鈥淩ound 3聽of the Trackday Championship from Snetterton last weekend saw聽Justin聽Roberts with his stunning EBC-backed Honda聽Civic Type R聽entering the Norfolk event, with three-times XR Challenge champion, Mike Heath, sharing the 45-minute blast in the blistering heat.

鈥淨ualifying didn鈥檛聽go as planned,聽probably due to the聽air temperature 鈥撀爏everal Hondas didn鈥檛 seem to perform in the extra-hot conditions and were several seconds a lap down聽on previous events.聽

鈥淎 few tweaks to the setup, most importantly holes drilled into the PVC windows and air deflectors installed as the in-car temperature was reaching over 50 degrees,聽and a brand-new set of EBC RPX front pads was an absolute must.聽

鈥淗eath started the race in 9th and moved into 7th place by the end of his 20-minute stint. The two-minute mandatory pit stop saw Roberts enter the fray, who struggled with obvious tyre temperature. The chequered flag dropped and the lads brought the Civic home in a respectable 6th place.”

鈥淒ay 2, and major setup changes were applied to聽the car on the Saturday evening,聽to help with the masses of understeer the pair were stuffing with.

鈥淨ualifying was a bit of a rush but instantly the car was聽so much better. But yet again, the Civic really seemed to聽suffer in the blistering heat, resulting in a 12th-place qualification.

鈥淢ike again started the race and found himself in 8th place after three laps and battling with another EBC-backed team (Semprini Racing) in their Honda Civic.

鈥淯nfortunately, after several hot laps, the car聽came to a halt due to a聽damaged flywheel. A massive blow to the pair as the car just seemed to get better each lap.

鈥淲ith three weeks to repair the car before the Brands Hatch GP meeting,聽Justin聽said聽鈥淚t would be such a shame to miss the next round as we鈥檝e never raced the GP format at Brands and it鈥檚 one of the聽UK circuits聽I鈥檝e never been round,聽but I鈥檓 sure the lads at Motion Motorsport will get it ready in time for us.聽So I鈥檓 certain we鈥檒l be there.鈥�