Mixed weekend down at Silverstone Triangle (National). In qualifying I had a car that was a bag of understeer one minute, a bag of oversteer the next - partly due to sketchy driving skillz and partly due to the track being dry in some places, but wet in others. Brooklands was a corner I never got quite right - was damp pretty much all day. The circuit is just a glorified triangle, so didn't take too long to pick out some braking and turn in points, so after a few steady warmup laps, I began to pick up the pace. Didn't really think I hooked three good sectors up together, but was delighted to take 7th on the grid, ahead of four injected-cars, one of which a former race winner, all of whom had raced at Silverstone before. Result!
I was trying in qualifying, and it did get a bit loose at times...
The race was a lot tougher, made a poor start (as usual) and was down to 9th by the second corner and 10th by the third. Tried my best to keep up with the injected cars ahead, had a few good runs on Derek (blue 205) and Kieron (black 205) including a bit of contact under braking, but couldn't quite make it stick. Got passed by an XR2i a few laps from the end, in a good move around the outside into Brooklands whilst I was trying to attack the 205 in front. Unfortunate to hit a BMW being lapped in a yellow-flag zone at the first corner meaning I lost a good chunk of time on the pack I was catching back up to, and was going to try another hero out-braking manouevre into Maggotts. Finished 11th in the end, a little frustrating given where I started, but nine guys ahead have all been racing for years! I made a few silly errors, but probably couldn't have finished any higher than I did, had it been Cadwell or Oulton with more twisties, I might have had a better chance to defend, but really it was all lost at the start.
Saved on tyre wear at Brooklands...
Video to follow, when I've had time to do some editing...
I was trying in qualifying, and it did get a bit loose at times...
The race was a lot tougher, made a poor start (as usual) and was down to 9th by the second corner and 10th by the third. Tried my best to keep up with the injected cars ahead, had a few good runs on Derek (blue 205) and Kieron (black 205) including a bit of contact under braking, but couldn't quite make it stick. Got passed by an XR2i a few laps from the end, in a good move around the outside into Brooklands whilst I was trying to attack the 205 in front. Unfortunate to hit a BMW being lapped in a yellow-flag zone at the first corner meaning I lost a good chunk of time on the pack I was catching back up to, and was going to try another hero out-braking manouevre into Maggotts. Finished 11th in the end, a little frustrating given where I started, but nine guys ahead have all been racing for years! I made a few silly errors, but probably couldn't have finished any higher than I did, had it been Cadwell or Oulton with more twisties, I might have had a better chance to defend, but really it was all lost at the start.
Saved on tyre wear at Brooklands...
Video to follow, when I've had time to do some editing...
