I think it is safe to say that this track is a winner for all of the mods....just the 55's to try now
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It has been a long time since I drove the 69x's in anger and I dragged out my favourite Brabham setup, which with a few tweaks felt good. As quali progressed I was finding where I could push a little harder AND where to keep things neat and tidy, especially the final hairpin with that "wall of champions" on the exit. Whoever put that there was a masochistic genius lol. Exactly where a driver might try to pinch an extra metre of track widthg to speed up the exit !!!
Almost got alongside the Boreham Boffin off the grid but just could not quite force the issue, so I had to tuck in behind and wait with Andreas breathing down my neck. With these cars, and all the downforce, outbraking an opponent is very difficult. Almost any pass requires a mistake from the car ahead, and so it was when I put two wheels onto the grass and gave Andreas the chance to take P2.
With the slipstream it was easy for Andreas and myself to stay with Pete and we steadily pulled a gap to the cars behind. Then a combination of the draft and Andreas braking a little more than I expected for Hanger Bend ( I was taking that flat in 4th ) resulted in a small tap sending Andreas skywards
I waited for him whilst Pete scampered into the sunset never to be seen again until the chequered flag. Axel passed us and there was a 3 way dice until Andreas ran wide and I was chasing Axel for 2nd spot. I used me pace through Hanger Bend to take me alongside Axel into T2 and make the pass, but then Axel appeared to lose pace? and I slowly eased away to complete a rather lonely last 10 laps . I did manage the fastest lap, but there were mistakes on every lap and if ( big IF!!) I could hook up a perfect lap I think a 1:20 is possible, maybe even quicker on low fuel.
Thanks again Pete. Already looking forward to your next project