After a miserable start to the day, the Team had to overcome the ever-changing variables in the weather, a gear change and some super quick thinking driving to avoid the breakdowns happening on the track. After the practice laps, the Performance Team had to scrap their extended list of pre meditated plans, (ranging from plan A through to plan H!) and opted to think completely out of the box to give Hummingbird the best possible chance in securing their goal of maintaining their position in the top 15.

The Pit Crew worked tirelessly during the break to ensure Hummingbird's batteries were at their optimum level of power and the Drivers listened intently to the new plan and checked through their comms. The final consisted of 4 races where the drivers would need to change in between and the performance team needed to perform complex calculations to plan the race-critical parameters to ensure the maximum performance for the minimum amount of energy. 

With over 65 cars from across the country the starting line for the final was extremely tense. There was excitement in the atmosphere, and it was clear how much all the Teams had missed being on the track and were eager to demonstrate the STEM knowledge which they had been studying and implementing into the build of their racing cars throughout the year. 

The Team were absolutely amazing, it became very apparent that other teams had recognised that Team Hummingbird had got their calculations correct and the race became very tense in the third round when our divers soon realised they were surrounded by the other external wheel based kit cars, all polling to get as high up the ranking order as possible. 

We are delighted that Team Hummingbird achieved 11th position in the final overall, making them the 11th best kit car in the country and number 1 for the Southwest. We are so incredibly proud!