“Friday started off strong with a P4 finish in Free Practice 1, followed by an even better result in Free Practice 2 where we secured Pole Position. Qualifying wrapped up the day with a P2 finish, just 0.07 seconds behind Nikki Coates, which placed us into Heat 2.”

“Saturday鈥檚 Heat Race 2 was a good race from start to finish coming out on Pole giving us confidence heading into Sunday鈥檚 main race. Drawing out the top 6 from each heat placing me 2nd on the grid for Sundays race.”

“Unfortunately, Sunday didn鈥檛 go as planned. During the warm up lap Scott Carson crashed at the bottom of Craner Curves directly in front of me, and despite my best efforts to avoid the incident, I sadly collided with him. This meant we were unfortunately unable to continue with the race.”

“A disappointing way to end the weekend after such a positive start, but we鈥檒l regroup, rebuild, and come back stronger for the next round. Thank you to everyone for the continued support 鈥� it means a lot.

“Wishing Scott Carson a speedy recovery.”

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鈥淚t wasn’t without bad luck, as a high-speed spin at Abbey caused flat spots on the tyres, resulting in switching to last year’s tyres.

鈥淚n Race 1, I was very tentative due to rain during the race, so we were a little disappointed with P16 overall and P6 in class.”

鈥淩ounds 4 and 5 of the Monoposto Championship were again at Silverstone, on the full GP circuit.

鈥淎 42-car field, we qualified 14th overall and 4th in the F3B class.

鈥淩ace 1: we had a good race 鈥� we were catching 3rd, but sadly the race finished. We did finish 12th overall too.

鈥淩ace 2: we unfortunately were taken out at the very first corner.

鈥淥ur next race is at Snetterton in July鈥︹��

Super 4 2026 British Championship Round 2: Forest Edge

Heat 1

鈥淪tarting from the second row, I got a strong launch and initially held position well. However, for the opening stages of the race I struggled badly with understeer, particularly through Midgets and Tilly鈥檚, which allowed a kart behind to get through and dropped me back to fifth place.

鈥淔rom there, the race became an intense battle for fourth. I spent virtually the entire heat tucked right under the rear bumper of the kart ahead, applying constant pressure and trying several different moves to find a way through. Despite a number of attempts, I just couldn鈥檛 make a pass stick and eventually crossed the line in fifth position.鈥�

Heat 2

鈥淟ining up 20th on the grid, I made a monster start and immediately gained several places by avoiding a couple of slow starters. By the first corner I had already climbed to 15th.

鈥淥n lap two I picked off two more karts, moving up into 13th, and from there the race became incredibly close. At the halfway point, positions fourth through to fourteenth were covered by just 10 seconds, showing how competitive the field was.

鈥淥n lap seven, I passed a slow-moving kart that appeared to be struggling with an issue, promoting me to 12th place. With two laps remaining, the kart behind managed to get a stronger run down the back straight and I lost the position again. The racing remained tight right to the flag in another highly competitive heat.

鈥淥n the final lap, a kart a couple of positions ahead spun on his own water, which shuffled the order once more in another hectic finish to an extremely close race.鈥�

Heat 3

鈥淚 made an immediate gain on lap one with a move at Haynes Loop, before pulling off another pass out of Midgets heading into Climate. Early on, we found ourselves in a long train of karts all being held up by fifth place.

鈥淟ater in the race, I lost two positions going into Midgets, dropping me back to 10th, but the pack remained tightly bunched behind the battling karts ahead. On the following lap, heading down into Winger鈥檚 Dip, sixth place made a move underneath fifth. That forced fifth place off-line and created an opening for several of us to get through, keeping us right in the middle of the battle.

鈥淔rom there I was fighting hard with the five karts ahead but, despite staying in the mix, I just couldn鈥檛 make a move stick.

鈥淭he race was eventually red-flagged with just under two minutes remaining after a kart went off entering Midgets 鈥� one of the fastest sections of the circuit, approached at around 95mph. Thankfully, the driver was okay.鈥�

Final

鈥淥ur heat results put us eighth on the grid for the final.

鈥淚n the early laps the understeer issues returned, as we again struggled to get the tyres working quickly enough. On lap two I lost a place coming out of Midgets, but a retirement ahead soon promoted us back into eighth.

鈥淔rom there, the race became a long battle for seventh with kart 59. I was slightly quicker in places and stayed right with him throughout the race, but despite the pressure I couldn鈥檛 quite find a way past. Towards the closing stages my tyres began to fade, although the two of us had managed to build a six-second gap back to ninth place.

鈥淥n the final lap, the race leader retired, which promoted us up to seventh position at the flag to round out the weekend.鈥�

Post-Race Analysis

鈥淚t was a solid weekend and the first in years where we had no issues on either Saturday or Sunday, with nothing to fix and the kart running well throughout.

鈥淎fter Round 2, the team sits 7th out of 24 in the championship standings.鈥�

Stay tuned to hear how Marcus gets on as the 2026 Super 4 British Championship season continues鈥�

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91传媒 had a close relationship with Costello during the earlier stages of her career 鈥� a relationship that has been rekindled for 2026 with the firm supplying its 91传媒 Racing GPFAX brake pads and XC-Series floating discs for the rider鈥檚 Aprilia RS660 across the season.

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鈥淪piceboy Racing took on a stacked Championship Clubman 600 grid at Cadwell Park for Round 2 of the NGRRC season, delivering a weekend of close racing, big personal improvements, and hard-fought battles across the field. While Tim Petts led the charge at the front of the midfield, Jon Otter showed clear progression and Nev Otter dug deep through a challenging weekend.鈥�

Qualifying 鈥� Saturday

鈥�After splitting test duties, Jon Otter carried strong momentum into the weekend 鈥撀燾onsistently improving on last year鈥檚 pace and banking PBs across sessions. Nev Otter, meanwhile, was left searching for answers, struggling to unlock pace 鈥� a theme that would continue.鈥�

Tim Petts (#27): P13 鈥� 1:42.5 (PB)
Jon Otter (#103): P30 鈥� 1:46.5
Nev Otter (#69): P34 鈥� 1:47.6

鈥淲ith a mixed grid across the team, all eyes turned to race day to see who could move forward.鈥�

Race One 鈥� Saturday

鈥淭im Petts launched straight into the fight at the sharp end of the midfield, getting a clean start and running with the front group before making decisive moves late on.鈥�

Tim Petts (#27): P9 鈥� Top 10 finish | 1:41.3 (PB)

鈥淔urther back, Nev made early progress before a bold move into Mansfield didn鈥檛 quite come off, forcing him onto the grass and costing valuable ground.鈥�

Nev Otter (#69): P30

鈥淛on Otter focused on consistency, keeping things tidy and building a solid platform for the races ahead.鈥�

Jon Otter (#103): P32

Race Two 鈥� Sunday Morning

鈥淎nother strong launch from Tim saw him right in the mix again 鈥� this time even closer to the front.鈥�

Tim Petts (#27): P7 鈥� 1:40.7 (PB, fastest lap of the weekend)

鈥淯p to 6th into Turn 1 and running as high as 5th, Tim showed serious pace before arm pump set in late race. Even so, it was a standout result and a big step forward on the new bike.

鈥淏ehind, Nev absolutely rocketed off the line鈥攇aining eight places on lap one鈥攂ut couldn鈥檛 hold the momentum as the race unfolded.鈥�

Nev Otter (#69): P30

鈥淛on had a strong start but lost ground in the opening corners. From there, he regrouped and stayed right in the fight, finishing just behind Nev while setting a new personal best.鈥�

Jon Otter (#103): P31 鈥� 1:45.5 (PB)

Race Three 鈥� Sunday Afternoon

鈥淪tarting P7, Tim dropped slightly at the start but stayed consistent, keeping himself firmly in the top 10 fight.鈥�

Tim Petts (#27): P10

鈥淔urther back, the father-son battle added extra spice. Jon had his sights set on finally getting one over Nev鈥攂ut Nev had other ideas.鈥�

Nev Otter (#69): P19

鈥淎 much stronger ride saw Nev finally find some rhythm, charging up to 17th before just losing a couple of spots late on after a hard fight.鈥�

Jon Otter (#103): P25

鈥淛on delivered another solid performance, getting involved in multiple battles and coming out on top鈥攃ontinuing his steady progression and race craft development.鈥�

Weekend Summary

鈥淎 weekend of contrasts, but clear progress across the Spiceboy Racing team.

鈥淭im Petts led from the front with three top 10 finishes, the fastest lap of the weekend, and over 3 seconds improvement on last year鈥檚 pace鈥攁ll while still adapting to his new machine.

鈥淛on Otter showed some of the biggest gains, consistently improving lap times and race craft, highlighted by multiple PBs and strong race consistency.

鈥淣ev Otter endured a tougher weekend but showed resilience, with a strong recovery ride in Race Three proving the pace is still there when it clicks.鈥�

Tim Petts (#27):
鈥淢ega weekend鈥攔eally starting to click with the new weapon (aka Keith!). Big step forward in pace and great to be fighting at the front. Plenty more to come.鈥�

鈥淲ith momentum building, valuable lessons learned, and pace improving across the board, Spiceboy Racing heads to the next round ready to push on.鈥�

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