Well I'm feeling a bit homesick with race-season starting at home, so there was nothing else for it but to plan an excursion to a race-track. So I started looking into it and there just happened to be a race-meeting at Brands Hatch on the 2nd and 3rd of October. Coincidently, a couple of the guys that were out for the Formula Ford season in NZ last year were racing in the Formula Ford championship here - Joe D'Agostino and Charlie Kimbell.

Anyhow, I managed to convince (didn't take much) Nat and Shannon, another couple of kiwi motorsport enthusiasts that we've met since we arrived here to come down for the day as well. It's not easily accessible by public transport, so we hired a car and split the costs. After a series of small disasters, we still managed to arrive in time to see the first race just finishing so that was pretty good considering...

The circuit is the best circuit I've ever been to as a spectator with multiple viewpoints that allowed you to see the whole circuit. As they were only using the short track, the laptimes were all sub 1 minute even in the rain, and the short track is more like a karting track from home with lots of hill - some of them very steep. The weather was pretty awful, rainy and cold (just standard for a race-track I'm hearing my family say), but we were well prepared.

Racing was all pretty interesting, with the rain making for a few dicey moments. There are also quite a few options to pass on the track, and with the spectators being able to see the full track - you could always find an interesting battle in the field to watch.

All and all a good day out, but hoping it won't be raining next time we head down.