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24/10/06 - Moyers disappointed as luck is out.

Michael Moyers was left cursing his luck after racing a Caterham Superlight at the weekend.

Moyers was competing as a one-off drive for British and European Champions Hyperion Motorsport
at Brands Hatch during the Formula Ford Festival. However, Moyers delight at the opportunity
didn’t last long as light drizzle quickly turned to a downpour after just a few laps of the 9am
qualifying session.

Having had just two short testing sessions in a Superlight, Moyers showed real promise despite
the conditions dropping his lap-time from a 1 minute 3 seconds, to 1 minute 1 on the next lap
and 59.3 seconds on the next. The Silverstone-based youngster had the main contenders in his
sights until clipping the white line coming into Paddock Hill Bend at the start of qualifying
lap 10. The car began to spin, but Moyers didn’t have enough momentum to carry him through the
deep gravel – meaning his session was over and he’d have to settle for a disappointing 11th of
16 on the grid. Afterwards Michael reflected that he “should have realised that the rain was
going to set in and tried to set a hot lap earlier on. I was trying to ease myself in and to
find out how the car handled in the wet - having had only 25 minutes on Wednesday when it was
a bit greasy, but nothing like this.”

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