Grats to Clive and the podium and all finishers.
Quite right Pete, I am highly skilled and experienced in producing my own accidents..I need no help from anyone in that department
I was at fault for not expecting you to slow quite so much and had to aim at the open spaces
I think that this was the first time that I had actually got L'escargot hooked up and my only worry was blowing the engine by pushing it too hard. Getting the 4 geared slug off the grid was a real problem and I dipped the clutch about 3 times to get the car rolling.
I lost places to the Connaughts etc at the start but once the Gordini was up and running I found that I could stay with them, until I clipped some polos and flipped the car around. Apologies to Jonny who I think I hit during my spin. but I waited for cars to recover and set off again, only to throw it into the undergrowth half a lap later.
I swore at myself with a few well chosen, descriptive words and from almost last place began the comeback.
Slowly I chased down Doni and Jonny also picking up a few places as cars retired.
With around 5 laps to go I was catching Bastian and I could see Phil and Fulvio just ahead of him. But the difference between running on a clear track in a Gordini and trying to find a passing opportunity against a car with even 10bhp more grunt became clear.
In clear air I was around 0.5secs a lap faster, but that was due to my faster speed through the corners, With a car ahead on the apex I had to back off and lost momentum which is a precious thing in a Gordini
More than pleased to get to the finish and score some points in the little blue car....I might even use it again