Lol Bernie, I know what you mean about the temptation of last minute tweaks or gear ratio adjustments, even tyre pressures!!! in the search for another magical3secs off you lap times...if only it was that easy
Eventually, I decided that it was better to stick with what I had and had driven, at least that way there would be no surprises in the firat lap of the race and an early exit. Allowing of course for my ability to throw my car at the scenery without provocation.
Even in private practice now I tend to work with what I've got and not try and find the golden setup,. Better to modify my driving to maximise the setup...this usually means being smoother and concentrating harder on apexes etc. rather than reverting to right foot braking or totally alien diff setups.
I suspected that someone had fitted a Keel to the underside of my Ferrari, because it had absolutely no intention of turning corners without severe physical intervention from throttle and steering, which made life interesting to say the least!!
Thoroughly enjoyed last nights race. Early laps chasing Hristo, until I put a wheel on the slippery bit exiting Stavelot ( just as I was going to make my move and blitz past him into an unassailable lead of course!!
) I then suffered Bernie's problem of extracating myself from the hedgerow, just in time to see Syd and Tim cruise past at full chat!!
It seems that the hedge inflicted some tracking adjustments to the front of the Fez and I was a definitely slower after recovering. I managed to pull myself into the "tow Zone" behind Tim and squeezed a pass to get after Syd, who got very wobbly into the fast pair of left handers at the end of the lap. Fortunately I chose the only piece of tarmac that Syd was not writing his name on to slide through and back into a very distant (from Hristo) second spot. Tim was a few seconds behind and, with the slightly wayward handling of that big Fez, was able to close slowly until he went a little awry at the top of the hill and left me a comfort zone which I protected to the flag.
Hristo suddenly appeared on the radar only a few seconds ahead with 2 laps to go but there was no chance of rejoining battle with my damaged car and he extended the gap again.
Better result than I expected given the handling of the Fez and the excursion into the undergrowth and at a circuit which I have never enjoyed for some reason.
Grats to all for a great race and to our noobie, Steve, who made it to the finish, something many of us failed to do in our early on line races...or was that just me
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