What’s it like instructing at Knockhill in the rain you ask...
Well, a bit like this, but with a 10 car grid of BMW M4’s trying to race with
@PaulONeill29
and
@ColinTurkington
in the M240i race car! 🏁🚗💦
If
@JadeEdwards9
is a bit sore tomo, it’s nothing to do with being fired backwards in to a concrete wall. It was her head snapping back to catch this potato... good shot by
@cooksport
though! 🎯
Finally home after an unplanned extended stay in Norfolk due to my race 3 crash requiring a trip to hospital for checks. 😔
I’m ok. Just a bit sore and bruised.
Need to rest and think about how we regroup for Oulton Park in 3 weeks…
Thank you to those that checked in ❤️
I’ve loved working on
#TheGrandTour
for the past few years and we all knew this one was going to be special. So it’s really cool coming on here and seeing everyone saying nice things! ☺️
#OneForTheRoad
So sick of people being negative towards the success of others. Maybe if you put as much effort in to being passionate about something, as you do being bitter and jealous and posting shit on socials, you might just find yourself doing something you enjoy...
It’s very easy to just focus on what’s happening on the tv but when you look at the live timing on
@TSLTiming
@JadeEdwards9
had great pace in Race1. Expect her to go faster in Race2 minus the 45kgs of ballast!
#GoOnJudders
@mattamys
He presses the Neutral button. That’s not the extinguisher going off. That’s steam from the radiator in the sidepod being damaged. And even if the extinguisher had gone off you wouldn’t need to replace everything underneath. Just clean it. (Unless actually fire damaged)
@AbbieEaton44
Can you make that cheque out to cash because £300 will pay for a lovely evening of beers and takeaway whilst we racing drivers watch the football at Abbie’s.
Who’d have thought that Tuesdays drama may have just been a blessing in disguise!
Thank you all so much for the likes and retweets, it means a lot and I’ve now got some new sponsors onboard for the weekend and beyond.
Let’s go racing! 🚗💨
Actually changed my mind about this. It’s not all that funny. It’s actually pretty pathetic and toxic how ‘fans’ are interacting with one another. Lots of people really need to have a look at themselves and their behaviour…
#F1
#AbuDhabiGP
#GrowUp
We don’t do gender stereotypes in this household!
@AbbieEaton44
and
@JadeEdwards9
have been playing with race cars all day. I’m being a good housemate and cooking them dinner! 👨🏻🍳
NEWS: BAZ WARD CONFIRMS FULL-SEASON JCW PROGRAMME
Baz Ward will return to the Vertu Motors MINI CHALLENGE for a full season in 2023 after inking a deal with
@Excelr8M
.
Read more:
@WomenSportTrust
@JennieGow
@bbc5live
Hmmm interesting one. Most grid girls are models and that’s their job. I don’t think it puts anyone off by having them. As a racing driver it doesn’t bother me if they were there or not. My housemate who is a Woman, races and I’ve been a Grid BOY for her.
@AbbieEaton44
I have no problems flashing them out the way anymore. Even when you can go round them, I like to make them move. Or… undertake, at the speed limit of course (they’re always going under it anyway) then sit alongside, staring at them 👀
Very solid start to my 2023
@MINIChallengeUK
season in the
@spicymangotech
@Excelr8M
MINI JCW.
Q P9
R1 P6
R2 P7
R3 DNF
Showed good pace all weekend and fighting for the top 5. Great platform for the rest of the season now! 💪🏻👊🏻
We did a class win! P7 overall. P1 in Director Class.
That was a really tough race in some of the most challenging co dictions I’ve ever raced in! But a good result and a good starting position for tomorrow when apparently the sun is coming out!
Dear
@btsportrugby
any chance you can isolate the microphone near the woman screeching “come on Warriors” every 3 seconds and move it please! orrrr just cut the wire. Thanks from everyone watching.
#WORvBRI
#BtSportRugby
Even “Days off” aren’t days off when you’re
@AbbieEaton44
or her housemate. Taking delivery of parcels making her cups of tea. I should invoice her for my services today whilst she sits there with her emails!
Great couple of days testing in this years
@MINIChallengeUK
JCW. Snetterton last week and a very soggy Donington Park today.
@Excelr8M
are giving me everything I need to be confident of a good year ahead! Can’t wait for Round 1 next month!
Lovely! Start P2, lose 4 laps when one of my team mates went off and we managed to come back with half an hour to go looking like we may get a podium and we go and win it! 🏆
@ka_enduro
Snetterton update!
Qualy P16
Race 1 P14
A bit of a frustrating day today… we had a problem in Qualy which limited my running to just 4 laps.
And a tough race followed where I wasn’t able to make much progress. But tomorrow is another day and we push on! 👊🏻
Side note. She’s a good friend but even without my biased hat on, I thought
@JadeEdwards9
did a great job today! Like she’s been doing it for years! 👏🏻
Expect further delays to the race day schedule, standing water on the track and soaking grass verges are making conditions impossible to race in at the moment
#BTCC
Well, I’ve made no secret of what my racing plans are for the year. We’re getting close to making this happen! Just need the final push!
Let’s go! 🧡💙🤍 🚗💨
I don’t mean to be rude (I’m about to be rude) but this looks like a billy on a trackday that doesn’t really know where he’s going. But no it’s an experienced driver that’s been allowed to cheat basically... no officials at spa this weekend? 🙄
That’s testing complete here at
#Silverstone
✅
Here are the timing for the rest of this weekends action, with our LIVE featured race, Sunday at 13:35 on ITV4
What you don’t see away from the normal racing tweets…
A full week of work, 2-3 hours of design work once I’m home and sponsorship to find for Silverstone = late nights on the laptop!
And yes, that is an original lucozade pencil case I’ve had since I was at school 😂
Tricky qualifying here at
@Brands_Hatch
in the
@MINIChallengeUK
it was such a close session, my fastest laps was just 0.3s off of pole which puts me 9th. Happy with that. We can race from there and the first race of the weekend coming up at 16:25
Had a busy week. Thought I’d have a nice chilled weekend, as it’s flat out all next week. But fuck me, am I bored. Hope
@AbbieEaton44
fancies a couples of beers when she gets home from work... ⏳🍻
Today, was, a LOT of fun!
Tested the
@MINIChallengeUK
JCW car at Silverstone.
First time driving one, on the pace of the front guys and big smiles all round.
Need to find the rest of the budget to go racing now.
Well, todays mini race was eventful!
Unfortunately contact on the opening lap broke something on the rear and the car was just constantly trying to swap ends. So P17 to P22 but ran as high as 11th. All a part of the learning curve. Overall a great weekend! ☺️
For all the crap that womens sport gets, it just goes to show that if you give it a good enough platform people will watch and get behind it. I’m not in to football much at all, but even I’ve enjoyed watching the
#WEuro2022
go on the
#Lionesses
Good day in the MINI Challenge car today. Few niggles which stopped me completing both of todays practise sessions in full, but pace is in the ball park and I’m happy with that! Bring on qualifying at 10:55 tomorrow!
Exciting announcement! We are delighted to be sponsoring
@bazzalaar
in the Quaife MINI CHALLENGE for the remainder of the 2022 season. Good luck this weekend at Oulton Park! Read more here,
Awesome feeling finishing todays race at Oulton Park.
Q - P19
R - P17
It may not look like much to some, but I’ve got such a better understanding of the car now which is massively confidence boosting! Can’t wait for tomorrows race now!
Tune in to ITV4 at 15:45 to watch! 📺
It's been a bloody great week, with multiple branding spots on the MINI JCW secured! 😁
This means I’m SO close to officially entering the Silverstone BTCC weekend with just a few branding places left to allocate:
Bigger areas on the car are £1000 and entry level areas are £500.
@Harlequins
What a job you’ve got running the Quins social accounts tonight...
Don’t take it personally whoever you are. You’re just a front for venting. Unless you can actually pass these messages from disgruntled fans up the chain of command? 😂
That’s one of the more manic 6 weeks of work I’ve had, over.
Filming in Poland, Slovakia, Croatia, Hungary and Slovenia ✅
Formula E in New York an London ✅
Time to get focussed on going racing! Next
@MINIChallengeUK
round at
@SnettertonMSV
in 2 weeks!
🚗💨
Had probably the most productive days testing ever today! Lots of running albeit, very wet for me, but we’ve learned lots of good things with our little
@ka_enduro
today. All bodes well for a good race.
.
⏱Qualy: 09:00
🟩 Race start 11:10
Last day of work for the year! 6 more sessions. 36 laps of Millbrook’s Alpine route. About 10 cups of tea and this Porsche event will be done and Christmas party season begins!
#DayInNumbers
#RollOn4oClock
“Controversial opinion”
There’s nothing wrong with the new MSUK track limits rules. It’s not unclear. It’s perfectly simple and I don’t understand why so many people are creating such a fuss over it 🤷🏻♂️
Few pics from yesterday. Love how this car photographs! 🔥
Don’t forget the first
@MINIChallengeUK
race today is at 09:30 and you can follow here:
You can watch the second race live on
@ITV
4 at 13:50
And if you’re coming along today bring a brolly! ☔️
People genuinely moaning about the new Redbull F1 car livery. Good job we didn’t have Twitter back in the 80’s and 90’s. Imagine the year on year outrage at McLaren running the almost identical Marlboro livery from 1981-1996… 😂
Should probably thank
@PaulONeill29
for the reason I’ve been sent this particular clip 8 times today. Although someone went to the effort of adding music to this one 😂
#TokyoDriftMINIedition
A reminder that we're hosting the 2023
@BTCC
season launch here at Brands Hatch tomorrow 🤩
- Free admission with no need to book in advance ✅
- Entry to the venue from 10am ✅
- Lunch time pit walk ✅
- Six hours of scheduled track action ✅
🔗:
HUUUUUGE thanks to the guys at Northampton train station for finding my phone. I’m sure they won’t see this. But good to know there are some decent people around!
I'm just £3K away from my MISSION SILVERSTONE goal after signing a new partner yesterday.
This means I only have 5 branding spots left I can fill:
🔵 1 x £1500
🟠 2 x £1000
⚪️ 2 x £500
Please DM or email baz
@bazzaward
.com for more info
Things you love to see! 🔥
THIS is what it’s all about.
THIS is what it means to be marketing in motorsport.
THIS is putting your business first!
If you’d like to boost your brand or business like
@spicymangotech
and hear more of the benefits email: baz
@bazzaward
.com
I can’t explain the smile on my face when I heard “Spicy Mango Mini” on
@ITV
. Cheers
@PaulONeill29
- you’ve made team
@spicymangotech
incredibly proud and happy. I guess I should say thanks to
@bazzalaar
for the airtime too really 😘
There’s only 3 more race weekends left for the 2022 season and there’s still plenty of opportunity to activate your brand or product at a National, televised sporting event.
Contact me for more details of what I can do for YOU!
My view on this: Stopping any new driver, from driving at certain times of the day, is not going to help them gain the experience they need. The whole driving test process needs reviewing. It’s a luxury, not a right. The test needs to be much harder to pass.
When you think 🇬🇧 cars, what’s more iconic than the MINI brand?
As part of the nations celebration I have some branding available next to the Union flag lights, if you would like to join the team please DM or email for more information baz
@bazzaward
.com
#Coronation
The final race weekend is here!
@ka_enduro
at
@Brands_Hatch
for the “IndyKA 500” qualifying takes place in the dark at 16.05 today. Race starts at 10.05 tomorrow. I’ll be in the 111 car again! 🚗💨
You can follow live timing here:
PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE! 👀
🔸 Are you looking for a different approach to your marketing and PR strategy?
🔸 Would you like to build or boost your brand to a large new audience?
🔸 Are you interested in exploring new B2B and B2C opportunities?
We’ve really hit the ground running this year and I’m positive that there’s more of this to come! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
I’m still looking for further help to complete the season so if you’d like to find out how I can boost your marketing strategy please DM or email: baz
@bazzaward
.com
📣 MINI Announcement 📣
There’s just 4 weeks to guarantee my spot on the grid for the next round of the MINI Challenge at Silverstone.
I don’t do, ready made packages, everything is bespoke for YOUR company and opportunities start from £500!
Please like and share! Thanks.
Well… It’s been a character building day at Silverstone. Suffering with some brake issues in Qualifying, P26 was all I could manage.
And the woes continued when my clutch gave up on the first lap of todays race…
🤞🏻 The weekend improves!
4 days till race day at Brands Hatch! ⏳📆
I still have opportunities for you to be involved THIS weekend.
So my question:
Is it worth £500 to your business to be seen in front of 2million live tv viewers and 40,000 spectators?
DM for more info.