Wonderful track!
Yes indeed Erling one of my favourites. Was lucky enough to go to the Revival event there last year when we were on our way back from holiday. Being a racing mad youngster in the 1960s I read about these old road circuit events, they always seemed to be very atmospheric & pictures showed they were attended by huge crowds. Of course we could not afford to go to any of these events in far away places back then, just the odd meeting at Silverstone, Goodwood or Brands Hatch. Often think it would be great to be transported back to that era & be part of the theatre of these great old circuits.
Anyway enough of that. Really did not expect this result, I thought Ziu's recent experience with the Mercedes would see him disappear into the distance, but he got a bad start & I was able to grab the lead. Lost it momentarily on the long straight when Fulvio drafted past & he was half a car length in front approaching the braking zone at the end, was not going to contest the corner this early in the race & risk a collision so lifted off early only for Fulvio to lift even earlier so I regained the lead almost by default!
Pulled away a little through the twisty sections & by the straight on lap 2 I was far enough ahead not to be slipstreamed. There seemed to be a close fight behind between Fulvio, Ziu & Clive which allowed me to get further ahead & by the time Ziu headed for the pits I was 11s ahead. Continued to lap 8 before pitting, went ok with just fuel but messed up cancelling the pit limiter when leaving, thought it hadn't disengaged when it had, so cancelled it again which of course re-engaged it, so I was nearly at the first corner by the time I had sorted it out
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Had 20s over Ziu by now but that was halved when I braked too late at the end of the long straight & got stuck against the straw bales, had to reverse to get going again. Regained the lead when Clive pitted & was set for a careful drive to the finish, things got a little tense when I had a spin through the twisties along by the river, luckily ended up facing the right way & carried on only losing 3-4s
. Took it very easy on the last lap & brought it home.
Congrats to Ziu & Fulvio
well done all finishers & welcome to Marco, hope you join us again