Sorry to hear about your pains Bob; hope you get well soon!
Race yesterday turned out to be a sprint-enduro or sprint-attrition maybe. Picked the baby Mazzer, as it was the fastest option for me. Took an awful lot of practice, which didn't agree with my still bad back, but I tend to get stubborn when I keep wrecking a car...
Offline, I couldn't quite match Matt's fastest times from our previous outing here, so expected a tough race against him. Thus surprised to find him far down on pace. Even more surprised to find Ziu so fast in the 250. Knew he would claw back time through the twisty bits, but still shocked over how much he clawed back!!
On some laps, I would only gain 2-3 secs on him. I suspected he wouldn't change tyres, thus saving around 20 secs in the pits, as I didn't dare not change mine, with this car and a track chock full of death traps. Looked as if it could be close, so had to drive to my max, as every second counted.
When I left the pits, a red car showed up in my mirrors, and I figured Ziu had caught up, Puzzled though that he didn't seem to gain much in the curvy sections, and concluded that his tyres probably were worn. Only realized it was Roger and not Ziu, when I looked at the replay later. Ziu was further back, after damaging his car at the pitstop. Great shame, as it could have been exiting to the finish, if he hadn't. Grats still for second, and to Geoffers for completing the podium. Commiserations to all those who retired; this track really is a car killer.
