I am really looking forward to the 24H with Matt joining Mark and me in the Z4M.  This will be the 40th running of the ADAC 24H race at the Nurburgring and my 5 time.

I am preparing best I can trying to get to a sensible level of fitness.  The weather has been poor so I’ve been just using the rowing machine which for some reason I really enjoy.  I’ll get out on the bike if the sun shines.

I understand that good progress is being made on the car.

I went out to the race this year to support a friend driving a Manthey Porsche Cup car. Within a few hours of arriving I’d hooked up with a British team and was third man in a BMW E46 M3!

The team, Brunswick Motorsport, were fantastic and the two other drivers Mark Griffiths and Matt McFaddon made me feel really welcome.

We had an exceptionally smooth race and despite starting way down in 177th. We were up at about 85th by dawn and then had a long stop for brakes which dropped us down the order. By the end of the race we were back up to 76th – and fourth in class.

A really enjoyable and satisfying weekend.