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March 29, 2012
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No Fear Racing Supercup driver Scott Woodwiss has made a bullish statement ahead of next week's Abu Dhabi Supercup Grand Prix, declaring that a points finish is the only result which will be satisfactory and that anything less will be declared a failure.
Woodwiss' bold comment comes off the back of two difficult opening race weekends in Australia, finishing 16th and 15th respectively, the latter despite managing an excellent effort in qualifying to start 10th. While some may feel his personal standards extreme, the Englishman admits he is his own harshest critic."I compare myself to the best and my aim is to race as quickly as possible and push towards the front, regardless of experience. If I don't have confidence in the car or if my support base isn't strong enough, or both should the situation ever arise, then nothing appears to fall into place. I feed off a good team atmosphere that is committed to making strides forward in terms of performance and overall position in the pack. If the team isn't communicating effectively, then it makes no progress. Right now, as harsh as it seems, while I greatly appreciate the chance Ojay (Clark) has given me at this team and am of course very grateful and appreciative of having such a quick driver in David (Fidock), I just don't think No Fear is gelling together as a team as well as it could at the moment. My feeling is that I'm having to figure out factors in terms of the car, setup and the circuit all by myself, which I'm finding very frustrating."Woodwiss has recently enlisted the services of Synergetic Motorsport Superleague driver Liam Hatchell and his Hatchell-Pennine Driver Development program to boost his progress in terms of set-up knowledge, racing technique and overall speed and, more importantly, consistency. Observers these past few days at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi have seen both Woodwiss and Hatchell running on track in Supercup cars, as well as in deep conversation in the pits and studying telemetry andset-updata. Insiders have revealed that in the initial few sessions, progress has been very good and Woodwiss is rumoured to have brought his original lap times down by around 2.5-3 seconds overall."We're also expecting our brand new steering system for my car, which should arrive with us in the next couple of days if everything goes as smoothly as expected. We believe that once I'm up to speed with the new system, it will help lower mylap timesfurther. Consistency is a big thing for me to work on this season, as while I know I'm a quick driver, I need to be able to keep that pace up over a race stint without any mistakes or spins. The new system should help to reduce, if noteradicate, these mistakes significantly.""I know that for this race, I have to score a top 10 finish. For me, anything outside that will be classed as objective failed. Therefore, I cannot let this happen. I need to continue to strengthen my support base, continue my development, continue to seek other channels to further improve my performance and ultimately progress to a situation that sees me in the future as a potential Supercup champion. That's the goal I've set myself, and I'll be damned if anyone gets in my way on my path to get there. As for any Superleague ambitions, I feel that I will only be ready to move up once I have secured the championship in this feeder series. I realise this won't happen this season, as there are stronger drivers out there than myself right now, but the aim is to be in such a position that come 2013, I'm in a much, much stronger position than I am right now."
Woodwiss' bold comment comes off the back of two difficult opening race weekends in Australia, finishing 16th and 15th respectively, the latter despite managing an excellent effort in qualifying to start 10th. While some may feel his personal standards extreme, the Englishman admits he is his own harshest critic."I compare myself to the best and my aim is to race as quickly as possible and push towards the front, regardless of experience. If I don't have confidence in the car or if my support base isn't strong enough, or both should the situation ever arise, then nothing appears to fall into place. I feed off a good team atmosphere that is committed to making strides forward in terms of performance and overall position in the pack. If the team isn't communicating effectively, then it makes no progress. Right now, as harsh as it seems, while I greatly appreciate the chance Ojay (Clark) has given me at this team and am of course very grateful and appreciative of having such a quick driver in David (Fidock), I just don't think No Fear is gelling together as a team as well as it could at the moment. My feeling is that I'm having to figure out factors in terms of the car, setup and the circuit all by myself, which I'm finding very frustrating."Woodwiss has recently enlisted the services of Synergetic Motorsport Superleague driver Liam Hatchell and his Hatchell-Pennine Driver Development program to boost his progress in terms of set-up knowledge, racing technique and overall speed and, more importantly, consistency. Observers these past few days at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi have seen both Woodwiss and Hatchell running on track in Supercup cars, as well as in deep conversation in the pits and studying telemetry andset-updata. Insiders have revealed that in the initial few sessions, progress has been very good and Woodwiss is rumoured to have brought his original lap times down by around 2.5-3 seconds overall."We're also expecting our brand new steering system for my car, which should arrive with us in the next couple of days if everything goes as smoothly as expected. We believe that once I'm up to speed with the new system, it will help lower mylap timesfurther. Consistency is a big thing for me to work on this season, as while I know I'm a quick driver, I need to be able to keep that pace up over a race stint without any mistakes or spins. The new system should help to reduce, if noteradicate, these mistakes significantly.""I know that for this race, I have to score a top 10 finish. For me, anything outside that will be classed as objective failed. Therefore, I cannot let this happen. I need to continue to strengthen my support base, continue my development, continue to seek other channels to further improve my performance and ultimately progress to a situation that sees me in the future as a potential Supercup champion. That's the goal I've set myself, and I'll be damned if anyone gets in my way on my path to get there. As for any Superleague ambitions, I feel that I will only be ready to move up once I have secured the championship in this feeder series. I realise this won't happen this season, as there are stronger drivers out there than myself right now, but the aim is to be in such a position that come 2013, I'm in a much, much stronger position than I am right now."
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