Grats to the podium finishers.
So can someone please explain why this stupid person did exactly that for Sempione!!! I paid a heavy price for that change with a car that went from reasonably quick and stable to suicidal under braking.
Apologies to anyone who was compromised by a Ferrari that wanted to bury itself in the haybales at every corner.
By about mid race I had adjusted my driving to suit the vicious handling and started to gain on those ahead.
Commiserations to Enrique who made a late error and gave me a chance of catching Phil, but I ran out of laps and ended up just about where I started, 5th!
@ David
With the 55 cars David you will need to decide at which corners you are going to really need the brakes and where you can use only downshifts and maybe a quick touch on the brakes for more open corners. Changing your setup to give a little "power on oversteer" will allow you to brake in a straight line and then gently feed on the power through the corners.
TBH the hairpin at the end of the lap gave me problems on every lap. Ideally I should have been able to do a handbrake turn around the inner haybales, but the setup required for that would have screwed everything for the rest of the lap.
At Sempione I found that the 2 hairpins were the critical braking zones and for the rest of the lap I tried to avoid using the brakes if I could. Back off the gas and downshift early, and don't be afraid to use 1st gear ( always checking that you don't over rev the engine
).
I still had to watch the coloured indicator on the dashboard and for GREEN I knew where my braking limit was. If the Indicator showed YELLOW then I would need to back off and downshift 50 mtrs earlier, and if RED maybe 100-150 mtrs sooner. Lift and Coast to preserve the brakes works well.
