2025 Miata Trophy Round 3 Brands Hatch GP Preview: The Grand Prix Grand Slam Part 2!

It will have been 7 weeks on from Silverstone when the lights go out at Brands Hatch for Round 3 of the Miata Trophy, and the 2nd installment of the Grand Prix Grand Slam. I can safely say that I am itching to get back into the car having made more changes in the break to try and keep the progression we had at Silverstone going, but as with all changes, there is a risk that it doesn't work as planned!

This weekend will be the first time returning to Brands since 2023 (spoiler alert, it was quite a memorable weekend for the wrong reasons) and it will be the first time I have ever driven the Grand Prix circuit having only ever competed on the Indy circuit previously. The learning curve is going to be MASSIVE!

The entry list for this weekends racing is also looking extremely competitive, with the Brands GP circuit being one of them venues where everyone wants to race even if its just a one off. It is going to make getting a good set of results on a circuit I have never done before extremely difficult but this is why I moved to the Miata Trophy, to get the most competitive Mx5 racing in the country!

If all that wasn't enough, testing for the race weekend will actually be on Wednesday for me. The usual Friday test day is on the Indy circuit, with the ony chance in the week leading up to the weekend was the Wednesday, and with the new resurfacing of the last sector on the Indy circuit, Wednesday should be the most representative test day that was available.

The racing for this weekend is all on the Saturday with the session times below:

Qualifying: 11:35 - 11:50

Race 1: 14:45 - 15:05

Race 2: 18:10 - 18:30

All the action can be followed live on YouTube and TSL Live timing via the following links:

https://www.youtube.com/@msvtracing

https://www.tsl-timing.com/event/252051

With me currently being sat in 4th in the standings the aim is to get some more consisten points scores on unfamiliar ground before we head to Donington Park for round 4!

See you on the other side...

Jack