There was something quite remarkable about the podium for the second Mini Challenge race of the Snetterton weekend. For winner Charlie Hand and runner-up Sam Gornall, their strong results represented a triumph over adversity.
In the case of Hand, his strife came a month beforehand at the Donington Park season-opener. There he was involved in a sizeable crash that briefly left him unconscious, his BPC Motorsport car badly damaged and his participation in the rest of the season uncertain. Yet he was able to bounce back by taking a podium at the subsequent Brands Hatch event and completed a remarkable turnaround in fortunes with his Norfolk triumph.
