Matt Pollard

So much for the glorious sunshine of early June. As we approached the Silverstone meeting in the BRSCC Mazda MX-5

After the frustrations of the COVID-19 affected 2020 season, it was great to get back on track at Croft Circuit for 2021. Sadly, the March and April Silverstone and Snetterton meetings were cancelled, but some reworking of the schedule means that we have a seven meeting season with 21 races. And, there’s a new format for the 2021 BRSCC Mazda MX-5 Championship with the introduction of BRSCC Mazda MX-5 Clubman Championship for the less experienced (i.e. slower than yours truly). The new format means bigger grids for most of the races. 40 cars provides plenty of action and no doubt the occasional challenges of passing

In 2020, Covid-19 changed everything, and for those of us who are passionate about racing, it meant a great deal of frustration. A racing season in the BRSCC MX-5 Championship that was meant to consist of eight race meetings and 24 races ended up being just four race meetings and 8 shorter races. So, I’m keeping my race summaries short for these final races. Let’s hope we can get back to a “nearly normal” for 2021. Silverstone in September My performance in qualifying continued to impress – a 5th fastest time, just 0.33 secs off the best time put me in a good position for

More Covid-19 enforced rules came into play at Donington Park – separate enclosures for drivers, pit crew and spectators and no mixing between the two. Once again, in qualifying, I put in an excellent performance, finishing in fourth fastest, and putting me on the second row of the grid for the first race. Could I convert this into a race finish on the track? I must start better! And once again, my race start wasn’t the greatest! Off the grid, I lost six places and dropped down to tenth on the first lap. I pulled back a couple of places, fairly quickly and was making