Magny Cours, France 2004 
Practice
Practice was alot of fun with Jops improving and getting closer to the top runners. Jools and Jim trading fastest times all through the session. Jools would put Jim in his place, then Jim would come out and push the limit even higher. The Bear spent his time playing catch up as the other three drivers had already played a race immediately beforehand.
![]() | Driver | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Big Jim | 1:18.250 |
| 2. | Jools | 1:18.301 |
| 3. | The Bear | 1:19.696 |
| 4. | Jops | 1:21.628 |
Qualifying
Jools went out first and was on target for a good time but lost it towards the end of the lap, he ended up 4th and last. Big Jim managed a pretty flawless lap to take pole. The Bear was just behind in 2nd place and Jops just pipped Jools for 3rd.
![]() | Driver | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Big Jim | 1:19.035 |
| 2. | The Bear | 1:21.632 |
| 3. | Jops | 1:25.721 |
| 4. | Jools | 1:26.475 |
Race
The start of the race was a bit messy, owing to the drivers not being used to such a packed start! The first two laps was led by Jools until an accident with Jops put him to the back of the pack.
The Bear was the loser in the first corner shunt and spent the rest of the race catching up, he finished an admirable second. The lead from lap two onwards swapped between Big Jim and Jops several times until Big Jim suffering from tyre wear dropped back to third. This left Jops clear at the front to take his first win in his first race of the season. Well done to Jops.
![]() | Driver | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jops | 0:29.28.028 |
| 2. | The Bear | +16.100 |
| 3. | Big Jim | +17.973 |
| 4. | Jools | +54.916 |
