Man that was fun - my best ever performance in GTL, heck probably the best I've ever put in at SRouk.
After trying the Healy and the GT350 .... it had to be the Jag. I was struggling to find any pace .... and then it clicked - braking points, lines through the corner .... the lot. In practice 1 I hit 1:11.440 and I thought I'd gone and wasted my fastst lap. Thankfully not.
In qually I was banging in high 1:11's - just couldn't quite get it all right, and then I got down into 1:11.3 to take 3rd on the grid I think - behnd Assassino and of course Baracus. I really surprised myself with it this evening.
The race started well - I had a gap to 4th .... until the hairpin at the end of the lap - missed my braking point and hit the wall, rejoining in 5th behind Bernie and with MJ in hot pursuit.
Me and Bernie had a good tussle for a while, passing on this circuit is hard!!! I got by after an error (I think - the race is just a blur!) and I found a bit more pace and started hitting high 1:11's and drawing out a lead and catching the battle for 2nd with Assassino and MGorenc. Having spent a few laps catching them - and wondering how the heck to pass them .... thyey did my work for me - an error each and I was through to 2nd (still not really knowing what was going on!)
I managed to keep it together, banging in lap after lap in the high 1:11's and low 1:12's. Baracus was a good 16 seconds ahead, and that slowly grew - the only times I caught him was when he was going through backmarkers.
That was the most fun GTL race I've had - despite not having someone to fight with for most of the race. Just being so consistent was so refreshing .... and fast with it . The 40 minutes absolutely flew by - what an end to the season for me!
(Currently celebrating with something highly alcoholic!)
ps. Apologies for the over-enthusiastic use of "!"
