Sunshine.co.uk aim to get back on track
With Paul O’Neill and John George both having their worst race weekends of the season last time out at Brands Hatch with Paul failing to finish in the final race and John having to miss all three races due to a misfire, they will both be looking to bounce back this weekend at Oulton Park.
Despite the poor weekend, Paul O’Neill managed to maintain his position at the top of the Independents standings and will look to extend this lead at what has been a happy hunting ground for the Widnes based driver. Oulton Park was the circuit which saw Paul take his maiden win back in 2002 which he’ll be looking to emulate this season.
“I’m confident that we do our usual and get into the top ten in qualifying and score points in all three races,” he said. “We now need to take a step forward in qualifying and put a good lap together to get inside the top eight and then do our homework on race day to bring home at least one finish in the top four.
“Looking back at the year so far, my podium finish at Rockingham was brilliant as we got that result on merit after a hard fight. If I can do that again and get on the podium at Oulton Park then it would be great. Winning there in 2002 was mega and hopefully I’ll come away from the weekend happy again.”
John George, who scored his two points in the first race of the season, will be looking to get his season back on track after a miserable weekend last time out at Brands Hatch.
“I’m really looking forward to Oulton Park,” said George. “It’s a really good circuit and one of my favourite tracks on the calendar. It is one where the Honda should be strong but you need to be very precise as a driver because there isn’t any room for error.”
The team are hopeful that they have eradicated the problems which haunted the team and endured a successful test session last weekend which ran without problems at Rockingham.
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