Most amusing
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For the first time in a while I actually put some time and effort into this one, particularly with buggering about with setup - so I shudder to think where I would have been without it!
Couldn't get a qually lap but wasn't overly bothered - I quite enjoyed just poodling along for the first few laps at the back of the GT1 pack. I was convinced we'd never make it through the corkscrew so I really hung back and just followed the pack, watching the horizon for clouds of dust
. They never came and a couple of laps in it was pedal to the metal time!
Made some decent progress running closely with Jim and Ross until I reached Mr. Gymer negotiating some Mustangs. I think it was just a racing incident to be fair but it all got very clumsy and ended with us both in the gravel, my car with what felt like some crabbing and a long, long way behind after being over-cautious about rejoining (note to self - really must map a look left/ look right button!!).
Aside from trying to make love to Martin's Mustang a couple of times, and the resulting rejection causing me an off-track and then a tow respectively (love yoooo
) - followed by a bit of slow mo confusion at the last turn when lapping Raimo (this is sounding worse now I'm committing it to writing), I managed to keep up a nice consistent pace and actually felt very comfortable. I can't believe I didn't cock up the corkscrew once....ok I was pretty damn slow admittedly but just making it through alive was the priority here! I was spinning at less than 5mph in praccy I'm sur"!
In practice I don't think I ever managed it more than four times consecutively and cleanly - always makes me giggle how much extra grip/ pace I find over practice once things get "serious"!
I have to say - due to my little hiccups, had it not have been for the Mustangs there would have been large periods where I would have struggled to keep motivated. The whole race however, I felt like I was having to concentrate fully and that made it a lot of fun for me. Really starting to think this format is a master stroke....but please lets leave it while before going back to Laguna!!
Grats to everyone who finished, I think we all deserve a pat on the back for that one and as for Ste, just another league mate, well done indeed.
Thanks Mustangs, the mind boggles how every race isn't a multi-car, multi-class pile-up and that's really testament to some great driving in both classes.
Thoroughly enjoying this season and it's great to see so many new faces on board, and three races in too.
See you at Daytona!
