Silverstone hasn't been the best circuit for me historically, last year I had a bit of tough race there.  So this year, it was a relief to come away with two second places, even if it was a little frustrating not to win a race. 

The weekend started well, I was fastest in both free practice sessions on Friday, but the good form didn't continue on Saturday morning!  Unfortunately I suffered with an engine problem, caused by a faulty sensor which resulted in a slight drop in engine power.  That lost me quite a lot of time down the straights and with the engine turning itself down, fifth was the best I could manage in first qualifying. 

Second qualifying went better, the car felt good and I think I got the most out of it.  I took provisional pole about half way though the session, but unfortunately Marko Asmer beat my best time with just two minutes remaining.  However, second still gave me a good chance of victory in race two. 

I had a good start in race one, and managed to get past Greg Mansell into the first corner.  Ahead of me Atte Mustonen and Esteban Gonzalez were having quite a fierce on track battle, which resulted in them making contact and allowing me past into second.  I was happy to finish second in race one, starting from fifth, I think that was a good result.  I think I put in a very consistent performance, but unfortunately we were missing about a tenth from our ultimate pace. 

I made another good start in race two, a little better than Marko I think, but unfortunately it wasn't quite good enough to get past him.  I got very close to him in Becketts on the first lap, but couldn't quite make the move stick.  Then he just started pulling away and I didn't quite have the pace to stay with him.

We tried a couple of new things on the car after the first race, which helped us a little I think.  I had a good car, pace wise we were a similar distance off Marko in race two to race one, but the car was a little more inconsistent in race two, probably due to changes in temperature and the track surface.

Towards the end of the second race, Greg [Mansell] started to close up on me; I had a few problems making my way though the back markers, they just didn't see me coming, which was very frustrating.  I think Greg made up something like a three second gap in three corners!  We have to be fairly pleased with this weekend, the team did a great job and gave me a good car to drive, but second is the best we could do today.  We'll be looking to get back on the top step at Thruxton in two weeks time.