It was hard work doing two different sim races straight after the other but glad i made the effort as it was as much fun as i was hoping for. Though did think i would be fighting a gaggle of cars rather than just one the whole hour!
turned up thankfully with just enough time to get two flying laps in but had to settle for 5th as couldnt match my pbs coming straight from a modern 911 cup car in i-Racing to a 1970's RSR in AC without any warm up laps
Got a good start and shot up the outside for La Source taking a look at Jos and Fabri whilst Syd attacked me down to Radillion. That continued for about a lap until we shook off Syd and it then turned into an hour long fight with Jos for 3rd place
I could see Fabri and Tim up ahead but whilst we were duking it out it was allowing both to build up a steady lead with no pressure. I wanted to get past to mount an attack on Fabri but Jos put up a sterling defence and we swapped places countless times. He always placed his car well each time i got a run on him. Twice i got ahead and then ran out of room at the end of the Kemmel with a snatching front right so he was able to retake the place.
After another cracking dice at the bus stop late on, he got another let off, i went for the old switch and duck under move through the chicane but must have been slightly on the marbles on the outside and the car pitched right instead of left unexpectedly!
That gave Jos about a 5 second cushion and it took me about 5laps to reclose that gap and pressure him again.
In the closing minutes i think we were both running out of tyres a little as both were twitching through Pouhon but i got a great late run on Jos in sector 3, with a good exit onto the back straight and was able to power up the inside of him for the fast left hander at Blanchimont. I took as narrow a line as the tyres would let me and could only trust that Jos would avoid contact as we both swept into the turn, then a brief glimpse in my mirror told me i had the place! and i kept it composed into the following chicane. He valiantly tried to come back at me on the very last lap but think his tyres gave up at campus and i romped home for 3rd
It was a fantastic battle for an hour
Congrats to Tim on the win and Fabris well earned 2nd place