Track was pure dynamite, unlike my driving...
Track should have been dynamited, let me correct that for you
Cant say i enjoyed this track in the BMW. It was like driving a bucking bronco. I had to dial down my ffb and soften the springs so much that the car became a bouncy castle with a skittish rear end that liked to constantly skip sideways off the bumps. The Sierras had such a huge advantage in the middle sector, even when i had a 3 or 4 sec gap over Jos or Max they could close it with ease in that sector alone.
Race 1 i qualified far better than i expected in 6th place. Had a good early chase of Kai whilst Maxime did his usual close up on us all from the rear and pick us off one by one. But still enjoyed a healthy run hanging on for dear life whilst Stefan and lorenzo put me under some pressure. But at mid race at T1 i carried too much speed into that nasty downhill off camber turn and span around on the concrete run off strips. Lost a load of positions and rejoined in 12th
Chased Jos and the pack for a few laps until the end but too far away to do anything, then gained a place or two near the end when he and Jari? came together in sector 3. Finished 10th
Race 2: More of the same, hating the handling on the bumps but just getting my head down. Had some fantastic battles trying to keep Jos's Cossie behind me, he was all over me and took a couple of nibbles but considering how much my car was bouncing about its not surprising. The fighting was close and intense and he eventually squeezed by within millimetres in sector 3
but then prompty nibbled the wall at the final corner allowing me to scamper back up the inside for the s/f straight.
I gained about 3 seconds here but as mentioned, the closing speed in sector 2 was like we were in different class racecars
He was soon joined by Maxime who must have had an earlier off and i was fending off two fast Sierras now
Jos was soon back on my tail again and got past a lap later when i got a little out of shape off a kerb on exiting the downhill hairpin allowing both past
Next up was Stefan attacking me and we had a great scrap for a few laps, swapping places a couple of times whilst the two cossies disapeared up the road
Then Kai appeared on Stefans tail to give him something to think about and give me a desperate breather from my constant combat
In the last lap i saw them both spin off into the sand at the final hairpin in my mirror and i sped home for wherever i finished.
have to say Race 2 was brilliant for action but mainly because i was fending off quicker cars/drivers in an ill handling car and others were making mistakes, falling off at one corner or another. Wont be sad if i never race here again.