COMING UP

I’M LOOKING forward to the VHRR Festival of Speed meeting at Winton on August 4-6. Having missed out on driving my mate Joe Calleja’s F1 March 741 at last month’s Austin 7 Club Winton Historics meeting because of my injuries, I’m keen to get back into the cockpit of the open-wheeler. It’s going to be special as well because my girl Jessie will be having her second outing in the Martini Supervee.

I was really proud of the way she took to the track in her debut event, last month’s Winton Historics meeting. It’s a steep learning curve that she tackled intelligently, making good progress over the weekend. She showed great spacial awareness among the traffic and demonstrated that she’s a quick learner, and her enthusiasm is infectious. I can’t wait to see her doing more of it in August.