National novelties: Mondello lap record smashed and Villeneuve-liveried FF1600

The national racing season may be entering its final few weeks but there was no hint of Sylvie Mullins winding down at Mondello Park as he set a new lap record, while there were some interesting cars in action at Silverstone

New lap record: Mullins mighty at Mondello

Sylvie Mullins arrived at the final Irish Championship Circuit Racing meeting of 2023 at Mondello Park last weekend with just one aim: to break Cian Carey’s outright lap record.

For many years, the mark was stuck at 50.22s courtesy of Nigel Greensall. But Carey, in his Formula 3 Dallara F317, slashed this to 49.275s last year.

A determined Mullins, in his four-litre Gould GR55B hillclimb car, obliterated it to 48.129s in the first BOSS Ireland race while, in race two – after a few adjustments – he incredibly lowered the mark to 47.380s, almost two seconds under Carey’s old record.

Villeneuve livery: Giles' FF1600

Source: Autosport