I went to Anglesey International Circuit with the pace, the preparation, and the belief that this was our weekend to convert the speed into results. Motorsport had other ideas. But the data is firmly on my side — and that matters.
Qualifying: The Lap That Never Was
Qualifying was one of my strongest sessions of the season. I was building toward a genuine front-row challenge when I got impeded on my quickest lap. When Speedworks pulled up my ideal sector times afterwards, the picture was clear: I had the pace to be fighting in the first two or three rows. It just didn’t show up on the grid, and that defined everything that followed.
Three Races. Three Frustrations.
Race One: I got turned around by another competitor before I’d had a chance to show anything. Not a mistake of my own — just bad luck, absorbed, and moved on.
Race Two was the highlight. I gained nine positions, hunting down cars, making moves stick, and showing exactly the kind of racecraft that the sim-racing background builds. I crossed the line genuinely encouraged.
Race Three: an opening-lap incident through no fault of my own, and back to fighting uphill again. Christian Dick said it better than I could: “The results don’t reflect how competitive Benjy actually was.” When the principal of a professional BTCC operation is saying that, you hold onto it.
The Pace is Real. Donington is Next.
Pace is the foundation. You either have it or you don’t — and right now I have it. The Speedworks Rising Star programme gives me the infrastructure to know exactly where I am, and everything points toward a driver closing in on the front of this championship.
Donington Park is next. Fast, flowing, and the kind of circuit that rewards commitment. We’re ready.