[Graham]

 Good morning,
well it s actually Pitlane Review on a Thursday, as Wednesday got very busy 

Pitlane Review
So Brian did a really great job at Conington Park, many thanks to him and I hope his co -host is getting over the Covid. Luckily there were fewer cars this time which probably helped. No new reported running issues apart from the Shadow of Mountain View which seems to have gained a new lease of life, I guess due to some slight adjustment of the braids by Brian.
The cars have now been dispatched and have reportedly arrived in Sunderland for the NERCS club Round.

So after Rounds 1-4

Early Flyers
1st Place -RoadRunners - Mercedes W196
2nd Place -Mountain View - Mercedes W196
3rd Place - Team Cube - Scarab

Perhaps predictably the two Mercs of RoadRunners & Mountain View have kept ahead, although there is always the chance that the Scarab of Team Cube might again sneak a 2nd place or two.

Classic
1st Place -RoadRunners - Cooper Climax
2nd Place - Bangers Racing - Porsche 804
3rd Place -Team RNLI - Lotus 24

The faster of the Cooper Climax cars was the Courtney Sport entry this time around, which is abit worrying for the RoadRunners, but they have an awful lot of ground to make up to threaten the front runners.

Legends
Equal 1st Place - Team Tatters -  Williams FW07 & Ruscillo Racing's - Ferrari 126C
3rd Place- Mountain View - Shadow

This class looks the most dynamic and we are seeing changes taking place at each round. Both the Mountain View's Shadow and Bangers Racing's Williams FW11 making progress from earlier rounds.

Modern
1st Place - Courtney Sport - Mclaren MP4/13
2nd Place - Team Sport -Williams FW40
3rd Place - Team Tatters - Dallara

As Brian said this class looks to have the most consistent performance of the Series, and all the cars are fairly evenly spaced out. Perhaps the most surprising model is the Williams FW40 of Team Cube which is least typical of the cars entered in this class  but seems to be running very competitively. Maybe the "stretched Limo" modern F1 car is teaching us all something 

Team Points
I am very happy to report that RoadRunners have indeed extended their lead again 
But we are still early on in the series, so "fingers crossed" 
The rest of the pack are very closely matched, Mountain View, Team Tatters, Team Cube, Bangers Racing, Ruscillo Racing and now Courtney Sport have all very similar competitive teams.

So hopefully the NERCS lads will give us some more surprises next Monday when they are due to run the "halfway House" Round 5 of the Grand Prix.