Ryan Wood is figuring out open-wheelers pretty quickly

Ugo Ugochukwu is the driver after this year’s Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Trophy (CTFROT, which, upsettingly, they pronounce as an acronym) who raised eyebrows the highest in their four-race event at Taupo this weekend. He has never stood out that much in Formula 3, but he showed some people up at the beginning of this race meeting. But by the end, Supercars star Ryan Wood was up to speed, and he got to hoist a trophy in front of his home crowd. It must feel pretty good to be him lately.

This is also the series where Kalle Rovanperä is beginning his single-seater odyssey, and he did not do so well. I wonder if things are going to pick up for him before the Super Formula season starts.