April 10, 2008
The first few races are now done and dusted and we could not have asked for a better way to start to the championship. Oulton Park is probably one of the best circuits I have ever been to as it has a bit of everything. It has a banked hairpin, chicanes where you launch the car over the ripple strips similar to the Senna chicane at Clipsal and then some fast corners over the back which has trees overhanging the circuit so that all you can really see the bright lights on your dash going crazy as you bang on the limiter in top gear!!

The racing as expected in Europe has been fairly tough and the weather conditions didn’t make it any easier. Race 3 we actually had some snow early in the race then the track began to dry out which made it fairly hard to predict how hard you could push. To get a race win this early in the year is absolutely fantastic and I must thank Jamun Racing for supplying such a great car and helping me learn the British way of motor racing.

This weekend we will be racing at Knockhill in Scotland over a 3 race format. Once again the weather will most likely be average as Scotland is well known for its poor weather. In testing we struggled a bit for pace but we will be testing again on the Thursday so will be aiming to find some more speed before we get into the weekends activities.

Just like last year a good consistent approach to the championship will be essential to ensure we are still in the championship hunt come the end of year, therefore this weekend we will once again be aiming for some podium finishes with hopefully another race win!

Away from Motorsport I have settled into life in the UK, what worries me though is a few friends have noticed that I have picked up a few British slang words! Over the last few weeks I have done some tourist stuff and visited Blenheim Palace (where Winston Churchill was born), Duxford Air Museum and Alton Towers theme park.

Tim

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March 2, 2008 - Tim settles in to England and auditions for Mythbusters - click here