My fastest qualifying lap on a wet Zwartkops Raceway, completed during the Extreme Festival held in November 2022. A decent lap but you'll be able to spot room for improvement; in particular, I made two significant mistakes. Firstly, I dropped a wheel on the wet curb out of turn 2 which threw away some momentum (look out for the little frustrated head shake thereafter). Secondly, due to a gearbox issue, I battled getting and holding 2nd gear at turn 5, so was a bit distracted and missed the line (you'll see me fumbling with the gears).

SuperHatch aims to make racing fun, accessible and enjoyable. A SuperHatch Class C car is limited to 65kw and 124Nm wheel power per 1000kg weight (measured at Johannesburg elevation). A dyno power run is conducted following which engines are sealed and no changes may be made to, for example, the head, block, manifolds or engine management system. Other limitations include that the bodyshell and silhouette must remain as per the standard road car, adjustable dampers are not allowed, camber is limited to a maximum of 4 degrees and only 2-wheel drive 4-cylinder cars are allowed. A spec tyre is used, namely the Dunlop Direzza DZ03G H1 (hard) semi-slick tyre. Success ballast is added for top three finishes in the past four races completed.

My car is an Opel Corsa Lite (Corsa B) with a stock Z18XE 1.8L engine (from an Opel Corsa C GSI / Astra H). On the day my car was set at 64,7kw/126Nm, using 95 Unleaded fuel, and I carried an additional 40kg success ballast.