As part of my preparation for race debut at Silverstone, I spent a full test day working on understanding the car and building consistency.
The laps that stay with you aren’t always the fastest ones.
Towards the end of the day, I found myself on track with space around me. No traffic, no pressure — just laps.
The tyres were well past their best, the wind was moving the car around, and it wasn’t a session where I was expecting anything special on the timing sheets.
But as I started to push after the out laps, something changed.
The track started to open up.
Everything slowed down slightly.
I stopped thinking about inputs and just started placing the car.
You still see everything — braking points, references — but your focus narrows at the same time. It becomes about small things:
Where you release the brake.
How early you pick up the throttle.
How little steering you need — almost changing direction without thinking.
Lap after lap, it just repeats.
I ended up doing a long run where most laps were within a few tenths of each other. Not because I was chasing consistency, but because the car felt natural to drive — almost effortless.
That run included my fastest time of the day, along with several laps within a tenth.
On the edge, sliding, rotating — but controlled. Measured. All about momentum.
That’s something I haven’t really experienced before in this car.
It’s not something you chase.
But it’s something you remember.
Now I know it’s there, the goal is to use it when it matters.
A valuable step in the process heading into race weekend.
Photos by Jakob Ebrey.
