Sorry for any confusion guys. I had missed ( OK, not actually read
) the message about the "fix" for Donington. So, FRED= Evilclive, but if it is easier to scrub my part in the race I don't mind.
As a result I had a rather frantic 5 minutes getting things sorted on my PC and opted to use a virgin GTL install I had on standby, ready for any new series that my come up. It was not until had re-joined the server and done a few laps that I realised that somehow I had used an alter alias ( FRED ) that I had used for testing purposes.
As for the race. I lucked out with a few tweaks to the default Healey 3000 setup and it felt quite comfortable on race fuel, which incidentally was my biggest mistake because I put in sufficient for 36 laps on the setup and discovered that was about twice what I actually needed at the end.
After the first few laps and a few incidents ahead I found myself in 4th place. The fast bunch ahead was pulling away led by Ziu, whilst Daz and Tony were gradually losing ground behind. So, for most of the race I was running alone and it was a bit of a shock when Ziu was suddenly behind me and about to put me a lap down. Then I circulated for more laps until I think I was basically "sleep driving" and really not concentrating at all, with my lap times dropping off, until a recovering Matt dragged Daz and Tony much closer.
I was so dozy that I simply could not find my earlier rhythm, or anything close to it, and ended up spinning several times at places where I had been completely solid before.
Quite enjoyed the grunt of the Healey and if I had stayed fully awake I might have enjoyed the race as well!!