I wish to lodge a formal complaint with the race steward!!
The 3.8 Jaguar which I have been given to practice with has more in common with the gas BBQ in my garden than a racing car!
It does not steer, it cooks anything round to a crisp within 2 minutes and it smells of old shoe leather when hot! The only thing in its favour is the colour and I am reasonably confident that is not helping my lap times ( although unlike the cars other attributes, at least it is not slowing me down either!
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It is rather ironic because a friend of mine has 99% completed a 3.4 Jag for racing in the Historic Saloons series this year. If it is anything like this barge without a tiller, I had better ask him what music he would like at his funeral!!!
After I had extricated myself from the dense foliage of the British countryside, I tried the mini..........
Talk about "the other end of the spectrum!" It seems to be on rails around the corners, but zero grunt on the straight.
So the only other option was the Ford box................... ahem.!!..confession time cough ! cough!! mumble mumble.........
I was amazed when I posted a 1:41.9 lap at my first attempt, as no doubt you guys are too! and I left the practice session feeling quite chuffed. I returned an hour or so later and thought a sub 1:40 should be a real possibility even on race fuel. But, after one or two small technical changes in the garage and the setup, it dropped to about 1:48. Maybe using the Ford Cortina GT for the second session instead of the Lotus Cortina might have some influence on the times, but who can tell ??