JULIAN: So, you're good?
Yeah.
Okay, let's give it a bash.
BECKY:
Oh, my God!
I'm quite a hot-headed person.
Julian!
when I get it wrong, it pisses me off.
[ENGINE ROARING]
Last year, I took the first steps
to get back into competitive driving.
This year I'm going to prove
I can make grassroots competition.
The DriftCup, I'm gonna enter the event.
I just want to to qualify. I've worked so hard.
I need to keep my head in place.
You need the money from the work to drift.
You need the tire.
Long as you give everything, you can be proud
when you get out of the car.
It's gonna be me to prove I've got what it takes.
[INTRO MUSIC]
it's been about a week
since we stripped the S15 now.
I'm just really excited
to get my hands dirty with the car.
So it's up early this morning to head down to Garage-D.
There are a few basic things that we need to do
for it to pass scrutiny.
I'm feeling really excited, but at the same time,
I'm gonna do all this stuff to the car
and start getting it ready.
But I can't be too precious about it.
I feel this place is becoming
like a second home in a minute.
Main thing is that we're kind of making transfer
over from road car to comp car.
JULAIN:
It's about your relative to seating position.
Then lining up the hydro
to make you comfortable with it.
Did the steering wheel turn up? I ordered it.
Literally minutes ago.
-I ordered it late. -Exactly.
It was on my to do list.
I've been waiting for this moment for ages
because I just feel like now, it's gonna take it
from a street car to the next level.
Let's get moving.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
Your new seat Becky.
They do look nice
and have the good high outside for safety.
Always wanted my own, my proper bucket seats.
That is better already and it fits my hips in it.
JULAIN: Sweet.
That's a Christmas miracle in itself.
Let's get it in.
BECKY:
you need to be anchored in the car.
You need to be safe.
You need to be in right spot
and everything within reach
but still keeping you tight and you need to be sided.
Oh, yes, that's much better already.
Everything's pretty cool.
-Yeah, we're good. -Yeah?
With the helmet on, I've got clearance.
-Yeah, awesome. -Next.
-Missing... -Steering wheel.
Have you got the Allen key?
-Yeah. -Should be fairly slack.
-Yeah, they are fine. -Yeah.
There she is.
Alright. Okay, let's go.
It is cool. I went for the suede instead of the leather.
I've always felt more grip.
JULAIN: That's a larger wheel
and gives you better leverage and control
when you're on full lock.
Oh, she's coming together.
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
Benefit of the hydraulic handbrake
is it basically has more leverage
to lock up the wheels better.
That goes hand-in-hand
when we start operating the power of a car,
we need grippier tires on rear to be more competitive.
[CARS RUMBLING]
We got the hydro handbrake.
Now we just get it more on top,
so make sure you're happy with it.
We don't want it too far back
because when you have the harness on,
you get a bit locked in there.
So around here, which is in line with the wheel,
the gear stick, the hydro, so when you release this,
it falls out of the way just like that.
-You're happy with that, Dean? -Yeah.
So seats will be back out,
welder out, get attacked.
-Are line coming up now? -Then happy days.
JULAIN: We're track ready.
We've got the seat, the wheel, the hydro.
So, it's all up to you.
Excited. I can't wait to drive this, man.
Oh, careful.
[LAUGHTER]
BECKY:
for a while because it seems like the grassroots competition
that you can enter and it's quite amateur,
but at the same time, it's a great way to learn
and potentially develop.
The last event of the season is actually only three months away.
It's gonna be tight,
but there's no time at the present,
I'm gonna enter the event.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
JULAIN:
So that's been plenty enough for the general learning techniques.
But now that we're getting to a higher speed,
we have to concentrate on the initiation or drift.
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
What we've introduced today with the hydro handbrake
is giving her the consistency
that every time she pulls a handbrake,
the rear wheels lock and is another element of drifting.
[SOFT MUSIC]
Okay, gold rule,
hit this clutch every time and try not to use the brakes
because it will kind of interfere
with your handbrake action.
[CAR REVS]
Clutch down.
Pull the handbrake.
[SOFT MUSIC]
Let the car slide.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
JULAIN:
Clutch back up. Back on the throttle.
[SCREAMS]
And make it look fluid.
[LAUGHS]
Right, right, right, right.
You're cool with that.
-Okay. My turn. -Go.
I feel like a little kid at Christmas, you know.
Okay, let's give it a bash.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[SCREAMS]
Man, this is exciting.
You know what, drifting, it gets in your veins
then it's like, "I want to try this.
I want to try this."
[CAR REVS]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[GASPS]
Quicker with reactions
between handbrake to clutch to throttle.
Okay.
Not quick enough Rebecca.
Have to be quicker than that.
BECKY: Let's try this again
[TIRES SCREECHING]
That was too much power.
Getting the coordination, accelerator,
the clutch, the hydro, balancing the throttle,
it all kind of started falling apart unfortunately.
[CAR REVS]
Need's a higher rev range. I'm not quick enough.
It's like I'm thinking too much again.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
Oh, my God!
Julian!
If you get red mist, you've lost the battle.
JULAIN:
but it's the way you deal with it
and how you stay focused.
But you just have to do the job in hand.
The more you do it, the more seat time you have,
the better you'll be to actually control it
in a competition.
Fuck.
BECKY:
Frustration is a big part of learning.
And you know what, I knew that this was coming
because everything had been a bit too easy.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
Okay.
Okay, okay, okay, okay.
I'm quite a hot-headed person
and when I get it wrong, it really pisses me off.
I just have to take a second
and I could see myself doing it,
just driving for a minute.
Reminds me being a kid again, honestly,
Wind me up and watch me go.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
JULAIN:
BECKY:
Coming on the throttle
and the wheels are spinning up
and starting to balance a drift.
As it starts to lag a little bit,
give it one little clutch kick and you'll be away.
Right, right, right.
BECKY:
of out of my comfort zone is really going to stretch me
because only when you're kind of, you know,
really under it do you start to develop.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING]
Perfect.
Yeah, that's better.
JULAIN: Well done.
You just need to kick it.
Okay, so let me try and do that three times.
-Consistently. -Consistently.
Yeah.
And should have it locked in.
Exactly.
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
JULAIN:
I could see she wasn't overthinking.
It was becoming natural
and that's when it all works.
BECKY:
-Tires are gone. -I think we got it though.
BECKY:
I was like, "Am I pulling it too long?
Am I pulling it too short? Am I pulling it hard enough?
Am I resting on the brake pedal?"
And I'm trying to, like, all of these things.
JULAIN:
if you've got all our voices in your head,
you're not gonna concentrate on the job,
which is driving the car.
Stop, think this is what I have to do.
It's really simple.
Just have to string it together, make it work.
And you did.
Okay.
[LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING]
BECKY:
and also the pressure that I'm putting on myself
is it's quite mentally draining.
And I just need to keep my nerve.
But, yeah, I just need to make sure I can package it all up
and put it down on line.
Man, it feels so good to be back at Goodwood.
If you're into motorsports, cars, it's the home of it.
I have to be more forthcoming with asking people to help me.
Dude, if I qualify, I will be buzzed genuinely.
You will. You've got me and all the other guys as your mentor.
WOMAN:
BECKY:
The fact it's gonna be me in the driving seat
having to prove I've got what it takes.