Apologies Paul V, for the clip that spun us both coming onto the S/F straight. I know it must have appeared that I was monstering you a little....
But the reason i was so close was in simple terms....You- Lotus, Me- BT7. I was hoping to get a good draft from you down the straight and a slingshot down into T1 to pick up a little time after my unfortunate T1 spin the lap before.
If I'd known you were not going to accelerate off the turn, I'd have taken a totally different line....and run the risk of you running over the top of my sludgebox on the straight. Outdragging a Lotus in a BT7 is really not an option. By the time i realized you weren't accelerating and probably letting me go....I'd already opened the taps in antici------------pation
of making a little horsepower and following you. When i tried to move out from behind you I clipped your back wheel with my Left front.....and the rest is history. Not the ideal place to let someone charging past.....right on the exit of a corner......midway down the chute would have been a better option. Anyway....sorry for the contact, it was an accident.
Hi Geoff,
apologies accepted, but to be honest non really needed.
I had been getting blue flags all the way up through the previous esses/corners . I knew you needed to pass and did want you to..
if you take a look at the replay from my perspective you can see that you were hanging back, and thanks for that. i was trying to find somewhere to let you past and did wait right until just after the last corner to do so. I must admit i might have slowed a bit too much, not too quickly, if you know what i mean but i was trying to make a show of my intentions.. sorry if it was a bit confusing. I realise you were a bit miffed (and rightly so!) at the time but i was only trying to pull over.
didn't want to go on the grass or cross over the track too the other side ( insert Chicken joke here !!!)
but perhaps would have been better to have let you past further down the straight. anyway mate I'm sorry it caused you to screw up your race. wasn't either of our intentions for that to happen. I felt as though I had held you up enough and wanted to get out of your way asap.. it was perhaps a bit early in retrospect.
so I felt a bit bothered myself causing an off for you. as one thing I do pride myself in is having good track manners. oh well Geoff... your just gonna have to give me a damn good thrashing at the next race :0)
I think the only grievance I have at all with GPL so far this season is faster guys not allowing enough time for us slower guys to get out of the way , I have already said that Geoff did it as it should be done. but i took the wrong place and time to let him past..
but can some of you fast guys please remember that we slower peeps need some space and time. when your all over our gearbox like an oily rag or darting up inside and outside or zig zagging all over the place behind us, then you will more than likely cause us to panic or do something silly... we might be a bit slower on the track, but it does not mean we are slow-brained or dim witted. we KNOW you are there and we WILL let you past.
it usually only ever ends in an outcome that means someones race is spoiled.
and having my race spoiled or me spoiling someone Else's race isn't why I enjoy GPL so much.
and once again I really enjoyed last night. had some great racing again with Badblood.. but then those "blue moose" guys are such brilliant drivers. ;0)
also had some good laps with Billy and Dave.. cheers all
Paul V.
