AmD Milltek Racing.com head into this weekends racing at Donington Park in the hope of scoring their first points of the season after running into problems last time out at Brands Hatch.

Despite the car being up to 7mph slower than that of the SEAT Leon of Tom Boardman who is running the exact same engine, Tom Onslow-Cole was able to set a time which was 0.6s faster than the cars previous best around the Kent circuit. However the team feel that they can get more of the engine to make them more competitive.

Team Boss, Shaun Hollamby commented by saying, “The engine went back to Lehmann after Brands Hatch and was tested, and we found a few areas where we can improve,” he said. “We were able to work on a few things with the car during our test at Brands Hatch, and we are hopeful that we can be even more competitive at Donington Park and push towards the top ten. The ultimate aim this season is to be a regular contender for points, and with further improvements to the package that we have planned, there is no reason we won’t be able to do that.

Onslow-Cole found it difficult at Brands Hatch and is reluctant to give anything away heading into the second round of the season. “Heading to Donington, it would be nice if we could get into the points and score the first top ten finish for the Volkswagen, but it is impossible to know exactly where we stand until we hit the track and see how our rivals are performing.”

Tom went on to say, “We made some good steps forward in the test, although we still have more work to do in practice when we get to Donington Park,” he said. “We were able to make progress with the chassis and are confident about what we need to do to find more straight line speed, which we were lacking in the Brands Hatch race weekend.”

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