Team Jedi Make Progress, but still miss out on the Points at Mondello Park

10 May 2004

Team Jedi finished 10th in both rounds of the British GT Cup class at Mondello Park this weekend. 14 cars entered the Cup Class at this event.

Drivers Rob Horsfield and Frazer Corbyn had never driven at Mondello Park before and were glad to have 15 minutes of sighting laps each on the Friday before race day.

"It is a track that takes a long time to learn, because it has so many corners." Said Rob Horsfield, "Although it is ideal for nimble cars like our Lotus, our lack of track knowledge means we have taken longer to get up to speed here."

The team managed a tenth place finish in race one, despite losing lots of time by being picked up out of sequence by the safety car. Improvement in race two was prevented as a slipping clutch limited the acceleration in 6th gear and severely hampered downshifts.

"Its disappointing not to score points again," said Frazer Corbyn, "but we are getting closer to the pace we need and by finishing all 4 races so far we are building up valuable experience!"

The team now has until the next race (June the 5th and 6th at Snetterton) to work on improvements to the car and fine-tune its set-up.

Team Jedi Racing is a new team to the GT world but has run many successful campaigns in Formula Honda, Monoposto and F600 Championships. Rob Horsfield is the 2003 Monoposto 1200 cc Champion and Formula Honda 1000cc Champion having won 13 races outright in 2003. Frazer Corbyn is the 2001 and 2002 Monoposto 1200 Champion.

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