Max Vidau is in for a busy weekend at the VAILO Adelaide 500, as he spearheads the debut of MVA Racing in Carrera Cup while fighting for overall and Rookie of the Year honours in the Dunlop Super2 Series.
Vidau has been the leading rookie in the Dunlop Series ever since race four of the season in Perth, and holds a 60 point advantage over his closest rival as the series heads to Vidau’s home round to close out the season.
The South Australian driver is also 150 points back in the fight for the overall Dunlop Series crown, with 300 points still up for grabs across the final two races of the year. It is not a dissimilar position to which Vidau found himself almost 12 months ago in Carrera Cup.
In that weekend Vidau famously skirted through the opening chicane in a daring three-wide move on the title protagonists. It’s that fearless approach which the local driver will take to the streets of Adelaide once again.
“We’re still an outside chance at the title, a few things need to go wrong for the boys in front, but we can maximise our potential if we put our best foot forward,” said Vidau.
“We saw what happened at Bathurst and we’ve seen it all year, there’s huge potential for carnage in this series. If it comes to fruition, we need to be in the right position to capitalise. It’s going to be all about hitting our markers and taking every opportunity that comes our way.
“Realistically our focus is on the rookie title, it’s an extremely strong group of drivers this year so it’s pretty cool to be on top at the moment and it will be a fantastic reward for the team if we can close it out.”
In what could prove a historic moment, Vidau will enter his own team in Carrera Cup this weekend. MVA Racing will field Anthony DiMauro in the Pro- Am class, making his category debut.
While wearing the team owner hat, Vidau will also don the headset and engineer the car across the weekend. Should DiMauro earn some silverware, Vidau stands to be one of the youngest drivers to ever find success across driving, engineering, and team ownership.
“Of course it’s cool to debut my own team in Carrera Cup, a category that’s really special to me. It’ll be a big weekend, I’m wearing lots of different hats, but we have plans in place for all circumstances.
“Being a four-day event helps, the sessions are a bit more spread out than usual. It will certainly keep me busy, but it may be a good thing to get my mind on something different. Trying to hold that laser focus on a single objective for four days can take a lot mentally, so it might turn out to be one of those nice distractions and help keep my mind fresh for Super2,” concluded Vidau.
Track action for the Dunlop Super2 Series commences with a pair of practice sessions on Thursday, before dual qualifying sessions on Friday and one race each across Saturday and Sunday.