Well, i'm in! I can't believe it! I actually got through to boot camp of the Formula Woman competition... it's action stations all around now as I continue my fitness training and attempt to sell my car... (I have no money for the training days, need to free up some funds!)

If you know anyone who wants a Mercedes SLK 320 (2001) in silver then let me know... I need to sell it to fund my future...

I'M IN!!!! WOO!!! I can't describe the elation right now!

Yesterday was the second round of Formula Woman 2007 (http://www.formulawoman.com). I attended the AM session at Brandshatch. Which meant I had to get up at 5.30am... but I didn't mind Got there at 7.30 and signed on at 8am.

There were 40 of us there and split into 4 groups to do the following tasks:

1. Caterham driving, where instructors will be looking for natural talent and car control skills as opposed to out right speed at this stage. Three laps under instruction and then 2 assessed laps.
2. A basic fitness test
3. A written test covering general motorsport knowledge
4. A karting assessment
5. A 2 minute talk in front of a journalist on why I deserve a place in the Formula Woman Championship.

It was a tough morning! But I think I did ok...

Not so good on the written test... My mind went blank for the written test so I know I didn't do great on that. But hey, there is always room for improvement - if my driving was good enough they can help me advance my knowledge, right? Um...

But God I HATE bleep tests. Takes me back to nightmares of my schooldays. But I wasn't the first to drop out so that's something I suppose! I was a bit annoyed at myself for not staying in long enough. I just have my own pace I run at and the bleep test soon got too quick for me!

I had never been karting before and that was great fun actually, really enjoyed it We had a few practice laps and then a few races. Managed to overtake some people so that was good! Only spun once ;-)

The driving of the Caterham accounted for the most points and this was difficult as it was driving round the cones in the paddock. Quite tricky and you only get about 7 minutes in total! Eeek! But I didn't spin, I didn't knock any cones over and the driver didn't shout at me. So can't have been too shabby! We were told not to go fast but to concentrate on car control. There was a great little slalom we had to go through, was loving it and didn't want to get out of the car when it was all over way too soon.

The talk with the journalist was quite funny, I blabbered on a bit to the poor guy... no problems there!

We don't find out the results until Mid-May. I'll update you then - only 100 get through to the next round (boot-camp). So I have a 1 in 5 chance! If I don't get in this year then dammit I will try again, and again... I did as well as I could. If that's not enough then I need to work harder obviously!

Thinking of buying a Caterham, they are a dream to drive... then I could take it on trackdays! My mind wanders...

Debs