Rather frustrating evening: I felt able of doing mid-pack lap times, but I blew it more than once...
Race 1: Lots of gardening in quali = last. OK, no big deal, I was expecting to ba able to run some 1:56/1:55+ laps during the race...
Something happened when I was about to overtake Bob: his car was here then there then here again (some form of jitter in its position). Unfortunately his car happened to be "there"
when I was reaching that same exact spot, and that sent me flying and on my roof. The strange part is that Bob did not feel any hit then...
So I restarted last, only to mess-up big time in the same lap and end up on the roof again!
After that it has been a lonely race trying to stay on track and see the finish line.
Race 2: Quali went much better and I was surprised to be P2 (again when the fast guys do not qualify it's easier
).
Not used to be on the front line I realized that the virtual mirror was blocking the view of the starting lights so I had to turn it off (also I had disabled the countdown)...
My take-off was much better than what I could dream of, but...
I made a big mess at T4, while fumbling to get the mirror back.
I must apologize to Coyote (not the opposite Erling
), Tony & Bob for hitting & blocking them while re-entering the track (out of any control).
After that the race was rather interesting, catching up Bob, then Tony, then Bob again (I messed up again in between) then Tony again. At this point I rubbed doors with Tony and pushed him wide
, so I had to let him pass to finally pass him without contact (he left me plenty of room for this
).
For me the Mini is more difficult to manage on the bumps than during braking, but for this I had to push the brake balance to 76/24 (thanks to hints given in a previous race) to stop the "spin on braking" issue that some report.