At last the Porsche Super Cup cars were at a time and day that I could drive:bulgy-eyes:.
I've been wanting to try these cars at a club race since they were released as they are so much fun to drive.
Qual: P2 a couple of little tweeks to my setup and managed to squeeze Rob out of 2nd on the Grid, but Yves was very quick.
Race 1: P3 Got away well and managed to squeeze past Yves into 1st. I knew Yves would want the place back and it didn't take him long to get back past. I was then trying to stay with him whilst Rob was paying close attention to my bumper. I was not getting away and if anything holding Rob up at the time, but then unfortunately I saw Rob's car sideways and I got some breathing space. Couple more laps down and Yves was recovering from an excursion at T4 and I went past into P1. Once again Yves was soon on my rear and I braked for T4 and lost track of which gear I was in and I lost the rear end and spun clipping Yves and also getting in Mark's way as he came around the corner. I closed on Mark after he'd had a problem of some sort and I hoped to pressure him a bit only to cock up T4 again, this time by entering the corner to fast. Manuel also passed me for 3rd, but I got back past as he ran wide. Settled for 3rd as the car was starting to feel a little loose and I didn't want to push my luck any further.
Race 2: P1:good:. Great start from P6 and got close to the pit wall to get by the 2 cars infront. Came out of T2 in 3rd or 4th. Coming up to the last turn B4 the long run down to the Start Finish stretch I saw a car coming across the grass and I tried to avoid contact. Though we did collide it was fairly minor and all I really lost was some of my momentum onto the long drag to T1. I was on the back of Manuel who was defending his position from another car and I saw a gap inside the pair of them going into T1 and I squeezed between the wall and Manuel and managed to nip past both of them. Had to make a couple of passes to close on Kennett in P1. Going down into T4 I out braked Kennett (and almost myself) to take P1. I think Kennett also span or ran wide as he was not visible in my mirror. I had hoped to run the laps down to the finish, but I did manage to give myself some extra drama. Once again going into T4 I completely missed my braking point and I was in two minds to either turn in or run onto the runoff. Instead I just lost the rear end trying to turn in and spun onto the grass on the left. I saw Sean was coming upto the turn and I spun the car back round to rejoin only to see Sean spinning off on the outside of the turn. I thought to myself "phew that was a bit of luck" and got my head down and paid particular attention to T4 for the remaining laps to finish P1 and take overall first
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Had great fun again here at Interlagos after a good run in the Camero's last time. Think this track likes me:good:.
Great competitive racing from everyone out there last night. Really enjoyed the atmosphere and friendly competition in this one and look forward to doing it again next week.
Thanks RD and Yves for setting up and to you guys for making it such a fun meeting:good:.
