Well, that didn't seem fair at all. I thought about taking the Lotus 49 but that has a DFV. Mark would have had a much bigger advantage had I taken the 49.
Congrats Mark and Andreas. Finishing is a feat itself. I doubt I could have finished a year ago. When UKGPL ran a Fun race here, I had to reset numerous times. I have the track memorized now. I still forget where I am occasionally so I'm not slowing soon enough or slowing too much at times. There's still a lot of room to improve my racing line too but it's good to be able to keep the car on the track most of the time now.
I practiced 1 hour the previous weekend. I managed 8:07. I knew I'd break 8 minutes at some point. I was surprised I did it easily after a few laps with Axel and Andreas an hour or two before the race started.
It's a shame Mark got such a lousy start. He may have caught me later. I got too excited during the race. I had an ideal lap of 7:55 showing after two fast sectors. I wanted to try to go as fast as possible for the rest of the lap but I quickly buried the nose of the car into the end of a stone wall. I thought the reset ruined any chance of improving the 7:57 I had already set. I misread the handicaps so I included a stop and go with my reset. Surprised I got 7:56, considering I started that lap in the pits and I finished that lap with 11.5 gallons of fuel remaining. 7:54s might be easy if I try this again.
I was a little nervous at the start. I thought somebody might miss their braking point and hit me at the first sharp right. Instead I missed my braking point and almost spun. I just got the car out of the way before Axel got there.
You should have chose a better car Doni.
It's a shame Dean, Carlos, and Jani didn't make it.
Thanks guys. I enjoyed learning the track better.