The sense of anticlimax was acute. The Formula Ford Festival is always keenly anticipated. And then in the weekend itself the contest builds to its natural crescendo of the grand final. Last weekend’s 51st running did just that. That was until three laps into that final when the whole thing was called off and the result declared, thanks to the heavy intervention of rain at Brands Hatch.
The Festival’s Sunday had long been anticipated to be wet, though while the morning’s progression races were indeed run in sodden conditions the rain subsequently, against predictions, held off. That was until a few breaths into the final
