Matty Street is a racing driver for Team BRIT. This season he has been racing a BMW this season but today he is going out on to the Top Gear test track in the teams Aston Martin!
Preparation is key, or as Matty puts it, “I will make it work”…
Here is Matty’s flying lap in the Aston…
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Qualifying gremlins may have meant a P30 grid position for Matty Street at Snetterton but it made for an exciting start as he made up 19 places on the first lap!
Check out what it looks like from in the car…
Read the full Snetterton race report here
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The Britcar Trophy round 2 was held at Snetterton, in Norfolk, and some brake issues didn’t stop Matty Street and his teammate achieving two top 5 finishes.
Here is what Matty said about his race weekend…
Friday testing went well, Snetterton is one of my favourite tracks and I felt at home straight away.
The team had made a few set up changes to the car compared to the previous outing at Silverstone a few weeks ago. It certainly felt great and was a huge step forward.
After my stint in the car my teammate, Andy Tucker, went out for his. Unfortunately, the car suffered a brake issues which meant retiring it for the rest of the day.
Not only was it a big loss of track time for us but it also required a big logistical effort by the team to get some parts overnight to repair the car.
While our class races on Sunday, Team BRIT also races in the Saturday Britcar Endurance event.
It was great to see Team BRIT drivers, Bobby and Aaron, doing a great job and finishing in P2 & P1 in their races.
Sunday is race day, with Andy Tucker and I racing in the team BMW 240, while Luke Pound is in the BMW 118.
Going into qualifying I was very confident, as I love Snetterton. With new brakes fitted Tucker went out to warm the car up and bed the brakes in.
A few minutes into qualifying we swapped over to me to set the fastest laps. However, on my out lap the car developed a gremlin and this meant I was unable to set any flying laps. As a result we qualified a P6 for race 1 and P30 for race 2.
Our Race 1 the strategy was for me me to start and Tucker to finish. It was a tough race but we managed to finish P5 after a P6 start… progress made.
Starting prom P30 on the grid left us with a challenge but everything to gain. I started once again, with the strategy of getting as far up the grid as possible… we certainly did that!
Thanks to some amazing overtakes and brave moves we managed to make up 19 places in the first lap. We reached P1 with 20mins to go.
Check out some of Matty’s overtaking moves
After the mandatory two minute pit stop and driver change, Andy kept up the battle and brought the car home in P5. With a P30 grid position to make it to the top 5 was a great result.
The technical issues are frustrating but everyone at Team BRIT is working hard to get a handle of them.
Our BMW 240i race car is a former write off that the team have rebuilt to create a race car… an awesome write-off to race car project for the team.
Take a look at the video below to see how it came about… it’s an amazing bit of kit and I can’t wait for the next outing.
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In an action packed weekend at Silverstone, Matty Street had great drives in both races of the Britcar Trophy that saw him voted driver of the day.
Here is what Matty said about his race weekend…
Some times you have good days some times bad days. Today we had both. 😩 🏆
There are huge positives to take away from the weekend. In race we qualified P7 got up to P2 after the start [check out the first lap here: Silverstone first lap]. I was even leading the race at one point🤩.
A safety car bunched the pack back up and I dropped to P4. We had a small issue at the pit stop with refuelling and so we lost a bit of time during the driver change. After the pit stop we came out P8 and then Andy did a great job to claw pour way back to P7.
In race 2, due to making such a good start in race one, we decided I should start the race. I am pleased to say I got another great start from P7 to P4 in the first few corners. From there I had a solid defensive drive. When I came Into the pits, the team nailed the refuelling and driver change but then the car didn’t restart 😩
The crew did an amazing job to get the car going again but we had lost so much time that we ended up back of the pack. Overall, the main thing is that we finished the race and still got a top 10 in class finish.
“Not driver of the day it’s team of the day“
Aside from that I got awarded driver of the day! 🏆
Not the result we’d have liked but still great to come away with something.
Today as been a true team effort. So as far as I’m concerned it’s not driver of the day it’s team of the day!
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Wow, that’s how to nail the first lap when starting from P7… Matty Street’s first lap at Silverstone was sensational! Relive it here…
Matty was competing in the 2021 Britcar Trophy (April 25th 2021) that takes place at the UK’s leading circuits (including Silverstone & Brands Hatch). Driving for Team BRIT, the only race team in the world that only has drivers with different disabilities, Matty’s team mate, Andrew Tucker, had qualified them in 7th place.
Driving the first stint at the race, Matty made a brilliant start getting to the inside for turn 1 and then making the advantage count as he cut through the pack to P2 by the end of the first lap.
As you can see from the footage, a battle to hold that 2nd place was well underway when a safety car brought the pack back together while damage lower down the order was cleared.
As racing resumed after the safety car, pulled a moved to momentarily gain P1… heady times! Unfortunately Matty was caught out shortly afterwards and this saw him slip back to P4 in a very competitive race. Matty held 4th place throughout the remainder of his stint.
Unfortunately a slight issue at the pit stop during refuelling meant that my team mate left the pits in P8. During his stint he was able to claw back a place and so we finished P7.
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Matty Street competed in round one of the BritCar Trophy at Silverstone over the weekend of the 25th April 2021.
Matty had a busy weekend with practice on Friday and 2 races on Saturday. The exciting racing saw him drive a sensational first lap, solid race performance and being voted driver of the day.
The 2021 Britcar Trophy that takes place at the UK’s leading circuits (including Silverstone & Brands Hatch). The Trophy runs under a class structure, with shorter races and no re-fuelling. The format of the day is 1 x 20 minute qualifying and 2x 50 minute races. Matty is driving for Team BRIT, the only race team in the world that only has drivers with different disabilities.
Take a look at images from the weekend below (images courtesy of Darren Cooke):
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