Team Jedi Racing, Disappointment at Snetterton!

7 June 2004

Team Jedi Racing lost their 100% finishing record by failing to finish either race in this weekend’s British GT Championship rounds at Snetterton.

Drivers Rob Horsfield and Frazer Corbyn were optimistic of a points scoring finish after the car worked perfectly and appeared to be on the pace during free practice. "Frazer and I were feeling very good about our chances of putting some points on the board after the initial practice sessions," said Rob Horsfield, "which made it even harder to take when everything from then on went wrong for us."

Horsfield managed only one flying lap in qualifying before the Lotus’s clutch began to slip and he was forced to bring the car back for repairs. The clutch needed to be replaced, which meant a complete engine out and strip down.

"The team did a great job on the repair, I will be buying them a very large crate of beer", said Frazer Corbyn.

The repair took until 10pm on the Saturday night, so Team Jedi did not even make the starting grid for race one. With a new clutch fitted, the team had everything crossed for race two.

Because they had missed qualifying for this race, the team had to start from the very back of the grid. For the first 3 laps things were looking very good. Frazer was able to overtake both the Vauxhall VX220 and the Vauxhall Monaro and keep the rest of the Cup Class pack in sight. Then the Lotus suffered another clutch related failure, this time the slave cylinder unit failed. Frazer was able to continue racing, although at a slower pace because he had no clutch and was frequently missing gears. The race came to end when the car pitted and Rob Horsfield was unable to get it out of the pits with no clutch.

Team Jedi Racing was pleased to have support from ex Page 3 model Jakki Degg at Snetterton. Jakki is a keen motorsport fan and hopes to be supporting the team again at Castle Combe on the 19th and 20th June.

"Snetterton is a meeting we will want to forget, its good that Castle Combe is so soon after. It will give us a chance to get out there, have some fun and put this weekend out of our minds," said Rob Horsfield.

Team Jedi Racing is a new team to the GT world but has run many successful campaigns in Formula Honda, Monoposto and F600 Championships.

Visit the official Team Jedi Racing web site and the site of Jakki Degg.

See 2004 series calendar for British GT

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