The track is the most difficult I’ve yet been on – it’s quite bumpy, has some very ‘technical’ corners that demand patience and precision, and has some very quick bits that demand, for want of a better term, balls. It was, therefore, critical that we maximised our track time to learn the circuit and get the car handling nicely, as our rivals had prior experience at the circuit that would give them an initial lap time advantage. This was aided by Simon Davey working his magic and arranging a non-championship race, the practice for which was the first session of the weekend – effectively it was a test session, and our participation in the race (the last Mono session of the weekend) would depend on how we were feeling, and how track-worthy the car was, after the championship races.