Well that went better than expected while it lasted!
Decided on a Ferrari for this race, but had not driven any of them before, so took the P4 for a few laps after the NG race on Sunday. Found the default setup virtually undriveable, the car all over the road. A few geometry changes got it roughly going where I wanted it to but I get lost with these cars that have infinite adjustments & give up once I have the car driveable. After about 15 laps & several off track excursions I settled with what I had & a best lap of 1.28.2.
Qually went Ok with some low 1.28s, miles off Ziu's times, & when I pulled a 1.27.1 from somewhere I called it a day & 4th on the grid. Was hoping to hang onto the coattails of Erling & Tony for a few laps if I could keep it on track with Ziu disappearing into the distance, was not planning on being in the lead at Copse. Anyway as I was in front I thought it best to get on with it & led for the first 3-4 laps until Ziu come past at Becketts. He had a couple of moments & we swapped places a couple of times before he started to pull away. Next lap Ziu spun at Becketts & I was back in front with Tony & Erling not too far behind, but the gap grew a lap or so later when all the guys behind must have made errors.
By now I had become comfortable with the car & was able to do regular 1.27s & was keeping Tony at a safe distance. Ziu was gaining but not as fast as I was expecting & when he passed Tony I was hoping to hang onto the lead for a few more laps. Then it went wrong, car suddenly snapped sideways under braking for Stowe & I was off the track into the void, race over.
Congrats to the podium
I'm off to Oulton Park for the Superbike races next week, so cya all in 2 weeks at Le Mans.