Three-time RGB champion Higginson takes debut podium
Three-time outright RGB champion Matt Higginson had a mixed weekend on his F1000 debut last weekend at Silverstone, highlighted by a podium finish.
Higginson, who won the outright RGB title – now rebranded Sports 1000 – in 2013-2014 and 2016 as well as a class title in 2015, was at the wheel of a
Mittell Cars-prepared Jedi Mk6/7.
Higginson qualified fourth for the opener and was handed a lifeline after he he had dropped back at the original start, salvaging fifth on the restart.
From fifth in the partially reversedgrid race, he led in the opening stages before falling back to second at the flag, while he could only manage 12th in the finale after a spin on the opening lap.
“We were about where I thought we might be pace-wise, just off the top guys,” said Higginson, who more recently competed in the Trackday Championship alongside brother Mark in a Honda Civic. “I wanted to keep with them to learn. The way I’m looking at it is, they can’t get any better but potentially I can get better, but it’s going to be a learning curve.”