 Andre Borell has conceded that his Master Electricians / simPRO Racing Mygale is now not realistically in with a shot at the 2010 Genuine Ford Parts Formula Ford Championship. Round 3 at Winton Motor Raceway at the weekend was a full-blown disaster for him and his Evans Motorsport team, with Borell not scoring a single point over the entire weekend. Borell – ever the optimist, doesn’t see this as all negative and is looking forward to Round 4 at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Raceway in 4 weeks.
Andre explains what went wrong, and how a number of factors contributed to the point-less weekend: “We couldn’t find any grip all weekend. From Practice one the car was a bit of a dog. My teammate Adam (Graham) and I were both saying the same thing, and we just couldn’t dial the car in to the conditions. I think I let that get to my driving a lot more than Adam did, and come qualifying he salvaged something with 7th, while I was back in 12th. Come racing, AG was clear of all the mid-field shenanigans while I was right in the thick of it. Three races, two destroyed nosecones and a lot of hard racing later – I made a mess of everything and left empty handed while AG salvaged something and stayed in contention with 6th for the round. It’s amazing how one qualifying session can essentially destroy a championship assault”.
Borell however sees a positive in the fact that he is now over 60 points off the championship lead, and that lies in his mental approach: “Prior to this weekend, I always had the words ‘points’ and ‘championship’ in the back of my mind while out there racing. That’s pretty much over now, I’m not even considering it. Now I can just go balls-out and race hard and aggressive the rest of the year with absolutely nothing to lose. That will help to snare a couple of good results I think – especially when the main title contenders are worried about each other and not me so much. The aim for the year is now podiums and maybe a win or two. That would be great for my sponsors, team and all my other supporters”.
The next round of the championship will be held in a month’s time at Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin from June 18-20, and Andre knows that the pace will be back as they head to the Top End. You can catch all the highlights from Round 2 and 3 on new digital channel ‘7TWO’ on May 29 at 2:30pm. Check your local guides for confirmation.
Andre is supported in 2010 by Master Electricians, simPRO, HPM Legrand, Extreme Safety, Speedo, Yellow Jersey, Giant, Xtreme Racing and Mediaglue. For more information contact Andre directly on andre@andreborellmotorsport.com
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