Coming in to the final round of the championship the standing were such that I had a considerable lead in the series and subsequently realised I had already won. Never the less I still wanted a strong finish and not simply coast the last round. We travelled down to Stafford the weekend before the meeting to spend a good day testing on the Saturday, I felt this was prudent as the grip levels at Stafford are inconsistent and wanted to get a good grounding of where the grip was and the most suitable set up.  With this achieved I felt confident for the following weekend.

On arrival on the Sunday morning the weather was fairly overcast but no real risk of sudden downpours.  This left tire selection a relatively simply job for the first round of qualifying.  The first round of qualifying was looking good until I was a little enthusiastic entering the straight and got a bit too much air time on the exit curb which left me fourth. The second qualifying run of the day started well, as the times were dropping and the car felt consistent. Even with 2nd fasted time at this stage the car began to slide ever so slightly at the back towards the end of the session.  On closer inspection after the heat the tires were not grained but possibly getting a bit warm. For the third round I changed to a new set tyres opting for the harder of the tyre choices.  This delivered a more consistent feel to the car that allowed be to push that little bit more.  But such is the closeness of 27turn racing that I lined up 4th at the end of qualifying by a mear 1.6 seconds meaning there was some work to be done to get the front in the finals.

At the start of the first final I sneaked into 3rd into the first corner and lay there for the majority of the race gradually closing the gap on P2.  Around 3.5 minutes in P2 man began to loose punch, probable due to overheating, which gave me the chance to squeeze through to finish the first leg 2nd.

The second final proved more of a challenge with P3 adopting a more defensive line into the first corner.  This caused me to ride his bumper for the first two minutes until he ran a tough wide into a corner giving me the slingshot to fire round the outside of him into the next and on to pursue P2.  P2 proved a lot easier to pass this time but unfortunately I could have done which an extra 30 seconds to catch and pass P1. 

So in the end I finished second in the meeting but more importantly won the championship.  The Corrally Phi has proved to be a subtle yet extra ordinary development of the RDX that simply oozes quality and driver confidence.