Andrew Jordan was out of luck in round four of the Quaife MSA British Rallycross Championship at the Blyton circuit in Lincolnshire on Sunday (2 July), when he crashed out of the opening heat.Jordan was racing the 550bhp four-wheel drive Ford Focus built and run by the G-Tech team of former rallycross champion Will Gollop. Unfortunately, damage caused by the accident meant that Andrew was sidelined for the rest of the meeting. Having been clearly the fastest driver during practice, Andrew was hugely disappointed not to be able to capitalise on that pace. His best lap in practice was more than a second faster than anyone else, as former champion Dermot Carnegie set second best time, 1.1s adrift of Jordan. "It was massively disappointing to have damaged the car, but even more disappointing that this was our best chance so far to win a round of the championship."The circumstances that led to the accident were both unusual and unfortunate. To counter the problems of dust in the hot and dry conditions, the track is regularly watered. But when the water bowser completed its run before Andrew's first heat, it dropped a lot of water on the outside of the first corner.Andrew's father Mike believes that he should have spotted the situation. "I was so upbeat looking at the times from practice that I didn’t concentrate fully on the extent of track watering before the heat," explained Mike. Off the start, Andrew was just edging ahead as the cars approached the first corner. Deliberately giving his rivals racing room, Andrew stayed wide on the approach, but then hit the excess water and had no chance to prevent the car spinning into the tyre wall.Andrew was unharmed in the impact, but his day was over as the Focus suffered too much damage. In over 160 races in rallycross, it was the first time that Andrew had crashed due to his own error.Now, the team will look ahead to round five at Knockhill (Fife) on 30 July when Andrew will aim to get his title challenge back on track.Andrew Jordan is supported by John Guest, Shell, Pirtek, Quaife Engineering and Bill Gwynne Rally School.