We all know one-make racing is tough. Same car, same spec, same components. There isn’t an advantage to be gained by spending more money, or being part of the right team; sure, some gains are there to be made through set up, but nothing really proves a driver’s speed like success in one-make racing. It’s good for isolating those not quite as good as they think they are, too...
Chris Froggatt certainly qualifies as one of the very rapid one-make racers. You may not have heard his name before, but over the weekend he won the Amateur side of the 2018 Ferrari Challenge in his H.R. Owen supported 488. Quite some achievement already, but to have done it with a round to spare in a seven event calendar is remarkable. Since Mugello in March, Froggatt has won eight races, and is now more than 100 points clear with just Monza left to run in November. Must be quite a nice feeling, going to Monza as a British Ferrari Challenge champ...
Froggatt secured his championship with two victories at Barcelona over the weekend, having qualified on pole for race one and inherited the lead of race two when pole sitter Jack Brown was involved in an accident. Froggatt’s team mate John Sawbridge had a DNF and a sixth, which still makes a third place championship finish possible – it all hangs on those Monza races.
Sadly Ferrari’s edits of the race highlights feature some terrible rock music, but you can at least see Froggatt’s #93 car on the odd occasion. Far better, in fact, to watch this interview with him, or just a 488 Challenge onboard lap. What a way to spend your summer weekends...
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