Chris Levy uses Greenstuff pads in his lightweight Monoposto race car
The Monoposto Race Club has been offering cost-effective single-seater racing in the UK for over 60 years.
Chris Levy competes in the championship’s F3B class in his Dallara F397, complete with EBC Brakes’ Greenstuff pads.
Following podiums at the previous Snetterton round, we next caught up with the team fresh off the back of the latest round at a rain-soaked Derbyshire’s Donington Park Circuit, where more race wins and podiums ensued.
Read how it all panned out in his own words below…
“Donington is always one of our favourite circuits. Before we got there, the weather report was saying rain, rain, rain. And our wet tyres were several years old, so I managed to purchase a second-hand set which were much newer.
“We were meant to have a test on Friday but the weather was so bad we skipped all but one session.
“Saturday was qualifying and we didn’t know what to expect, given our lack of wet racing. 36 cars went out in a wet session; the car performed very well and gave me great confidence, to finish 6th overall and 1st in the F3B class. We were well chuffed as we never expected to be good in those conditions.”
“Race 1 was again wet and I had a great race with a fellow F3B, but was pipped to the win by 1 second. But we were still happy with P2.
“Race 2 and conditions were worse. The spray from cars meant you couldn’t see much especially when battling. There were multiple safety cars due to cars going off. We stayed on the black stuff to again finish in P2.
“Race 3. And because Monoposto ran four races but you only race three, my previous fastest lap was set in the wet but nearly the entire grid for my race set there time in the dry meaning I started p26! But it was dry and we knew we had to get through the cars as fast as possible. We ended up P9 overall and 4th in F3B, but again, fastest lap in the dry.”
“To say the weekend went well us an understatement for us. We didn’t have any major issues apart from getting everything dry when we returned home.
“We are now 3rd in the championship only six points adrift from the leader. With one race weekend left at Brands Hatch in three weeks which we are undecided to do as yet.”
