Ma5da MX-5 MK1 Championship The Ma5da championship is the largest and best supported one make series in the UK. There is close racing throughout the field and extensive TV coverage means that the championship has a very high profile. The racing is great fun and the costs are very sensible. All the cars are the same, 1.6 Twin cam Mazda MX-5 and minimal changes are allowed which means the cars have very equal performance.

Meeting	Race Stats	Notes
March 27th Silverstone Arena	Qual 20th out of 43, Race 1 35th	My first ever car race!
April 16th Rockingham	Qual 12th out of 41, Race 1 15th, Race 2 12th
May 7th/8th Donington Park	Qual 25th out of 41, Race 1 16th, Race 2 28th	No testing, wet qualifying, first time driving in the rain!
May 30th Castle Combe	Qual 11th out of 35, Race 1 11th, Race 2 14th	Wet for the race 1
June 18th Oulton Park	Qual 2nd out of 38, Race 1 DNF, Race 2 3rd	My dad, Richard drove at Oulton, he did quite well!
July 2/3rd Knockhill	Qual 6th out of 24, Race 1 6th, Race 2 4th, Race 3 8th	I won the "Driver of the weekend" award
July 23rd Snetterton	Qual 5th out of 38, Race 1 3rd, Race 2 DNF	The diff failed in race 2 whilst I was running 3rd
August 13/14th Brands Hatch	Qual 6th out of 36, Race 1 9th, Race 2 4th	I was running a clear 2nd in race 1 until I received a drive thru penalty
September 10/11th Croft	Qual 8th out of 29, Race 1 DNF, Race 2 4th, Race 3 5th
Autumn Championship Oct 31st Silverstone	Qual 6th out of 48, Race 1 4th, Race 2 3rd , Race 3 2nd	I came 3rd overall in the championship

Autumn Championship race report from Autosport.