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Well after six months without any motorsport to watch I'd have probably have enjoyed it irrespective of the quality of the racing, but I thought it was a decent start to the Championship, especially given the circumstances.
Donnelly was great in the C4 at Titans and I was hoping he'd do well in the DS3: I wasn't disappointed. The fight for first in the Supercar final was superb. I actually thought Godfrey had the legs on Mark, was very surprised when he took the joker behind him.
Speaking of Julian, he really turned his fortunes around. Was odd to see him struggling in the opening qualification races, but he had everything sorted in time for the semis and final.
I thought the situation with Bennett was a bit strange. I initially thought it was his/his teams fault for not reading the rules properly, but then I read comments suggesting that he had informed the organisers before the weekend and it only became an issue later in the event? On the subject of his exclusion, I'd love to know the difference between fuel types. Yeah, I know his Mini runs a Pipo engine and Oliver has no doubt improved during his time in World RX, but his lap times were absolutely destroying those from the rest of the field...
...despite the absence of Bennett I still thought the grid for the Supercar final was the best quality it has been for some time. Eight well prepared cars, all capable of winning the final* (* in the right hands!). Unlucky for Thomas, but great to see Steve Hill having a trouble free day.
I was pleasantly surprised at how well behaved the crowd were being. I certainly didn't see everywhere, but from what I saw people seemed to be distancing themselves at the trackside, in queues and when moving around. Perhaps I got lucky with what I saw, but I was expecting to see all discipline go out the window once people got into the circuit.
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