I went to a practice session at Morgan Park yesterday, to get a feel for the car before the Hillclimb on Sunday. Its a good tight little track with alot of variety in the corners - off camber, uphill, downhill, over crests, esses, a fast RH kink followed immediately by a bracking area, and another braking area that starts at the end of a fast LH sweper.

I was surprised how easy it was to drive and how aggressive you could be with the throttle through corners. I was expecting it to be ready to bite you at any moment, but its not really like that. I was also surprised at how torquey it is. You can take slow corners that were definitely 2nd gear in my old 2lt coupe in third in this car and still get very good drive out of them. Brakes are very good too. I didn't get any lap times, this was just a familiarisation excercise.

The downside is after that I've got a couple of things to change before Sunday's hillclimb. but that's racecars for ya! oh well, it wouldn't be a real race meeting without a couple of late nights would it?

Next stop is Mt Cotton Hillclimb on Sunday