CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HOST. MY INTERNET HAS TURNED TO POOP. So SORRY

Aha! the issue is clear.

Tough luck Pete, gremlins in the fibre optics ? 

Once again everyone wanting to win the race on the first couple of corners.Thanks ever so much, Once again for being knocked of the track.

Not really worth turning up is it.

First Podium 

Thanks all for a great race, especially Greg and Enrique for some totally awesome battling.
Greg, I came so close to getting you but my plans were ruined by a blasted curb 

See you all next week 

Grats to Uli, Greg and WILL!! I am not surprised that Will's name has appeared on the podium as he has improved immeasurably, in pace and racecraft, since his much criticised debut ( but we won't talk about that   ).

For me it was a race of 3 parts. At the start I was almost able to live with Uli's pace in that overpowered Honda and we pilled away from the chasing pack, although they were never too far away. Then sometime around the middle of the race I simply forgot how to drive the car   Mistake after mistake, missing braking points, getting on the gas too soon and too hard. All of which overheated the rear tyres and caused more problems. Somehow I kept Uli just visible in the distance and instead of using my head and settling for a solid 2nd place I had to push 10/10 to try and catch him.....................and blew the engine!!! What a muppet??
That allowed Greg and Will to take their battle past me and I was relegated to 4th. In the last 3rd of the race I was trying to get back to the Greg/Will battle and managed to overcook things and spin........Tom was smiling as he stole 4th place.

Yet another overheated tyre and another spin almost allowed Ricky to pass and we had several close laps until he got caught up with backmarkers, so I ( finally) eased off and accepted 5th place.
A lot of my problems probably came from my own stupidity. I altered the setup between Quali and Race, which is a total NO-NO and I suspect that is why my rear tyres were hot. With old age comes wisdom and stupidity in equal measures  

At least I did not hit anyone 

Congrats Uli and Will!

I thought I would miss this race. Since I was at the computer I thought I might as well give it a try. I have few Honda setups so I loaded my Monza67 setup. When I saw how little wing angle it had I knew there was no way I could use it here. Luckily, my Balcarce setup was a decent place to start.

With no practice, I had little hope of doing well. I had just enough time to learn how to stay on the track. I had no delusions I could keep up with Uli or Clive. From early in the race I hoped to hold P3, but I could see that any real mistake could easily drop me 4 or 5 positions. Pete kept the pressure on me for a long time, oops, I mean Will. It took me a long time to realize it wasn't Pete behind me. I maintained a small gap on Will for a while but he eventually closed it. I knew he was faster but I thought I might keep P3 if I didn't make any mistakes. I tried to be consistent so Will would see where I was slow. My saving grace appeared to be the last turn. I was often getting through it a little better than Will. I got lucky Will made some mistake late in the race. I have doubts I could have taken much more heat.

I haven't noticed Will before. It's good to see another driver in UKGPL. It looks like he's going to be tough on a lot of us.

Thanks for the fun gentlemen. I appreciate it.

I'm sure that Will has expressed his gratitude to you on multiple occasions for all of the coaching and instruction that you dispensed, on how to be so fast. It is clear that you, Pete, are far too modest to claim that he is a result of all your hard work and take the plaudits that you deserve. 

I look forward to seeing a reference and thanks to Dad in all of his future podiums .