Its been a tough start for Jamie Dike in the Logitech G Pro Invitational Supercar Series, but there has also being encouraging signs. Qualifying 27th at Winton, but also having a pair of 24th finishes at Winton and Red Bull Ring is nothing to sneeze at considering these are the best 40 Supercar drivers anywhere. What makes it even more likely that the potential is there is that at Red Bull Ring, he suffered an equipment malfunction mid race which brought the safety car out and still finished 24th. That may have been a top 20.
Tell us about what it has been like being a single car entry in the series, what are the difficulties and what is the team doing behind the scenes to back you?
It's been quite difficult as a single car entry. I don't get a lot of comparable data to go off and strategy ends up being determined on the day rather than pre-planned. Outside of setup, the team is helping me immensely during the race with notes on other drivers, who I'm battling, their strategies and spotting.
Fishy is a great little team, they have plenty of potential talent. Do you think we will see more Fishy cars enter the draft series and try to get a place in next years Pro Invitational?
Definitely! The team are pushing in a lot of different cars and leagues to show what we can do. Unfortunately due to a league overlap/clash we haven't really been able to show our full potential in SCOPS, but our progress over the last 12months has been outstanding.
After racing consistently against some of the best drivers in this car, what are some areas you are working on, or that you have identified you would like to improve on?
Nerves! Remembering that even though I am towards the back, there are a lot of drivers I can actually match given the effort. Also the start of the calendar has been difficult for me as I don't perform on those tracks well. But from round 5 onwards LOOK OUT!
What is your team doing behind the scenes to help you set the car up each week? Have you started to use VRS or Motec or any other systems to help improve your car and how is that benefitting the team overall?
The team uses VRS. When i have the time Motec can help but a lot of the improvement comes from trial and error of setting up the car ourselves and understanding how the setup vibes with the flow of the track. It may be a backwards approach but it works for us.
What do you think you can achieve this year in the series, what do you think is possible?
I can see top 30 overall being achievable. Top 25 is definitely possible and top 20 is obviously the goal.
Finally, we thought we’d be cheeky and ask, is there any word on who might partner you in the endurance races? Your team has done a lot of endure racing, it looks like it will suit you guys, you must be looking forward to it?
Ah yes haha. Blake Delaney will be my co-driver for the series. A extremely quick bloke that can fuel save like it's liquid gold. Enduro racing is the team's specialty, entering everything we possibly can. We are looking forward to it and frankly wish there were more!
