[Gareth]

D Final 


Ollie’s reward for his win was yellow lane in the D Final where he’d be battling Daniel in red, Rob in blue and Stephen A in white.  Stephen’s Viper was in full 2026 spec with Pro-4 traction magnets so this would be an interesting test.  Already he had done well to out qualify several Pro-10 cars.  

   

Ollie and Rob blasted off the line into 1st and 2nd respectively but Ollie crashed on lap 3 promoting Rob into the lead.  Rob’s car was feeling unfamiliar after the rebuild in the heats and he wobbled on lap 6 which gave Daniel the lead who was concentrating hard and keeping his car on the road.  Rob and Stephen who had also crashed on lap 4 were now fighting and all four cars remained tight on the same lap.  Ollie had got his head down and was pushing really hard.  The fastest driver in the race was back into 3rd after 30 seconds, back into 2nd on the minute mark and swept into the lead with 50 seconds on the clock, Rob following him past Daniel into second before he promptly crashed and fell to the back again.  A lap later and Stephen was off the road which gave Rob back 3rd but he couldn’t recover the time lost to Daniel.  

So the race ended with Ollie celebrating another win and his second double step up in successive months.  Daniel was 2nd, Rob 3rd and Stephen a decent 4th and valuable experience for January and the start of the Pro-4 era.