Fergus Chalmers Racing

Round 2 of the championship Brands Hatch✅

The new helmet arrived on time, as promised, from DMD Helmet Design which, along with the new race boots and Kilt from Mitchell Scott meant I had plenty going on fashion wise!🕺

Qualifying round the Indy circuit is always extremely close and on Saturday morning this one was no different with 0.5 of a second covering the top 16.🥴The new qualifying format of 3 laps to set 2 best times allows no margin for error and my own best lap included me losing 10ths as an off-circuit car re-joined on my line.

Race 1 didn’t go to plan, eager to make up places from my starting position I drove a bit too hard in the conditions and struggled with the heat of the tyres as a result. Finishing the race where I started in P11 was not the position I was aiming for.

Race 2 was almost one of my best races, making up places straight away and climbing up to P6 I had the pace to be pulling away from the pack until a slight mistake sent me into a half spin where in a few seconds I dropped to P14. Only being able to get back to P12 was an opportunity missed.🤢

This meant in Sundays ITV race I started in P12.
After a stunning day on Saturday with high temperatures, blue skies and not a breath of wind, it was a surprise to wake to rain on Sunday.
This would mean my first ever race in the wet!
A good start put me into P10 where I sat stuck behind a slower car for a few laps until a spin from them nearly took me out of the race.🫣
I guess I was lucky that I only dropped one place in that instant, and it could have been much worse. Fortunately, I was able to take this place back and get a top 10 finish.

Massive thanks to everyone in the team Preptech UK making sure the car was running on point and thanks to James Gornall 'Jiggy' for keeping me focussed throughout the weekend. 👏👍

And a massive thanks to the Sponsors for getting me to where I am 🙌🏻 Was great to have Jim and Laura from there all weekend supporting us along! 😎

Dreelside Engineering Ltd
Donside Slating
Mitchell Scott
Lawrence of Kemnay
The Barbers
Champion RV