A bit of updating required here. The second round of the Future Classics series was two weeks ago on the Brands Hatch Indy circuit. Things didn't go entirely to plan, with neither of us having driven the circuit and being well off the pace in qualifying, which ended with Brett putting the car in the gravel at Paddock Hill.

By race time, we'd got a bit closer to finding our way round the circuit, but were struggling to keep up with the more powerful cars out of the corners, and the car wasn't feeling entirely planted going into them. Power and handling issues to resolve!

So, on to Anglesey - an entirely new layout for 2007, the Coastal version is many people's favourite with the International loop replaced by the steep downhill Corkscrew. The track is really wide which was especially useful in qualifying because we were bundled together with the CSCC Magnificent Sevens which were vastly quicker and buzzed about the Future Classics cars like wasps.

Since Brands, the car had been set up and corner-weighted, and felt much nimbler as a result, but still felt way down on power, with less pull down the straights than even our relatively modest power output suggested. We both achieved similar times, but having safely dodged the Sevens, we ended the session second to last on the time sheets.

It was Brett's turn to start and he was soon in battle with John Cellier in his Fiesta XR2, but after reeling him in, and momentarily passing, was back behind. 20 minutes passed quickly and we were ready for the pitstop. I was soon back out and enjoying the sweeping circuit. Some fettling after qualifying on a discovered split in the intake pipe, meant that the engine didn't feel quite as flat as before, but the long sweep from The Banking, through Church and right up to Rocket left us really feeling our power defecit.

Cellier's XR2 was again in our sights, but after reeling him in, the was never enough punch to actually make a move to pass. In the heat of the chase, we were lapping consistently faster than an MR2 and Astra on track, finishing ahead of both to take 19th of 25 starters. Most importantly, it was a really enjoyable weekend and Anglesey Coastal is possibly my new second-favourite track! Also spent quite a lot of time milling about the paddock meeting fellow competitors, enjoying the sunshine and the racing - which is what it's all about.