No access here to replays so from memory.....
Race 1 - Aston. Had problems during quali where it slowly dawned on me that I hadn't seen any other drivers on the track for some time. Realised I had a server problem so had to exit/rejoin and forfeit my excellent (for me) 1:38 lap, rejoining with no time left to put in another hot lap
. So, starting from the back, I was pleased to eventually cross the line in 4th place. Bill, no worries about your overshoot, if anything it made me more focused, and I quite enjoyed our "last waltz" at the first bend
Race 2 - Jag. 3 into 1 never works, but I somehow found myself the filling in an unwanted sandwich at the bend approaching the bridge lap 1. The Jags body was squashed so tightly from both sides (no worries about who the drivers were) that the car shot, cork-like into the air, landing on all 4 wheels, facing the right direction, with the engine running, but on the narrow pedestrian walkway suspended by the side of the bridge
With the rest of the drivers long gone, I was on my own with nowhere to go. The silence was interrupted by a revving engine getting nearer and nearer and I saw Old Geezer come back to see what was going on, before he rejoined the race. Thanks for the brief company Bob
Had you got caught within the barriers too, perhaps? (Ok, just read your ditch comment) With the walkway the same width as the car and no way forward, I reversed for about 30secs and eventually found a gap back onto the track. I managed to outdo your first lap time Bob of 2:52 with a 3:24 and almost a whole lap down with barely a 100 yards completed
So with a heavily crumpled bonnet, I drove like Pasta Maldonado al dente style (sorry for the corny joke) and managed to put in half a dozen mid 45 laps. But I was always going to be a lap behind and with my head still spinning from the earlier acrobats I hope I was gentlemanly enough with letting you guys pass me.
Despite all that, enjoyed both races. And having run out of fuel a few weeks ago, I know how you must have felt Tony