“Disaster of a weekend” leaves Cammish with a mountain to climb

“It was a disaster from my point of view. Basically, from the moment I was spun around in race one by Dan [Rowbottom], my weekend was over. Unfortunately, we don’t have a car that seems like it can come forward in those conditions. You get stuck in the pack, fighting people that are far too desperate to hold on to their 17th, 18th, whatever it might be, like their life depends on it. I ended up involved in more incidents and scrapes than I do in almost any time I go motor racing, but that’s what happens when you get spun back down the pack and you don’t have the ability to come through at the speed you need to. It’s tough and disappointing to have a car that can qualify P3, and you get bashed about for three races. It’s a disaster of a weekend with no points scored and my team-mate was in the top three in each race.

“It was noticeable in the last race how much we struggled when we were behind, but when I was on my own it was like all my problems had been cured, so that’s what we need to understand. I’ve had that before and I think everyone has an element of that, but I was shocked how much that played a part, but that also tells you not to be back there in the first place. I know how important qualifying is, because you start at the front, and you finish at the front. You start at the back these days and it’s not easy to come forward. The days of Ash coming through and when the weight used to make such a difference have gone. People don’t have that kind of performance anymore, people start 18th, and they only get to 12th.

“Saturday was positive, getting P3, only eighth hundredths off pole. If I would have been on pole it would have been different – it just shows you how important things can be. As much as I was happy with P3, another one or two places I wouldn’t have been involved in the incident I was in, around the guy I was around, who knocked me off in the first place. I’m happy that we’re making progress, but ultimately, my championship is completely over at this point. It’s only round three and I’m 98 points behind. My job now is to win as many races as possible for this team, try and catch up as much as I possibly can, but ultimately, if it comes to it, I’ll be there to try and help Ash. Even with fantastic weekends it’ll be well into the back end of the season before I can get anything like caught up.”