Grats to the podium guys. Apologies to Baab for involving him in my totally unnecessary spin.
I was a little , no make that a LOT, frustrated in this race. I felt that I had a comfortable setup that would not overheat the tyres if I was gentle with the gas pedal. My qualifying pace was encouraging and I was quite content to follow Tris and JJ at a safe distance over the early laps as my tyres came up to working temps.
I had Baab in his Cooper behind. but I was quick enough in the right areas to keep him behind me. Then, for some dumb reason, I simply forgot to brake and the rear gracefully waltzed around sending me into the dunes.
That was embarrassing enough but, it was then that I discovered that my Logitech shifter would not engage reverse!! I was parked facing up a 45 degree slope on sand. No way would the car move forward ( or roll back under gravity ) and I had no reverse gear to get me back to the tarmac. All forward gears were tried, but as the leaders came around to lap me I decided to quit rather than risk involving anyone else in my misery.
Ah well, on to the next race.
