Loved that track...very nostalgic to be taking a GT car around it
We have to have a repeat race here as maybe a championship race with a full grid, it would be superb.
Was gutted to not get a chance to practise/learn the track before jumping in during the qually sesh..really not a good way to learn, but i stayed well out of the way of everyone during the sesh.
Race start was odd, several people seemed to spin out or pull out through a variety of reasons
Found myself quite high up after only a lap or two but then (as usual) when the recovering TT caught me, i managed to slide straight on at one of the tight right handers and he sailed off into the distance.
I was still learning the track lap by lap and gradually took 13-14 seconds off my qually time
Hadnt even had time to get a setup tweaked, i just used my Monza one but was only peaking at 176mph on the straights (not sure what other NGT's were achieving?)
Was still enjoying the track for most of race without seeing any other cars at all, but had two offs and both took my front splitter clean off...both times on lap before my pitstops were due (did anyone find their tyres just seem to magically fall apart on that lap?)
Really sorry to Rich A who caught me while i was semi-limping around to pits with no front wing or bonnet, i watched you coming from miles back in my mirrors but as i started to ease off and brake the car just drifted across the track of its own accord and we crashed.
Sorry mate, felt awful as i think you was 2nd? at the time.
Would love a repeat race with a chance to get my setup and pace upto scratch.
The only problems i had were two or three spells of 1fps
luckily two were on a straight but a third was in the turns and caused real probs. It would only last about 5 seconds then go, so maybe those that ducked out with it (Don? etc) should have hung in there until it disapeared?
Think i finished 6th in the end overall
...possibly 3rd NGT
