Race 10:  Brands Hatch

The final race of the Britcar season saw the debut of Sixth Sense ESP Racing's latest car. At our home circuit of Brands Hatch here in Kent, we were looking forward to completing the season in the competitive Lotus Motorsport Elise and seeing how our new Honda NSX would do against it's Class 2 competition.

With surprisingly sunny November weather, we were pleased to host clients and friends and welcome TV presenter Vicki Butler-Henderson to the team!

With testing going well, we were expecting the lightweight Lotus to do well in qualifying. It was a little too close for comfort though, achieving pole by a mere 8 thousandths of a second! Meanwhile, the Honda NSX achieved 3rd place in class. With no mechanical issues, the only changes were to make the car more comfortable for our star driver!

A unique feature of the weekend was the Live TV facility in the Honda, providing spectators a view from the cockpit. Sadly for the Lotus driver James Barclay, he had many witnesses as he span on the warm up lap. We went from pole to 4 laps down as the car came in for some emergency repairs...

Meanwhile, as the Lotus desperately set after the rest of the field, the Honda was taking advantage of the surrounding chaos. Despite taking a couple of knocks itself, the new racer was soon up from 10th to 7th in the hands of Vicki, and eventually 5th as other cars came in for fuel .

With the Honda doing well, the Lotus was busy unlapping itself in order to salvage vital points to secure 2nd in Class for the overall Britcar Production Championship standings. However, carrying damage resulting in ill-handling side effects, it would be hard work for the drivers.

Despite these issues, the Lotus steadily made its way back up the order, running just behind the upstart Honda! However, as the Lotus improved, it was the other cars turn for troubles. Because of overheating, the gearbox was stuck in third gear for the remainder of the race.

In the closing stages of the race, the Lotus overtook the Honda leaving the cars 6th and 7th respectively. This cemented the 2nd in Class position for the season whilst the Honda came away with 2nd in Class itself, setting fastest lap on the way!

Later in the day, the Honda was entered into the Britcar GT night race. Despite still using just the one gear and starting from the pits, the car performed admirably, beating Porsches and Aston Martins!

With such a exciting debut, the Honda is to be featured in many automotive publications over the Winter.

The results bode well for 2010 and without much further development, it will be right on the pace for overall honours.

We'd like to thank everyone for their support over the season.