After helping out as part as the pit crew for Warwick I was lucky enough to get the chance from Warwick and Suzy Hutchinson to have a run in RPV02 on the 15th and 16th of October, Round 5 at Mt Cotton.
It was my first ever time on the race track, let alone a quick open wheeler.
I had been told of certain parts of the track that could be tricky and with a storm on Saturday morning this made it just that bit harder and scarier.
My first run time was 63.06 seconds. This was just a sighting run for me to see how wet the track was and what the car and the I was capable of. After the first run I got back to the pits with a good understanding of just how powerful, and how well RPV02 handles.
With my confidence building after every run and track times dropping I was feeling good on the Sunday morning, especially with it being a fine day. My goal was to make it to 50 seconds which I was able to do on my first run with a 50.07.
With the track getting hotter the tyres were sticking so I thought I could do a lap even quicker. At this point however, I started having some gear problems, which were completely the drivers fault and was able to do a personal best time of 48.51 seconds on the Sunday.
Thanks to Warwick and Suzy for giving me the opportunity to race your vehicle and all the pit crew that helps out at every hillclimb. Thanks to Ultimate Power Steering for all their support.
I hope to have more runs in the RPV02 in the future.