That was me missing a gear. I did that 3 times on lap one, once again on lap 2 and yet again at Old Hall at the start of lap 3. The last one caused me to spin off and I had to wait for practically the whole field to pass me before I could re-join safely. After that I missed gears several more times before the Honda engine cried enough and exploded. Thankfully we have a reset on this division so after my shift-R and S&G, I started to chase down the pack.

I had a lot of fun trying to claw my way back up the field. Oulton is a hard place to pass and you have to be very careful. Nevertheless I managed it, but Ricardo and Dave Curtis were driving well and I had to try very hard to get past. Eventually I got back up the third which was a very good result given the circumstances.

I've had my H-Shifter for a number of years now and I wouldn't go back to paddles (not authentic enough for me) but I still find it hard to use. I'm OK in practice but it is in the races where I have trouble. There is more going on and consequently I don't focus quite so much on my gear changes. In the latter part of this race I did better because I tried to concentrate on the gear changes and tried to ignore the race (particularly Pribluda) and it seemed to work. Hopefully I'll stop missing gears soon!!

Wow, that was a pure cage match.

I qualified 6th, a full second above my pay grade and PB, realized instantly that I didn't belong in that kind of company, and DQ'd myself to start at the back of the field. Picking my way around the slower drivers, I eventually got back into the middle of the pack. That's when the World War III seemed to break out. Cars were all over everywhere, disconnecting regularly, and yellow flags seemed to appear virtually at every corner. With about ten laps to go I'd gone wide into the grass coming out of Esso bend but still had made it back onto the track and accelerating hard in 5th gear when I saw Dave Curtis stalled at the crest of Hill Top in the middle of the track. For some reason I was unable to steer my Honda even one millimeter to the left or right and ended up hitting him harder than a bag of hammers. We were launched 20' into the air. No sooner were we both back on the ground when another car smashed into poor Dave again. You can send your get well wishes to him at the Spire Methley Park Hospital near Leeds, where he'll be residing for the next six weeks and having breakfast, lunch, and dinner through a straw.

Anyway, I finished 5th somehow and won't have to rent a Honda any further this season. Win-win, right?   

First race this season where I didn't spin off lap 1. When Cookie disappeared I was in 2nd place. Andreas was on my gear box for several laps & got past when I made a tiny error. I should have held on for 3rd but I made a mistake going past a back marker & got stuck in a ditch(my fault I got the brake point wrong)  Even after a S&G I was still 3rd but a spin on cold tyres let Phil through. Getting closer to the podium!

I realy love this track, and in the GeLi I am in the Eagle team...
Seems I overreved the engine at some places, so a camshaft broke.
@David
For me the race was over and you deserve the win, as you managed to bring the Ferrari healthy over the line!

I am curious to see the consequences of the new rule for bonus 50 pts.
For example, has Billy already lost this 50 pts ? even if he still can use the 7 different chassis.