Totally enjoyed the first 60 mins.....last 20 was a nightmare
Qualy went very well, took a risk in the damp with full dry qually setup...including a 2 wing
and it paid off with class pole.
Started well and was lapping reasonably consistently with SBG, Ossie and Munkez close behind....SBG did get a little too close through the bus stop and tapped my rear and I felt the spin starting and was totally powerless to prevent it....but SBG made immediate ammends by also tapping my front end and pointing me back in the right direction
...just managed to get going before anyone else took advantage of it.
Didn't last too long though as Ossie got a much better exit from eau rouge and got plenty of tow to pass me on the straight....I then proceded to lose it in the following hairpin gifting another place to SBG.
Spent right up to the pit stops then with no more than 1.5 seconds between the three of us.
I must have borrowed someone elses pit crew because I came out in front of both of them and was feeling pretty chuffed with 35 mins to go.
Madd must have made a fantastic stop, he leapfrogged us all and came out just ahead of me. I followed him round and new I had him when we got to la source....I managed to take the inside line and I new the power in the viper would see me ok on the S/F straight.....but I missed my braking with being off line and slid all the way onto the marbles.
Never really got back into a rythem after that...mistake here, cut there...eventually I ended up getting a stop and go after getting the exit to la rouge wrong...and that was about it....couple of laps to go I was still 18 seconds behind and enough fuel to limp to the pits....but when I got there I forgot the limiter and so pressed the esc button and had a cry...
It looked good for a while...but wasn't to be (heard that before somewhere today
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Grats to winners/podiums...and great win again Backo
