Results up.Quite relieved to maintain my 100% podium record after seeing the grid, but a bit annoyed at losing 2nd, especially to Mike who I probably can't realisticly catch in the championship now.
The new build has definitely rendered my old setups worthless, so in practice I started from scratch with the baseline and dipped into the high 42s. Bettered my practice time in qually but was still only quick enough for 5th.
Start was crazy; I realise now that Darren held back trying to help Paul, but that was probably the wrong thing to do as it just put Paul further ahead, and bottled the rest of us up, which is what caused Brendan's big moment (and also caused me to rub Gary into Paddock). Once the leader hits the gas he's
got to stay on it!
When I left the pits I was amazed to see that my 5.5 second lead had been completely wiped out and that Dave was now 4 seconds up the road.
Still not sure how that happened - I ended up taking more fuel than I had planned as it was looking too tight for comfort, and I had a slow getaway from my box too, so I was quite shocked to see how much time you'd dropped.
Dived into the pits on lap 53 and rejoined right alongside Dave! Dave regained the place at Graham Hill
That was a wee bit exciting wasn't it!
I got a chance when Dave and Blunder had a misunderstanding about lapping and Dave got on the inside kerb and nearly spun. I went between them like a rat up a drainpipe and then had the unenviable task of holding Dave off for another 13 laps.
So frustrating - I absolutely had to beat you to stand any chance of taking the title. I knew Blunder was at least one lap down on everybody else so I decided to risk a big lunge up the inside into Druids to lap him and he closed the door after I was committed.
Mostly my fault I know but unfortunately I think that for practical purposes that's game over for me in the title race. :'(