I talked down my chances because I did not expect to be anywhere near the front!! What little practice i had done was not encouraging...a best of 3:18 in the Eagle and slightly slower in the Lotus.
I knew Hristo would be sub 3:15's but was stunned when he clocked a 3:13!!! and thought that Tim would be almost as quick as Hristo. Goran and Al are always fast and I was expecting to be tagging on behind them
hoping for some casualties in front.
The difference between the Honda ( which I usually drive) and the Eagle and Lotus, was a shock ::)It took me a while to adjust as I had not driven either chassis for quite a while and certainly not at Spa which is a bit of a "special case" circuit.
The second race exposed my lack of preparation when I got the Lotus sideways at Stavelot and the rear tyres went into meltdown. It showed that my setup was marginal, because until then the tyre temps were under control with good pace, but once they got hot , no amount of precise driving would cool them. The only way would have been to back off ( against the Waza code!!
) so i struggled as Tim got past and pulled away.
Great fun driving green and blue things for a change, but it just confirms how soft some of you guys have it compared to the Samurai driving spirit of the Wazas