Well, turned out to be a lot more fun than expected. Re my earlier post, this was a new track for me and my first impression wasn't great, so I decided to take the BRM. I adapted one of Hristo's Solitude setups since it's anti clock, then changed almost everything during qual (tyre pressure, toe-in, camber, diff, gearing!). The resultant setup seemed reasonable and I was happy with 8th on the grid.
So, T1... having jumped past Leo at the start I was expecting carnage at T1 and wasn't disappointed
the question was, where to go, since I was on a wide line I stayed so and managed to avoid the wreckage until Leo walloped my gearbox thrusting me into the air and crashing back down hard. Amazingly I could continue once I found 1st and my car seemed undamaged, least, as far as I could tell
I then followed Leo and Carsten, both in BRMs but soon had Donald breathing down my neck. He didn't stay there long though and was soon past the gaggle and cleared off, great driving. After many laps I managed to chase Leo down, however, I now had Enrique on my tail, showing me his nose and almost getting it chopped off (after watching the rpy I'm amazed we didn't collide). I almost let you past Enrique, you were a lot faster and seemed to be playing! I suppose my random lines into T1 were hard to judge. I too had to be careful since I gained loads on Leo into T1 and mounted the kerbs on several occasions in avoidance. Shortly after I snatched 2nd too aggressively outta T1 and lost it.
In the end after running 5th for most of the race, then briefly 4th, I ended-up 6th, slightly gutting but if offered that before the race I'd have taken it.
Cheers for the racing and organizing,
Bob
