Hehe, ahh well; I joined them for a boogie after I parked my car up when the engine eventually ran out of steam.
Not before giving you just a little excitement (heading towards the chicane to be lapped) to relieve your boredom temporarily [but in the whole it went smooth as I knew it would].
I didn't notice anything different with JB's car and I doubt a 65 could do the same laptime as a 67 so it was probably a 67 BRM. Got a great start though!
I thought I noticed on the replay that he hit the armco on the left that sticks out just before the braking for Massenet - which is where he promptly stood on the brakes and retired. I'm guessing he didn't want to drive with damage or maybe didn't have the right fuel.
I was really gutted when the engine let go - going over that bump in the middle part of the chicane!
It was definitely the best I've driven a race at Monaco - as you said a PB on lap 7 of such a long race clearly shows that we were pushing !
I was also pushing hard (found I could push all the time here finally, and didn't get damage like in the oAo race) to try and build up that gap.
25 seconds was the length - so perhaps 30 seconds with slowing down, stopping, using GPLwait and getting up to speed again.
I was thinking I might not be able to open that much of a gap up before the end of the pit window - but that wasn't going to stop me trying
My lead building was gradually slowing I think as I'm not as fast relatively on hotter tyres.
But I still thought I could get into the 24's before the end of the race......
As you said, the slight pace advantage from Ferrari could have meant I could have gotten close with enough laps...
I was already thinking that would be one nice race victory battle!
But it wasn't to be this time.... There's always next time eh
You're right H - Bernie is looking more racy all the time
And Clive is still making the Honda look like it has some handling merit (but we know that's barely true
)
Anyway, my Header gave me the heads up that there's a Disco at the Camshaft later - Valve, Piston and Clutch dancing welcome
