Well that has to be my best rally of the year! Not a single DNF or CFH and only had one bump and reverse twice! Amazed myself!
So here's how it went...
SS1 - An OK stage for me, the conditions really don't favour the car so took it very easy, had a spin going into a 'K Left' so first spin. Came out of the stage and was 1.12 sec. behind Silvio! So it seems a battle was on!
SS2 - Was very cautious again due to conditions. Lost another 10.04s to Silvio.
SS3 - Pushed Harder on this one know the stage pretty well and better conditions. 3.14s up on Silvio
Service 1 - 8.04s behind Silvio
SS4 - Pushed harder again and was 14s quicker than the first run but still down on Silvio! He had some good pace there. Lost 8.58s
SS5 - Was OK but 2 sec slower than first run somehow, don't know where. Lost 0.05s!
SS6 - Another good stage, was up by 1.56s on this stage.
SS7 - Went very well, nice over steering setup made the long sweeping corners easier, gained a massive 15.41s on Silvio!
Service 2 - 0.3s ahed of Silvio! Some real close racing here!
SS8 - This was my bad stage, really don't like the bump and tree stumps so kept it very steady. Not a lot could be gained but a lot lost... Only dropped 5.95s so happy with that.
SS9 - Well except cocked up last hair pin! Had to reverse and lost 3.21s to Silvio. Annoyied on one of my fave stages.
SS10 - Was pretty good, could have pushed more but no mistakes. 5.77s down to Silvio.
Service 3 - 14.63s behind Silvio again
SS11 - Was better than my first run and pushed a bit more, knew where the worst bumps were! Lost 0.44s! Loving this!
SS12 - Better than the first one but over rotated the same hair pin as last time! lost a further 1.8s.
SS13 - Only 2 stages left and determined to take it to Silvio! Pushed hard and a good time I thought but unfortunately Silvio retired so no time to compare to him!
SS14 - Last stage of the C'ship! Pushed hard and kept it smooth in better conditions than the first run. Setup worked well. Was 6.99s up on Silvio.
All in all that was a pretty epic battle with Silvio! Although he did win most of the stages! but I think the closeness of the competition shows what I've mentioned in 'General Discussion', moving to a 1 or 2 type championship (R3/R2) will make racing in 2WD much closer! Both of us were in A6K S1600 Cars (Me:Corsa, Silvio: Ignis) and it was really close! Also managed to get 4th in session! 3:04 from the leader, chuffed with that!
And a massive thanks to all involved with this event and season! Its been a good first season for me where I believe I have greatly improved with 2 clean C'ship events under my belt!
Here's to looking forward to next Season, whatever it may bring.
Many thanks
Sion