Like Kurt, I've never been crazy about Hockenheim, so decided to get two of my slow drives in the 1000 TC Corsa out of the way.
Qualified 4th in race 1. After a few laps, the next car up the road was 6 secs ahead, while behind I had a fairly comfy cushion of about 35 secs. Just as I was settling down into a lonely and boring race, something happened! My cushion started to deflate, at a fairly alarming rate, and a car grew bigger in the mirror.
Quick IFF check revealed it to be Bob. Bugger all; had forgot he was in a Simca, which is unquestionably quicker than the 1000 TC Corsa. I'm often lauded for my stability, but if anything, Bob is even more stable. If he's catching me, I'm in trouble! Couldn't rely on him making a mistake, not at all. If I wanted to keep my place, I would have to up the pace.
Did my outmost for a few laps, seemingly stabilizing the gap. Started relaxing - and promptly made mistakes, dropping the gap again. Had to focus once more and thankfully that held to the finish. Grats to Ziu & the rest of the podium.
Race 2; surprised to qualify 3, ahead of Tony's TCR. He was ahead before the first real turn on L1, but overshot a couple of times, so we swapped places several times. Eventually he stayed ahead though, except for a late lap where I got ahead (regrettably not the final lap..
) What he gained on the straights, I seemed to regain under braking and cornering. Drove like mad for the entire race, but not quite enough. Again grats to Ziu & the rest of the podium.