Pity Toby wasn't back in time for the race itself, but it did permit the
unlikelyfully expected result of total Team Shark domination.
I struggled with the setup quite a bit early in practice and dipped in and out whilst watching the tennis. I couldn't quite reproduce my practice best lap in qualifying but with the short session I knew that it was more important to get a good banker lap in and duly nabbed pole with my second flying lap, binning it on my third attempt which was going to be a banzai effort had it not ended in turn 1.
Wasn't sure what starting on the banking was going to be like, especially as my only attempt to find out in practice nearly ended with my slow moving car collecting Spanner (I think) on a section of track I wasn't sure was live.
As it happened it was fine and whilst the car wanted to rotate right it was easily controllable with some moderation of the throttle and I think was all got through turn 1 okay.
I tried a splash and dash in practice and it took nearly as long as tyres only so it made sense to stop around half distance for tyres and no fuel; I had a plan B which was to take rears only but by the time we reached that point I had a big lead over Picnic and got in and out in the lead. After that it was a matter of staying focused which I did rather better tonight that on
Tuesday, and starting the last lap I decided to risk a stab at a really decent fastest lap and popped in a final time two tenths inside my pole time and only a tenth off my best from practice.
Well done to Pete for a very solid second place and for being the only car I didn't lap.
I think my only major moment of the race was when Purds spun in T1 in front of me in the closing stages just after I'd joked on TeamSpeak that there was still time for me to crash and hand Picnic the win.
Since they added some actual steering feel to the Corvette I've really been enjoying driving it. The fixed setups do suit my driving style - and perhaps just as importantly encourage and reward the 'slow in, fast out' style needed in the high power to grip ratio cars.