We catch up with Jennifer Mullan to reflect on 2017 2017 hasn’t been as busy for me as some previous years racing wise but I think it’s safe to say it was quality over quantity with the events we did do. Organising my wedding combined with being unwell for a few months during the summer really restricted our plans. Phillip Island Classic I started off this year just like last with a trip down to Australia. Once again I was piloting Chris Davison’s Reynard FF84 at the Phillip Island Classic. Last year this was an unbelievable experience that really exceeded my expectations both on and off the track. It was always going to be difficult to repeat this but we headed down under in March with high hopes. Unfortunately things didn’t go to plan on this occasion and I got caught up in someone else’s accident on the Saturday evening, with nowhere to go I was collected and the car was too badly damaged to continue for the rest of the weekend. This was unfortunate but that’s racing. On the plus side I got to enjoy the 30+ temperatures on the Sunday without being stuck in a three layer race suit and helmet.   British Formula Ford 1600 Championship My next outing was then in June when the British Formula Ford 1600 Championship came to our local circuit, Kirkistown. This track is a particular favourite of mine and I was looking forward to bringing our Ecurie Australie Van Diemen RF89 for a spin there. As this was only the cars second outing since we acquired it, we still had a few teething problems creep up that we had to work through. I struggled all weekend with braking problems which we later discovered was due to the quality of my brake pads deteriorating since the car was last run. It still turned out to be a productive weekend with lots learnt about the car.   Martin Donnelly Trophy race Next on the agenda for the year was another return to Kirkistown for the Martin Donnelly Trophy race meeting. Unfortunately we were forced to give this a miss. Two days after my last event I went into hospital for a small scheduled day procedure but some complications required me to stay in hospital for a week and kept me out of action for over two months. I decided that...