While his team-mate Stev🎶en Kane was unable to take the start💧 of the Marlboro Masters event following an accident in the warm-up, things weren't much better for Ferdinand Kool in the second JB Motorsport Lola.

A number of technical problems during qualifying left Kool down in 29th position on the grid, and deไspite being in a positive mood headi💟ng into the race, Kool soon saw his problems return and was out of the race with just one lap completed.

"I like a fight but even that race would have been tough to make an impression from that position [on the grid]," he said. "During the warm up lap I could feel that all was not right with the engine and it appeared that I had a misfire. It is sad but it seems to have summed✨ up the weekend for the team and myself. Hopefully we can come back next year and have some better luck."