) 56.072 (77.55 mph) 56.430 (77.86 mph) 1:01.118 (71.15 mph)
Lap record
BRANDS HATCH Indy Circuit 4th MAY 2014
HE FIRST PIRELLI Ferrari Open races of 2014 took place at Brands Hatch on Sunday, 4th May. The circuit is use was the Indy variant layout which has the advantage of being able to be viewed by spectators almost in entirety. With some shuffling of the original timetable we managed to arrange all the PFO activity on one day. The format was a single 25-minute qualifying session followed by a 25minute sprint race and then, towards the end of the afternoon, a longer (45 minute) race with a compulsory pit stop. This was a new innovation for PFO and was organised in response to a number of requests to enable two drivers to share a car. All the cars were allocated pit boxes in the upper paddock and many competitors set up stall on the Saturday. There was a reasonable entry of 14 cars,
with five of them with shared drivers for Race 2. With only one qualifier, the second fastest times were used to determine the grid for the second race. Looking at the line-up, there were a number of new faces and one or two drivers we have seen in the past and were able to
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welcome back. In class C2, John Shirley had returned after his cycling adventures of 2013, his 360 Challenge car now finished in an unusual shade of blue. His adversary was Paul Ugo, who was to share his 360/Ch with Robi Bernberg.
John Seale made a welcome return to Ferrari racing with his 458/Ch.
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The Darren Laverty/Lee Moulden F355 Challenge was the quickest Trofeo class car at Brands Hatch.
Class C4 was well supported, with five drivers from the FF Corse team. Ivor Dunbar was a returnee, in a 458 Challenge as was John Seale, who raced with us some years back in an F355 Challenge car in the Maranello series. A couple of new recruits, from Sweden, were Lars Kinell and Tony Gisslen, and the fifth member of the team was from India, Gautam Singhania. Completing the class were the Hogarths, father (Bernard) and son (Marcus). Bernard has raced with us in the past but Marcus has had recent success in British Touring Cars. The plot here was for Bernard to do the shorter race and Marcus to drive single-handedly in the longer contest. Graham Reeder had brought along Tony Jones as his co-driver in the fast 430 GT3. Wayne Marrs seems to be having all sorts of problems with his fleet of Ferraris and withdrew his 458 Challenge car at the last moment.
Qualifying got underway just before 11 o’clock with bright and dry weather conditions.
Marcus Hogarth (458) made electrifying progress in the second race.
Immediately there was a dingdong battle for pole position although sadly Bernard Hogarth was forced to abandon proceedings after incurring substantial damage on his way
Ivor Dunbar set the fastest lap of the day in his rapid 458 Challenge car.
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into Druids after only a couple of laps. The fastest lap changed hands almost on every lap, with Dunbar finally claiming the treasured spot with 48.535. Right on his heels was Seale, less than a tenth of a second in arrears, while Singhania was right up with them in 48.820. The Reeder/Jones 430 was 4th quickest, less than a second ahead of the two Swedes, of which Kinell was a second quicker than his countryman. Next it was the evenly matched 360s of Ugo and Shirley, with the Scotsman less than a fifth of a second adrift on 52.757.
The Laverty/Moulden F355 was the quickest in the new Trofeo class. The first PFO race was the last one before the lunch break. Again, track conditions were excellent. The Hogarth 458’s rear quarters had been neatly patched up by the car’s preparer, Adrian Snook, and seemed to be in race order again. When the lights were extinguished, pole man Dunbar made a perfect entry into Paddock Hill Bend to lead the pack, with second row driver Singhania beating Seale for 2nd spot. Then it was Reeder with Shirley right on his tail. The two Swedes followed line astern ahead of the leading F355 of Laverty. Seale disappeared on lap 7,
promoting Reeder to third albeit now some distance behind the flying Dunbar. However it wasn’t much longer before Singhania, driving a solidly competent race, powered to the front. From then on he was uncatchable although Dunbar continued to trade fastest laps as he chased the leader. His valiant pursuit ended on lap 19 with a spin, which may have been due to oil spillage on the track. Meanwhile Shirley and Ugo continued, nose to tail, in a fascinating battle for C2 honours which was eventually won by the flying Scot. With just one lap remaining Laverty pitted, handing victory in the hard-fought Trofeo class to Vance Kearney. Gautam Singhania crossed
Lars Kinell (458/Ch) from Sweden finished on the podium in the sprint race. Here he has his mirrors full of the two warring 360 Challenge drivers, Paul Ugo and John Shirley.
also reduced to just 11 cars lap off the leader’s pace. On the because of attrition in R1. Only second lap Nigel Jenkins’s F355 three of the caught fire and made a hasty cars had retirement. Unburnt fuel, due to shared an ignition fault, had dropped drives which onto the car’s hot exhaust put into system. question the One of the features of the merit of race was the progress of Marcus introducing Hogarth from the back of the grid the pit stop (the car’s qualifying time had format. been compromised by the Non morning accident and he qualified starters to race by joining the MG parade were John at the lunch break!). By lap 2 he Seale, with had moved into 5th place and two mechanical laps later he had taken third, damage to ahead of the two warring 360s of his 458 from Ugo and Shirley (their positions The Graham Reeder/Tony Jones combo picked up a the first now reversed from R1). The class 2nd and a 3rd in the 430 GT3. race, and Moulden/Laverty F355 was the the line to take a fairytale win in Tony Gisslen, who felt unwell. leading Trofeo, trailing the 360 his first race in the Pirelli Ferrari From the very start, the hero duo by around 7 seconds. Open, delighting his many of the first encounter, Gautam Dunbar retired on lap 4 after supporters who had travelled to Singhania, blitzed into a lead a vicious spin coming out of Brands Hatch to see him in which he was never to relinquish Graham Hill Bend. Another action. Graham Reeder took the apart from a runner-up position, some 40 brief period seconds in deficit, while Lars when the pit Kinell, another driver having his stops were in first outing, crossed the line in progress. In third. second spot, Fastest laps in the three and initially classes were gained by Ivor giving no Dunbar (49.085), Paul Ugo quarter, was (52.303) and Nigel Jenkins Dunbar in his (54.024). similar car. The second PFO race started Third was late due to delays in earlier Tony Jones, in races, and was foreshortened to the Reeder 40 minutes instead of the 430, only a Nigel Jenkins, seen here leading Steve Routledge, was programmed 45. The line-up was second or so a out of luck when his F355 Challenge caught fire in R2.
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A hectic start to the sprint race with Ivor Dunbar snatching the lead.
retirement was Shirley, whose gearbox started to play tricks and refused to select the correct ratios. The Ugo 360’s rear screen blew out at one point, sailing into the air like a huge kite but fortunately not hitting any of the cars following. The pit box window opened after 15 minutes. The procedure called for cars to remain stationary for 60 seconds; shared drives required the engine to be stopped (for safety reasons) while solo drivers could remain in their car with the engine running and harness secured. The system seemed to work well
although there was, perhaps, a small penalty paid by the second driver in that he had to acclimatise himself to the track conditions. Singhania pitted on lap 21 but was back in the lead by lap 26, when Jones handed over to Reeder. Once everyone else had made their stops the order was back to where it had been although second placed Marcus Hogarth found his Pirellis were well shot after his early efforts in making up for lost time. As the clock ticked away to the abbreviated 40 minutes, with 46 laps completed Gautam
Singhania acknowledged the chequered flag for the second time of the weekend, with Hogarth taking second spot (around 20 seconds behind) and the Jones/Reeder 430 in third, a further 16 seconds in arrears. Paul Ugo and Robi Bernberg were the sole survivors in C2 and the Lee Moulden/Darren Laverty F355 Challenge came home first in Trofeo, with Lee doing most of the driving (Vance Kearney in his similar car incurred a drivethrough penalty for reasons unknown). The fastest laps in class were credited to Singhania (49.203), Ugo/Bernberg (51.417) and Lee Moulden (54.015). Anne Swift presented the awards at the end of the meeting, the Prestige Estates Driver of the Day going to Gautam Singhania who, it was revealed, had actually raced at Brands some years before - but not in a Ferrari!
This was the only view most of his rivals had of Gautam Singhania’s car all weekend.
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BRANDS HATCH Indy Circuit ROUNDS 1 & 2 4th MAY 2014 RACE 1: ROUND 1 Pos
No
Driver
Tipo
Class
Laps
Time
Best Lap
Qualify
Pos
1
21
Gautam Singhania
458/Ch
C4
30
25:31.317
49.383
48.820
3
2
23
Graham Reeder
430 GT3
C4
30
26:11.946
50.516
50.560
4
3
58
Lars Kinell
458/Ch
C4
29
25:47.068
51.951
51.139
5
4
9
John Shirley
360/Ch
C2
29
26:16.517
52.576
52.757
8
5
59
Paul Ugo
360/Ch
C2
28
25:38.236
52.303
52.587
7
6
25
Ivor Dunbar
458/Ch
C4
28
25:48.726
49.086
48:535
1
7
33
Bernard Hogarth
458/Ch
C4
28
25:09.430
53.469
1:02.382
13
8
64
Tony Gisslen
458/Ch
C4
28
26:10.775
53.807
52.356
6
9
8
Vance Kearney
F355/Ch
CT
28
26:15.743
54.362
54.183
10
10
54
Nigel Jenkins
430/Ch
CT
27
25.57.422
54.024
54.173
11
11
37
Steve Routledge
F355/Ch
CT
27
25:59.751
55.921
56.430
12
DNF
66
Darren Laverty
F355/Ch
CT
25
23:47.058
54.541
53.795
9
DNF
55
John Seale
458/Ch
C4
6
5:09.677
49.227
48.622
2
Class Winners C4 C2
Gautam Singhania John Shirley
CT
Vance Kearney
Fastest Laps:
Ivor Dunbar Paul Ugo Nigel Jenkins
C4 C2 CT
49.086 (88.59 mph) 52.303 (79.15 mph) 52.024 (80.49 mph)
Lap record Establishes lap record
RACE 2: ROUND 2 Pos
No
1
21
2
Driver
Tipo
Class
Laps
Time
Best Lap
Qualify
Pos
Gautam Singhania
458/Ch
C4
46
40:10.231
49.203
48.990
3
33
Marcus Hogarth
458/Ch
C4
46
40:31.366
50.013
no time
13
3
23
Tony Jones/ Graham Reeder
430 GT3
C4
46
40:47.621
50.475
50.940
4
4
59
Paul Ugo/Robi Bernberg
360/Ch
C2
45
40:53.181
51.417
52.957
7
5
58
Lars Kinell
458/Ch
C4
44
40:52.603
52.165
51.284
5
6
66
Lee Moulden /Darren Laverty
F355/Ch
CT
42
40:50.100
54.015
53.815
9
7
8
Pat Gormley/ Vance Kearney
F355/Ch
CT
41
40:12.575
54.617
54.389
10
8
37
Steve Routledge
F355/Ch
CT
41
40:53.205
56.192
56.468
12
DNF
9
John Shirley
360/Ch
C2
25
13:33.966
52.810
53.095
8
DNF
25
Ivor Dunbar
458/Ch
C4
3
2:38.359
50.714
48.651
1
DNF
54
Nigel Jenkins
430/Ch
CT
1
1:00.710
1:00.710
54.456
11
NS
64
Tony Gisslen
458/Ch
C4
52.591
6
NS
55
John Seale
458/Ch
C4
48.819
2
Class Winners C4 C2
Gautam Singhania Ugo/Bernberg
CT
Moulden/Laverty
Fastest Laps:
Gautam Singhania Paul Ugo/Robi Bernberg Lee Moulden /Darren Laverty
C4 C2 CT
49.203 (88.38 mph) 51.417 (84.57 mph) 54.016 (80.50 mph)
Lap record
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ur first double-header of the year, at Harewood, saw a smaller entry than we are used to at this popular Yorkshire venue reports BRIAN JACKSON. Several of our regulars, including a couple of the front runners, had inexplicably chosen to take themselves off to Monaco for the Historique meeting, foregoing the delights of Harewood in May. This left us with just 14 drivers, which was reduced to 13 when Lorraine Hitchman suffered windscreen wiper failure on her 328 on the way to the hill. The car was returned home and swapped for a Porsche 911C4S, which, after some fees had been paid to BARC, enabled Lorraine to use the car at Sunday’s meeting in a class for production cars. It meant that Chris H missed practice altogether. The repairs to Jeff Cooper’s F355, which had failed at North Weald, were still in limbo, so his trusty 360 was pressed into service. John Marshall brought along his newly acquired 430
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Scud (collected just the previous which time a dry line had week) but it was running on sixappeared. His time of 73.32 was year-old P Zero Corsas so he was nearly four seconds quicker than not expecting any record anyone else so wasn’t of much breaking times. Others who were help in predicting the eventual Pirelli shod were the 360s of pecking order. Hitchman, Cooper and Rogerson, We had a dry track for P2 plus the 355s of Swift, Preece and Allen. The remainder were on Bridgestones except Jackson’s 308GTB, only Toyo making a suitable tyre for his 15-in rims. The Ferraris were first away when practice started on a damp track although Swift, who had arrived late expecting the running order to be as per the Final Instructions (they weren’t: without notification the Ferrari class was changed to first on, You could be forgiven for thinking Clint Eastwood not last) and took was at Harewood, but no, it was our Chairman, his first run maybe RA, sensibly dressed for anything the weather 25 minutes later by might throw at him.
Photo: Richard Preece
Photo: Alan Jackson
PIRELLI FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 3 HAREWOOD 10th MAY 2014
Photo: Alan Jackson
It was first time out for John Marshall’s 430 Scuderia.
Photo: Alan Jackson
morning times. We noted that James Spicer, running his Westfield here while dad was in
Giant Killer. Shaun Smith was in storming form, posting the third fastest time overall in his 328GTB.
Monaco, was a little too ambitious at Quarry and had a fairly substantial ‘off’ which deranged the car’s front
all-360 affair, won by Mark Wibberley with Peter Hitchman runner-up.
Photo: Alan Jackson
and this is when everyone set their best times, just before a shower arrived for the later classes to contend with. Allen was the fastest, marginally ahead of Whitehead’s similar 355. With a smallish overall entry, the first official runs were taken in the dry before the lunch break. Richard Allen was the only one to break the 70-sec barrier with a 69.38 although Phil Whitehead chased him hard with a 70.87. Then it was Shaun Smith, pushing his 328 up in a storming 71.60 to fend off Richard Preece, who clocked 71.97. Jackson, Swift and Wibberley were next, all in the 72’s. Chris Hitchman missed R1 in addition to the two practice runs as he accompanied Lorraine back to Litchfield on carswapping duties. He did manage to arrive back in time to take part in the final two afternoon runs. After a lunchtime shower the track was damp for R2, so no one managed to improve on their
suspension. As his car was recovered there was an almighty thunderstorm which suspended the meeting for 20 minutes or so. The track was almost dry for R3 but not too grippy, and again no one could quite match their first run times. Chris Hitchman was the only exception and delivered his best run of 73.36, sharing Peter’s 360 Modena. So that was it, with the results based (mostly) on first run times. When the Championship PEPs were applied it was Jackson’s 308GTB that took the maximum 20 points, with Allen on 17 and Smith just a tenth further back, on 15. The Club handicap was an
Looking good was handicap winner Mark Wibberley in his immaculate 360 Modena spider.
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Photo: Angela Preece
PIRELLI FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 4 HAREWOOD 11th MAY 2014
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embarrassment to us all, Lorraine Hitchman, enjoying the all-wheel drive of her pesky Porsche in another competition class, shaded most of the Ferrari times. Someone needs to repair her 328’s windscreen wiper, and quick, since we can’t have this sort of thing going on. Photo: Alan Jackson
he second day of Harewood, a quite separate meeting from Saturday’s, took place after overnight rain had soaked the track writes JOHN SWIFT. Most of the competitors, their wives and girlfriends, had enjoyed a convivial Saturday evening at the nearby Bridge Hotel at Walshford. In the recent past we have arranged a special Ferrari Dinner in the Byron Room at this handy hostelry, where the original Italian plasterwork is quite impressive. The food and wine is pretty good too. When we assembled at the hill the sun was shining brightly, giving us false hope (as it turned out) for the rest of the day’s weather. Contrary to the Final Instructions, the Ferrari class was now the last batch of the day (as it was supposed to have been on the Saturday).
Richard Allen must have enjoyed his previous evening’s dinner more than most since he put his gearstick blocker in the wrong slot and then, just to add insult to injury, spun his 355 at Farmhouse on P2 when conditions were improving (see main pic). As a slight
Phil Whitehead was a solid second on scratch with his F355.
Photo: Alan Jackson
Outright winner. No one could match Richard Allen all weekend.
and the ‘course’ ambulance and its occupants had been instructed to take over including ferrying the said invalid to Leeds infirmary. On the face of it, it appeared to be a catalogue of daft mismanagement and motorsport came to a halt for well over an hour. When proceedings finally recommenced the track had partially dried out and it was felt that second run times would determine the meeting’s final results. To his great credit, Richard Allen made a splendid
effort and, with 68.85, posted the fastest time of the day. This was a whole second faster than runner-up Phil Whitehead and good enough to take 17 Championship points. Taking a full bag of points for the second time of the weekend, and third overall for good measure, was Brian Jackson. The handicap awards were reversed from the previous day, with P Hitchman’s 360 taking first spot from Wibberley’s similar machine.
Photo: Alan Jackson
It was nice to see Sue and Paul Skinner spectating at the hill, along with previous competitor Ian Chadwick. Phil Whitehead (70.58) was now the quickest in practice from the similar 355s of Preece and C Hitchman. Jackson used all his knowledge of the hill and the alacrity of his venerable Ferrari to outpace yesterday’s Classic hero, Shaun Smith. Mark Wibberley made a rare mistake, making an off-course excursion at the Esses on P2. When the first official runs came round, long after the lunch break, conditions were still poor with a few drops of rain falling at the start of the runs. Then, a few minutes later, the heavens opened and the track was awash for the last of the runners. Rogerson fell victim to the rain when he slewed temporarily off the track at Chippies. The leader at this stage, with perhaps a freaky 72.64, was Wibberley, as if to avenge his practice error. Jackson, on 73.47, wasn’t far behind in his nimble 308GTB. The second runs of the afternoon were delayed interminably by the lack of a course ambulance. A spectator had apparently been taken ill, the crew of the ‘spectator’ ambulance hadn’t received the correct training to deal with the situation,
A woman’s touch. Wendy Ann Marshall in her 328GTB kept ahead of a number of more powerful Ferraris in the tricky conditions.
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HAREWOOD HILLCLIMB ROUND 3 Saturday 10 May 2014 Driver
Tipo
P1
P2
H/cap
R1
R2
R3
H/cp
64ft
mid split/ speed
PEP %
PEP time
Pts
Richard Allen
F355
76.92
71.17
68.44
69.38
71.64
71.97
7
2.51
41.64/78
0.0
69.38
17
Philip Whitehead
F355
82.30
71.70
67.21
70.87
75.45
73.79
11
2.86
43.02/77
0.0
70.87
13
328GTB
88.50
74.98
71.28
71.60
73.57
74.50
4
2.61
43.23/71
-3.0
69.45
15
Richard Preece
F355
80.83
72.98
68.78
71.97
73.09
73.78
5
2.62
43.30/80
0.0
71.97
12
Brian Jackson
308GTB
84.05
73.47
69.31
72.20
78.08
75.70
9
2.74
43.49/71
-4.5
68.95
20
F355
73.32
72.96
69.21
72.25
74.38
75.21
10
2.47
43.03/73
0.0
72.25
11
360 Spider
89.73
73.42
77.90
72.82
76.00
78.09.
1
2.76
43.49/80
+1.0
73.55
10
73.28
81.51
80.61
12
2.95
45.96/87
+4.5
76.58
6
77.29
73.36
8
2.77
44.76/75
+1.0
74.09
9
Shaun Smith
John Swift Mark Wibberley John Marshall
430 Scud
93.44
77.17
66.82
Chris Hitchman
360 Modena
NT
NT
71.00
Peter Rogerson
360 Modena
83.57
77.97
73.19
73.80
80.20
76.34
6
2.54
44.63/78
+1.0
74.54
8
Jeff Cooper
360 Modena
90.47
79.58
69.72
77.03
80.27
80.93
13
2.60
4613/78
+1.0
77.80
5
Wendy Marshall
328GTB
85.65
84.02
76.74
77.04
90.10
83.81
3
2.66
46.90/71
-3.0
74.73
7
Peter Hitchman
360 Modena
96.18
90.49
80.00
80.09
97.07
87.79
2
3.06
53.56/63
+1.0
80.89
4
64ft and Orchard split for fastest run
BARC Class Awards: 1st Richard Allen FOC Handicap
2nd Philip Whitehead
1st Mark Wibberley
3rd Shaun Smith
2nd Peter Hitchman
ROUND 4 Sunday 11 May 2014 Driver
Tipo
P1
P2
H/cap
R1
R2
H/cp
64ft
mid split/ speed
PEP %
PEP time
Pts
Richard Allen
F355
75.79
88.80
68.44
76.13
68.85
5
2.56
41.49/80
0.0
68.85
17
Philip Whitehead
F355
70.91
70.58
67.21
74.08
69.86
9
2.84
42.27/78
0.0
69.86
15
Brian Jackson
308GTB
73.29
72.42
69.31
73.47
71.37
8
2.67
42.91/73
-4.5
68.16
20
Richard Preece
F355
72.27
71.69
68.78
76.15
71.37
3
2.63
42.78/82
0.0
71.37
12
Chris Hitchman
360 Modena
74.11
71.98
71.00
73.99
72.16
6
2.57
44.47/80
+1.0
72.88
11
Shaun Smith
328GTB
74.40
73.26
71.28
77.51
72.47
7
2.67
44.03/71
-3.0
70.30
13
360 Spider
73.83
88.66
72.82
72.64
74.10
2
2.95
44.19/82
+1.0
73.37
9
F355
74.17
72.99
69.21
75.05
73.34
10
2.52
43.94/71
0.0
73.34
10
John Marshall
430 Scud
75.03
74.21
66.82
74.68
82.31
12
3.05
45.55/78
+4.5
78.04
6
Wendy Marshall
328GTB
84.13
77.35
76.74
84.50
77.00
4
2.84
46.65/71
-3.0
74.69
8
Peter Hitchman
360 Modena
83.95
79.60
79.50
86.70
77.01
1
3.26
46.32/67
+1.0
77.78
7
Jeff Cooper
360 Modena
79.24
76.31
69.72
84.31
77.92
13
2.89
47.01/69
+1.0
78.70
5
Peter Rogerson
360 Modena
78.89
75.18
73.19
83.30
78.53
11
3.21
47.42/73
+1.0
79.32
4
Mark Wibberley John Swift
64ft and Orchard split for fastest run
BARC Class Awards: 1st Richard Allen FOC Handicap
2nd Philip Whitehead
1st Peter Hitchman
CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS after Round 4
(provisional)
2nd Mark Wibberley
Richard Allen
47
Jack Hargreaves
20
John Marshall
12
Shaun Smith
43
Richard Prior
20
Peter Rogerson
12
Brian Jackson
40
Chris Hitchman
20
Mark Hargreaves
11
John Swift
32
Jon Goodwin
17
Jeff Cooper
11
Mark Wibberley
29
Mike Spicer
17
Peter Hitchman
11
Philip Whitehead
28
Nick Taylor
15
Caroline Cooper
9
24 (12) Wendy Ann Marshall
15
Pauline Goodwin
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3rd Brian Jackson
Richard Preece
24
David Snelson
13
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