A few exploratory laps on Wed evening confirmed that the TR4A was the car that best suited me for this round. I was a good 2-3 secs off in the others with only the Mini offering any hope of getting sub 1:50 if I spent the time learning to drive it and getting the lines right.....(too much like hard work in too short a time frame!!!)
Qually showed that Simon and myself were of a similar pace and i was looking forward to a good race, I did think that his his sneaky tactic of laying a smoke screen once he got in front of me was not exactly "cricket"!!!
But, after a lap his engine expired and he quit. I was left all alone with a 3 second gap to his family member up ahead. I new that I had to cross that gap and get into the slipstream if I was going to stay with the fast brigade, and in the first lap of the chase I was closing.....until I ran wide and dropped another second. A few laps where ambition exceeded my ability to keep things smooth and I steadily lost ground.
It was clear that I was about 0.5secs a lap too slow to live with those ahead ( need more practice in PnG I think!), so I slowed to give Phspok some company and practice my close combat skills
Grats to Fede and the podium, tantalisingly, just too fast for me to live with.