Hill hopeful at happy hunting ground

The highlight of the rookie campaign for Cameron Hill was Tasmania and he is hopeful he can back it up in 2024.

Last year Hill qualified inside the top 10 for all three races and scored a season-high result of eighth in the opener.

Whilst that proved to be the Matt Stone Racing driver’s only top 10 of 2023, he backed it up with his second best results of 11th in the two Sunday races.

The closest Hill came to matching his Symmons Plains success last year was the following race when he was 13th at Hidden Valley.

However, the MSR driver has been much faster in his second year, having risen seven spots to 16th in the championship with four top 10s.

Hill is hopeful he can unlock similar speed around Symmons Plains, but knows the cool conditions in Tasmania’s second ever winter round will offer a new challenge.

“I don’t know why Tasmania was our best event last year,” said Hill. 

“We rolled out and both cars were really fast, plus it was my first taste of running inside the top 10. It was a good round for us. 

“I hope it bodes well for this year, but it’s obviously getting more and more competitive. 

“I think there are a few teams that have lifted their game, so we’re going to have to go over there and work really hard to be at the front.

“We’ll look back at how last year went, as we have data from Gen3 now, so all the teams aren’t going in as blind. 

“The cold conditions are not something we have to encounter often, but my team and I discuss it in detail prior to Tassie. 

“Even though we’re on the Super Soft, which is generally good to go when you drive out of the pits, in Tassie it sometimes takes a couple of laps to get up to temp.

“It’s always a circuit where you need to have a few things line-up in qualifying.”

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