Well guys, not a good race at Brands Hatch today. I didn't have as much time to practice as I'd like. I was running in the 1:12s just yesterday, but practiced some more today and was doing steady 1:09s with no difficulty maintaining my line and staying on the track. That was only 2 seconds or so from the leader, so I didn't push on qualifying and thought I'd pick up places by racing clean and staying on the track while others went off.
What a mistaken assumption! Claudio got anxious at the start. Someone always seems to here at RD in NKP. He pushed too hard, got caught up with someone on T1 and someone else hit him and spun right in front of me. I saw Claudio's initial mistake and took a line to avoid, but the person behind just spun right in front of me. Trip 1 to the garage. Back on the track and running to catch up. A few guys behind me. Then about lap 8 or so, coming out of T2 (blind turn) I see Freddie backing onto the track!!!!! No where for me to go! Trip 2 to the garage. Back on the track and the car isn't acting right. I'm doing slower laps running the same line. About halfway through, I get my left tires on the dirt between T1 and T2 and that's enough to unsettle me in T2. I brake to catch the spin, and Martin who was close behind didn't have anywhere to go and t-boned me. Trip 3 to the garage. I get back on the track and just try to hold my own. I gain a place or two, I think. I finished 6th, 2 laps down. What a mess.
That's my last NGP race. I hope both of you can do better in the last two races. I think I'll stick with P&G and iRacing. I'd race NKP some more if they switched to the 1600/1800 cars. I'm with you Kamran. Those are better cars to race in so many ways. And you have to know how to drive to race them!