Wow, I'm almost speechless. I knew this one would be tough, but it was much more difficult than I imagined.
Fernando, you are definitely now the grim reaper.
Decided to jump in at the last minute to test my patience and see how many of these nasty stages I might finish. It was made even more tricky because I chose the Citroen, which I've not driven before.
All in all, it went surprisingly well on most stages, survival was my aim and I achieved that in many of the stages. I was even able to get reasonably close to Fernando in a few stages.
Two shockers though, at Harwood Forest II, I bounced off the road after landing the big jump, spinning onto the wet grass. I couldn't get the car out of there and mucked around for ages before finally slipping and sliding all over the place and finally back onto the road. I would have been faster by using CFH.
Then on the Monte Carlo stage, I was hoping to be ok, but the car was horrible, sliding everywhere almost uncontrollable. I guess I needed a setup. I struggled all around the Stage, all over the road (and off it sometimes) and just when I thought I was home, I tapped a post or something in the very last hairpin, the car wouldn't proceed any further even though the engine was running, well idling. So it was a DNF for that one.
Oh well, only one DNF was better than I expected.
Fernando was fastest on most stages but I recall Jack setting a great time at Peklo. What a shame you crashed at SS08 Jack, the only easy stage of the night.
Very nice run by Fernando except for one bad stage, SS06 I think. He still won the OC session easily though.
EDIT: Nice to have Keegs back to join us for this one.