Had lots of fun but any chance of a good result vanished when someone dismantled Yannick's car at T1 and left me off-roading to avoid the damage.
I was also delayed by Evil doing some ballet moves at T1 on lap two!
Grats Phil and podium.
I need to look at what happened at T1 on the replay, I was surprised to be airborne so early in the race
. I had profited from having a non-Gordini car off the grid and was up to 3rd at T1, then instantly back to the rear of the field
I think the first turn incident damaged the springy things a little as the braking became a little random for the rest of the race. Just how bad, I discovered we started Lap 2. i thought that the ballet moves that Clive Loynes referred to were quite skilful lol As I gave the brake pedal a first hard pump from full speed the car snapped sideways and I thought that I was heading for the scenery and an early exit. Luckily it was only a "pump" and because I had released the brake the did a graceful pirouette ( very effective at slowing the car!!! I need to practise that
) and easily made the corner.
The rest of the race was a chase after the swarm of Gordinis before hunting down Phil and Bastian. Bastian had the Vanwall hooked up and even Phil's Maserati could not find a pass until Bastian ran wide, Phil went through to take the lead and I took my chance to follow him.
The final 12 laps were epic. I was completely over the limit trying to get at Phil, mainly because managing the braking was an adventure. Eventually I discovered that trying to avoid the brakes snatching to the left was easy if I kept the brakes in the RED zone so that they were not too strong.
Grats to Phil who maintained the pace and consistency, I could just not close those last 50 mtrs to attack him over those 12 laps.