Dice quickly turns for Volante Rosso at Queensland

Having started the race weekend with torrential rain, both races at least got underway in the dry although the weekend’s opener took a bizarre turn of events as two Audi’s managed to spin out even before the opening corner. Luckily avoiding that, the #1 car of Fraser was able to move up from its P9 Qualifying position to fourth after the Safety Car restart. Looking racey, Talbot was pushing the #26 Ferrari hard as the weather was again looking a little unsettled up towards the pit stop window before giving way to his AMR Drivers Academy team-mate.

Despite no success time penalty to serve, the #1 car unnecessarily earned themselves a drive through penalty for working on the car whilst the engine was running but that only dropped the crew down from third to fourth by the end.

Race two was equally cool and overcast as the first as Fraser this time started the #1 car from Talbot’s qualifying position of P9 where Fraser was quickly up to sixth but again tight behind the #26 Ferrari again.

Another car stranded in the gravel brought out the Safety Car for the first time, that slowing of pace brought about unwelcome gremlins within the #1 car as Fraser suddenly struggled for pace and quickly dropped two or three places. Further time was then lost within their stop as Talbot was unable to fire up the V8 again.

Going down at least a lap with that electrical issue, any hopes of decent championship points were over, but Talbot is not a driver who ordinarily gives up on anything. That ambition may have been the cause of a later spin that left him broadside across the track – exaggerated again by his ability not being able to restart the car in a timely fashion for an eventual finish at the rear of the grid.

The team will be hoping for much more next time out at Sandown at the end of July.

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