Grats to John and Geoffers who had their own race out front.
Well maybe I should practice less?? as I got one of my best results last night and did almost zero preparation, just d/loaded the track on Wed evening and a couple of laps just to be sure there were no "extra" corners.
I knew the track from GPL, although I do sometimes find that the same track in GPL and PnG looks the same but drives differently...if that makes any sense!!
First apologies for the start
I stalled the engine and actually received a bump start from the car behind, so my 3rd spot turned into about 6th by T1. Over exuberance by those ahead gifted me a couple of places by the end of the lap and I was dicing with a couple of cars.
I could not believe the advantage I had on the downhill straight
which allowed me to breeze past 2 cars at a time. I guess it was a hangover from GPL and being able to take the right hander at the top flat in 4th gear and carry that extra speed all the way down the hill.
After a couple of laps swapping places ( and paint samples ) I got the gap that I wanted and was able to just cruise away from the cars behind.
OK! paranoia about fuel consumption
got to me on the last 3 laps, and just to be sure that I was going to get to the flag and keep 3rd spot I used the 20 second cushion over Fulvio, knocked the car out of gear to coast down the long back straight, plus using a gear higher through the twisty bits.
That champagne did taste good