Sorry Erling i bump you, not good day for me. I m tired to racing, sorry again.
No worries Ziu; just a racing incident.
Liked the Skoda, but with a 1:49.3 time as pb, I couldn't ignore that I was 2 secs faster in the Mini (before my pb improvements in qual) - in this Intergalactic Cup, I need all the help I can get..
Happy with qual in both races, as I set a new pb in both.
Race 1:5th on grid. Hold clutch depressed and revs up, as countdown goes below 10 secs. It reaches 'GO'; I let out the clutch, press the accelerator harder and... Nothing!!
I had forgotten to select a gear..
By the time I got going and reached T1, I was down to 11th. Made up places and caught up to 'The Red Trio' (Bob, Matt & Ziu) Got past all of them; Ziu when he went off at T1. Kept him behind for a couple of laps, but then a less than stellar line through the final chicane by me let him past, as he carried more momentum down the start/finish straight. Chased him hard for the rest of the race. Got alongside a couple of times, but had to back off to avoid incident, so he stayed in front till the end.
Race 2:4th on grid and a better start - managed to keep my 4th, but at T1, no less than 3 cars squeezed past on the inside. Reclaimed a couple of places on L1, but didn't help much, as I got bumped off at T1 the next lap and dropped from 5th to 10th. Again made up places and eventually caught Clive. Some slipstreaming helped me past, and it looked like we could have a good scrap, but then his engine noise suddenly disappeared and I caught a glimpse of his wildly spinning car in my mirror
Bad luck Clive; looked in replay like you became a victim of that vicious snap oversteer the Skoda is prone to (rear engine antics ?)
Surprised to see Geoffers up ahead; he must have had an incident, as he was notably faster than me. No chance of catching him then and he slowly pulled away. Start of final lap, I passed a recovering red Mini at T1. "Hmm, who is that ?" Activate driver tags and look behind: "Uh oh, it's Jose!"
Could I possibly keep him behind for the rest of the lap ? Well, I could certainly try..
Managed - only just; it was bloody close right to the finish.
Grats to podiums in both races and thanks to Tony. Compliments also to Pelle for the great-looking cars.
Did have a strange problem with Mini #40 though. Looks like a Gulf coloured Mini in my garage, but in race and replay, it's a Rothmans Mini, like KAD Mini #40. Was also listed as a KAD Mini in race, although it didn't appear to be faster than the others. Got mismatch messages from drivers using it too. Any ideas what could be wrong ?
Cheers,
Erling
