Another cracking race, with most going on behind me
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I had a good start and went from 9th to 5th or something. I had the Pantera of Steve infront and Madd behind me in his Capri. I couldn't catch the Pantera and could just keep the gap between me and Madd.
When Dan overtook Madd he was right behind me immediatly. That was after a few laps, so I already had worn tyres I think
. He did a nice move on the (stop flirting
) on the mian straight and took my place.
Wasn't long before Simon was attacking me with his Pantera. I could just use that extra bit of topspeed to give me a breather. In the second to last corner there was a spun Pantera and I could JUST steer on his inside, while Simon had to go around the outside. Very tricky situation but it gave me some breathigspace.
Lap later a Pantera spun and I thought I could overtake him on the left, but he steered that way, so I went right but he then went that way and luckily for me there was enough room but it was close again.
Two laps later Simon attacked me through the Esses, with him being on the outside (right). We were really side by side when there was a 906 backing up in the Esses after his spin
. We could just avoid it there, especially Simon who needed new pants after that.
Later he tried the same thing in the Esses, but this time he held it and outbraked me in the chicane. Very good move, brave
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I didn't get much rest after that, as Madd was right behind me again, pushing me to the limit. But he went off very quick, looked like full speed so I have no idea what happened, all I knew is that it looked scary in me mirrors.
Then I saw an eppic battle behind me between Steve and Marc. A 911 and a Pantera fighting eachtother lap after lap. The were probably much quicker than me, so I had to give it all and keep aiming for the straights to get my advantage.
Big thumbs up to those guys as the drove extremely fair and there was absolutely no contact eventhough I was crawling through the corners. Well done guys
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That battle lasted for maybe 10 laps and I didn't expect to keep them behind. So I was very pleased with finishing 5th.
Grats Bara and again very well driven everyone