Mighty Mini Race Report – Team CRS – Silverstone 11th May + WIN two FREE Tickets to Brands Hatch

Rounds 3 & 4 of the Mighty Mini Championship saw Team CRS head to the home of motorsport, Silverstone. A qualifier and a race each day meant the team were going to be kept busy.
Saturday qualifying didn’t quiet go to plan as Caroline was hit into a spin on the third lap of qualifying, dropping her alone to the back of the pack and no one to slipstream with. She eventually caught up with another car on the final lap of qualifying which was her fastest lap putting her a disappointing 14th on the grid. David had a much better session and put his car in 3rd spot.
Race time came and Caroline made a poor start off the line and was then boxed in at the first corner, making a bad qualifying even worse!! As the race settled down Caroline and Mike Devine used each other for an aerodynamic advantage, as two minis are faster together than one alone and pushed past the cars in front. They pulled away from the cars battling behind them and pulled into clear track. Caroline lost her advantage over Mike on the penultimate lap and finished the race in 13th.
David and the front row drivers made a clean start, David was almost instantly demoted to 4th behind Steve Rideout. Team mates Jonathon Lewis and Zack Booth worked together and pulled away. David desperately tried to push Rideout  to reduce the advantage of the team mates, but Lewis and Booth finished in front of Hale and Rideout. Hale passed Rideout on the final lap to take the final podium step in 3rd..
Another qualifier on Sunday gave Caroline an opportunity to qualify further up the grid. This time it passed incident free and Caroline and David were able to work together, Caroline was in 9th place whilst David would be starting from 5th.
Not long before the start of the race on Sunday the heavens opened….. it was going to be a wet race! Sure enough the race was declared wet and the grid was given 2 green flag laps. Caroline’s last race in the wet saw her rolling the mini at Paddock Hill bend @ Brands Hatch, she was keen for this not to happen again!
Everyone made it through the first few corners and started to settle in to the race. On lap 3 going into Maggotts, Ella Markham mis judged her breaking and bounced off Caroline’s mini, slowing Caroline down and demoting in to the mid-pack as she recovered. Caroline became involved in a 5 way fight over 10th place, with drivers trying to outbreak and overtake each other in the very slippy conditions.
Meanwhile David leaped through the grid and quickly found his way to third place behind team mates Lewis and Booth. With his years of experience Lewis disappeared quickly leaving Booth and Hale fighting for second. Positions swapped most laps, but luckily as the flag fell Hale took second! Caroline finished in the middle of her battle in 13th place.
Not a bad second outing in the 2013 season for team CRS Risk, two podiums and two 13th places!
The next rounds are 22/23 June at Brands Hatch, Kent as part of the Mini Festival where crowd of 30000 people are expected.
CRS have two free tickets to give away for this fantastic event to be in with a chance please answer the following question: When was CRS first registered with companies house (month and year)? You can find the answer on our website www.crsrisk.com please email your answer to our Sales Director Ros Stacey ros.stacey@crsrisk.com . No purchase is necessary. Prize draw will take place on Wednesday 19^th June.