FERRARI formula classic

• Our Leader Swifty had a sharp pain in his foot all through race 2 on Sunday. Being a proper racer he carried on regardless. It turned out to be a Euro coin that had got into his race boot.

• Nick Taylor’s woe was not restricted to the broken stub axle on his Mondial. Some magpie stole the tow car keys that he had put down on his trailer for a minute. Fortunately they were recovered later.

• Along with several other cars on the grid the Evers' 328 still has its music and air con fitted. In 30 deg heat with most other drivers struggling to cope Peter was quite comfortable thank you very much and listening to Katie Melua on the CD as he raced. He thought the track “This is the closest thing to crazy I have ever been” particularly fitting. [Does this mean the Evers could be the Stig? Makes sense, he's a big buddy of Clarkson - Ed.]

• Talking of Evers, it was a good job the JMH truck was in the paddock when the Secretarial 328 sprung an oil leak and Jason fixed it using on-board parts and facilities. This was especially significant as Evers had driven it to the meeting - and wanted to get home in it again......

• Combine a higher than before pit wall and Poggie's habit of waving to his adorning fans when he finishes a race, and you get the most surreal sight of a seemingly dismembered waving hand passing down the track behind the wall.

• Marco’s recurring gearbox problem pitched him into the barriers as the car selected 2nd gear when he asked for 4th. There was damage to front and rear although thankfully Marco was OK. As the gearbox was rebuilt only last week I suspect that the workshop manager at the franchised dealer concerned might have what Evers calls “an interview without coffee” to look forward to this week.

• Marco’s problems had actually started with a cracked brake disc. Parts were offered by Nick Taylor whose car was by now on his trailer and were gratefully accepted.

• William Jenkins commitment to race is considerable travelling as he does from his home in Switzerland each time. Relationships though are a compromise and it was William’s Sunday race that got lost this week-end. His wife had arranged a dinner party which when the timetable was adjusted meant that he had to leave. There were those prepared to borrow his car of course to make up the numbers, like Marco, NPB & Nick Taylor – but William didn’t seem too impressed by that idea!

• The Pogson 328 was suffering at some point with a leaking inlet manifold. Yorkshire grit took over however and the crack was sealed - it is said by a little black pudding brought over just in case.

  
  

  There was a large collection of Ferraris on parade	Scrute John May casts a beady eye over the Swiftmobile	Poggie explains that "Black Pudding" is not something you'd pay a fortune for in "certain areas" of Amsterdam

  
  

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Swifty wonders a) What is this pain in my foot? b) Where's my ice cream/ganja money gone?

All that work by Taylor - and no race at the end of it

NPB tries to nick the Secretarial 328

Jason got a number of drivers out of the mire - here with Marco

More fuel = more wins!

Zandvoort-by-the-Sea can be a hot place in Summer

pics by Nicky Paul-Barron