interesting start to the tournie, but definitely not one of my best rallys:
only six players in session, I had countend on sth. like 10 to 12. I managed to finish last on almost every stage and second to last overall, lol.
s01: started very nervously so I had to take it cautiously, 15 secs off PB
s02: nervosity receeding, found a nice rhythm, 7 secs off PB
s03: first of the two dreaded Mlynky runs, only got stuck once for 2 secs in one of the 90 degree turns, rest smooth but very cautious, 8 secs off PB
s04: huge crash going into the hairpin about halfway through which begins by turning left then steep down to hairpin and steep down again to a sharp left. Even though the first turn was announced as left, I went straight on and did a nice clean lift off resulting in a crash landing some 5 virtual metres down. Help had to be called in, car basically unsteerable afterwards, got it home in one piece but: 1min03secs off PB
s05: second Pribram run, was well ahead of my PB until I crashed into a fence with only a few turns to go, darn! 3secs off PB and the sound of hissing water from the radiator ...
s06: that hissing sound stopped after about a minute and also the power was back on, found a great rhythm, only 7secs off PB
s07: second Mlynky at night, my 2nd best run of the event, lol. 3rd position and only 3 secs slower than before
s08: my best stage tonight, found a great rhythm early on and missed my PB by only 2 secs
s09: eventless and smooth, 10 secs off PB
s10: hit my favourite jump before the bridge a little sideways, as a result hit the bridge sideways, many flips and rolls later as car finally was back on its wheels, breaks were dead and steering off, somehow carried it home at 53 secs off PB
s11: quite early on I hit sth. under the snow as I was carried out of one corner a little too much, water temp warnings after that and front gone, 13 secs off PB
s12: trying to push since I was unhappy with the last stage I produced a jumpstart
still pushing to make up the 15 secs inflicted, I produced a roll which led to even more temp warnings but car stayed intact, 26 secs off PB.
all in all I had wanted to stay within 1 to 2 mins of my added PBs but missed that aim by about two mins. So very glad the tournie has finally started, but not that happy with my performance.
Thx Rick for a superbly orchestrated event, thx Senad for the organization, too. Good luck all players on Monday and Tuesday.
replays of stages 04 and 05:
http://rapidshare.com/files/444189990/Replays_rd_tournie2_Eckhart_von_Glan_stages_4_and_5.zip