DOWN THE PUB

WITH ROB HUFF

The Members’ Meeting didn’t go to plan “We had a bit of disappointment this time at Goodwood with the cars of my team-mate Richard Meins. We had four cars to drive and three of them broke, unfortunately. It was a weekend of positives and negatives.”

He led in the Ford GT40 “The Alan Mann Trophy race was great and I was leading the race. But we knew straight away, even when we were in the holding area, that we were going to have a problem with the brakes because the pedal was pretty much on the floor.”

He retired from the lead “I said to the guys that there was no way we were going to last an hour, but we did the best we could to start with and retired from the lead. If you’re going to retire, that’s the best place to do it from. The car was quick and we went quicker than the car has ever been before at Goodwood and I think we were on for a new lap record in a GT40.” “In the Whitmore Cup, the Mini Cooper of Des Smail was great. I knew I had to get a good start if I was going to get Nick Swift. I pretty much did but then he squeezed me quite hard down at the bottom end of the circuit and we had a little bit of contact. Then, unfortunately, coming across the start/finish line I was struggling for gears. It wouldn’t go from second to third so I had to go into fourth and then back to third. So there wasn’t much I could do, but we’ll be back fighting again next year.”

Other cars hit problems “Unfortunately, the Ford Capri we were going to race in the Gerry Marshall Trophy race had a problem with cylinder three even though we qualified sixth. That put us out for the weekend with that car.”

He’s a big fan of Goodwood “It was a tough weekend but I was happy to be at Goodwood again. It is the most fun event of the year for me. It’s just a fantastic weekend and I think a lot of motorsport organisers around the world could learn a lot from Lord March.”

CAR

Citroen DS 3 R5 Ford Fiesta R5 Ford Fiesta R5 Ford Fiesta R5 Citroen DS 3 R5 Ford Fiesta R5 Ford Fiesta R5 Citroen DS 3 R5 Ford Fiesta R5 Skoda Fabia R5 Skoda Fabia R5 Skoda Fabia R5 Citroen DS 3 R5 Citroen DS 3 R5 Skoda Fabia S2000 Skoda Fabia S2000 Skoda Fabia R5 Citroen DS 3 R5 Skoda Fabia R5