First my Rally Report for the Race:
Quite a mixed night for me.
First up, the RD Teamspeak (and Website) went down sometime in the hour before the Event, which took away a lot of the fun that we usually have chatting over TS. :frown: Was this some form of European sabotage to put us Aussies off??? :wink:
My driving was a very mixed bag, many good stages but I threw in two shockers.
SS06 I managed two crashes, first rolling the car very early, and then a bit later, understeered into a tree. Both cost lots of time but somehow the car made it to the end, but not in very good condition.
SS07, I was rollicking along very well until the downhill sections towards the end. I bumped into the inside bank which then threw me wide on the next right hander, resulting in sliding off the cliff and wedging myself in the trees below. After trying unsuccessfuly to drive out of the trees, I had to CFH. The car was a mess and wobbled all over the road till the end, so it was a very slow, tricky drive to the finish. :tongue:
On SS01, I managed one of Senad's stunt driving tricks, getting the car on two wheels, and balancing it there for about 100 metres, before almost stopping to get it back on all fours again. :eek:
Overall, the Lancer Evo 9 felt ok, and the huge variation in Stages kept me on my toes.
Pity about the RD technical issues, it made me realise how much TS adds to these Events. :frown: