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"Mission Accomplished First up was XJS Challenge champion Gary Davies. Despite being asked to take it easy, he equaled his personal best time within five laps - a massive achievement for a car that was, at the time, totally unproven. Next in the hot seat was Formula Renault driver Jesper Carlson, who has also driven F3 racers and Panoz Le Mans cars. "This is such fun," he exclaimed on his return to the pits. "I didn't push too hard because of the others waiting to drive. Can I have another go later?" When later came, Jesper amazed all those present by beating everything else on track. The gloves were off, so Gary Davies got down to some serious driving too. The quiet shakedown test had evolved into an afternoon of what racing drivers do best - trying to be the fastest! At the end of the session,
Tom Sadler commented: "It was a very constructive day with some
very experienced guys pushing the learning curve into a straight line
up. All agreed theres more to come with some tweaking, but were amazed
by the Mission's out-of-the-box performance." He went on: "The
phrase 'proud father' has a whole new meaning." Articles reproduced with the kind permission of 'Which Kit?' Magazine @ http://www.which-kit.com |