Excuse time - either
a. The brake fix has simply moved the problem to the rear
or
b. I hadn't done enough full fuel testing and got caught out at CG on Lap 2....
I'm amazed that the car appeared unscathed after doing all of Curva Grande going backwards along the armco...
It then had a gentle punt into the invisible armco in the 2nd chicane 2 laps later after I'd passed Phil and Greg, I have to assume I'd caught the draft from the next car up the road - as there's no reason I shouldn't have stopped in time otherwise.
Cheers if you were waiting Phil, although you certainly didn't need to as you definitely weren't involved.
I was quite amazed at the Lola's pace from that point on - admittedly both fastest laps were done when catching and drafting 'slower' Fords but the pace the Mk3 kept up for the remainder of the race was unrelenting.
Towards the end of the race I finally allowed myself to start pushing beyond the 7000rpm safe limit which gained me nearly another second a lap.
I literally only needed 1 more lap and I would have caught and probably been able to pass Clive
Well done Clive and Tris for the Podium, and to all finishers - that was enjoyable.