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Brands Hatch was a big disappointment for William Hornsey as he was not able to take part in the races due to blowing up an engine in testing on the Friday before.
” I felt something wasn’t quite right in testing and the times weren’t coming, and then during the last lap of the last session the engine got very hot so i coasted to a halt to investigate”
Hornsey with the help of his championship rivals diagnosed that the cooling system had not been diagnosed properly and in addition the crank bearings had failed.
“It was a very disappointing weekend, two no scores means that it will be hard to get back into the championship top 10 at seasons end. However one good thing did come out of it, and that is that I have been loaned last years champion ( Jeff Humphries) engine for the rest of the season.”

The car was taken to race preparation experts Lanan racing where the engine has already been installed.

” The plan now is to shake down the car with the new engine, get it on the rolling road, and then head off to anglesey for the next round.”

The Brands Hatch rounds were won by Andy Tibbs and Joe Ferguson, with another SAXMAX driver Josh Cook leading the championship.

Stock Hatch stalwart William Hornsey has completed the first 2 rounds of the 2010 championship at Snetterton over the weekend. Coming off the back of a couple of days testing and a last minute engine rebuild Hornsey’s hopes were high coming into the weekend.

However it became apparent that the speed shown in testing was not translating in to race pace, and coupled with a poor qualifying effort, Hornsey found himself down in 17th place for his heat.

“I was disappointed in my driving for the qualifying session, the car has been vey difficult to drive in the wet in the past and although better I still don’t have the confidence to push it as hard as it could go in the wet. Unfortunately in Stock Hatch qualifying determines your weekend and I was always going to be struggling from there on in.”

As is the norm with Stock Hatch, the first heat was red flagged and then run as a two part race where Hornsey finished 15th. This left him 26th for the final but a good race inspite of picking up some accident damage saw him finish 18th.

Sunday’s races were less eventful and a top 30 finish in the final was all that could be mustered.

“the car picked up a lot of ailments during the final including a slipping clutch, misfire and some fuel pressure issues. As well as the accident damage i have a busy couple of weeks to sort the car out for the next round.”

The finals were won by Josh Cook with last years champion Jeff Humphries 2nd.
Full results can be found at http://www.750mc.co.uk/images/uploaded/01_Snetterton_13-14th_March_Stock_Hatch.pdf

Hornsey shows signs of contact during stock hatch final.

Brands hatch test

Stock Hatch driver William Hornsey completed his final day of testing ahead of the 2010 Stock Hatch season at a wet Brands Hatch last week.

Again working with driver coach Malcolm Smith, Hornsey was able to get very quickly down to a quick wet lap time. Hornsey said, “it was a tricky day weather wise but we were able to change a few things on the car to improve my confidence and with Malcolm’s help start to understand where to place the car on a wet Brands Indy lap. Overall I came away satisfied with the days work and feel more confident than I have been before about my prospects for the forthcoming season.”

The car is now at preparation experts Lanan Racing undergoing a ground up rebuild in time for the first round on March 13th.

Hornsey prepares for final Stock Hatch season.

Seasoned stock hatch racer William Hornsey has been out testing recently at Snetterton in his venerable Peugeot 106 Rallye. After a couple of years of part seasons due to time constraints, Hornsey has committed to competing on the whole season with race preparation experts Lanan Racing, and legendary driver coach Malcolm Smith to improve his fortunes.

Hornsey said “ It’s going to be my last season competing this year as my work and family commitments make it very difficult to commit to the time required to do justice to a championship challenge. Therefore I am looking to go out on a high and feel that Lanan and Malcolm will help me make the most of the season. The aim is to finish well inside the top 10 championship positions.”

“ Testing last week at Snetterton was very cold, but the car ran well and was not far from the leading times of the previous race meeting. I am very much looking forward to the challenge ahead.”
Testing at Snetterton

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