Team Jedi Racing, No Luck at Brands Hatch!

05 October 2004

Team Jedi Racing had more bad luck at Brands Hatch in this weekend’s British GT Championship rounds.

Drivers Rob Horsfield and Frazer Corbyn were both hoping to finish the season on a high following their first points scoring finish at Thruxton. However their run of bad luck continued from the first lap. Gear selection problems made the lap times in free practice uncompetitive. The team managed to overcome these issues and the team qualified in 8th and 7th place in races one and two respectively.

Race one was looking very hopeful after 15 minutes, with Rob Horsfield running well and the team looking at a potential 5th place finish. Unfortunately that is where the weekend and season ended for Team Jedi Racing, a drive shaft snapped leaving Rob stranded on the circuit.

Although the team believed they had repaired the failure …. the other end of the drive shaft broke as the car was being driven to the grid for the second race. Frazer, Rob and the team retired to the bar to look back on a terrible year during which they have learnt a lot.

Team Jedi finished 5 of the 16 GT races in 2004 and scored just a single point. (8th place at Thruxton)

Rob Horsfield said, "We found this year a lot harder than we expected. We would love to use what we have learnt in 2004 to come back and do things better in 2005… lets hope we can find a budget!"

Team Jedi have also announced that their Lotus is up for sale to help fund the purchase of a new car for the 2005 British GT Cup Championship.

Visit the official Team Jedi Racing web site.

See 2004 series calendar for British GT Championship

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