A surprising race yesterday. From previous seasons & series, I've come to perceive the Ferrari 250 TR as a sweet handling & sounding, but somewhat underpowered car. This to a point where I didn't even test it for this race, as I was convinced it couldn't possibly be competitive down those long straights. DD's fantasy laps excluded, as he's really in a class entirely of his own, to say I was surprised to find myself not only out-accelerated, but also outdragged by the 'normal' 250s down the straights, would be an understatement!
Shortly after the start, Dan streaked past, and on the 2nd long straight, Clive fancied a go as well. He lost momentum when putting wheels on grass, allowing me to reclaim the position. Quite a race with Dan then ensued. We swapped positions repeatedly. Couldn't quite make up my mind whether we were having a whale of a time, or whether he was a royal pain in the ...
Time and again, he would pass on the straights, only to hold me up at the next braking zone & curve. Things were really upside down, as I had expected the Aston to have the edge on the straights, and the Ferrari under braking & cornering, but the opposite seemed true.
All this gave stealthy Daz ample opportunity to sneak op real close and personal. At one point it seemed he was lining up an attack at the uphill, fast approach to one of the village areas. Madness I thought, and wisely he backed out of it, but apparently got the line through the right-hand kink wrong, as suddenly his car was somersaulting in my mirror. 1 or 2 laps later, while a couple of secs ahead, Dan took himself out on the same pole, and I believe it also claimed Matt shortly after - quite a tally!
With Dan's regrettable exit, my race turned lonely, and became mainly a survival question, while trying to keep the steam up.
Grats to DD for an untouchable win, and to Daz for 3rd, despite the accident. Commiserations to all the pole's and other victims