That was a good nights entertainment, good to be back in the Alpine, which I drove in Season 4's RDHGP and is a peach of a car to drive, and after some tweaking too the 904/6 was a blast.
Race 1 - Alpine
As ever Bob "The Rocket" Hutchins got a perfect start and took a few places on the run up to T1, unfortunately he got tagged and I made it through into P4 followed closely by Ivo. The next few laps was spent chasing Dave and holding off Ivo, which culminated in a nice run down the back straight me trying to pass Dave on the left, Ivo trying to pass both of us on the right, screaming past our braking zone, Dave losing the back end, I struggled to to slow it down and Ivo nipped past us both.
The rest of the race was spent watching Ivo catch Darius and me holding on for P4
Race 2 - Porcshe 904/6
I spent the majority of practice before the official start of the evening lapping in the Porcshe as I'm not too familiar with it and found it to be a right Royal pain in the backside, oversteer, understeer, bouncing all over the track. I wasn't really looking forward to the race.
In the 20 minuet practice I managed to get the beast under control with a few experiments with the diff (40/40). This awkward beast was now a real joy to drive and that culminated in a P2 for quali, managing to break into the 2.09's.
That then turned into a 1st place start on the grid when Ralf decided to change his car, having just thrashed us all in the slower
904/4 and had to start from the back of the Grid.
The start was awesome, I managed to get a cracking start zipped off the line then watched my rear view mirror with slight concern as "The Rocket" came looming into view then zipping off to the left to avoid what would of been an almight good smash. Thanks to Bob's unselfish act, I managed to hold on to P1 for about 4 laps, until as Ivo mentioned, I went just a tad too deep into T1 allowing Ivo and Ralf through. Unable to close them down I just concentrated on keeping P3, easing of a little too much allowing Bob Miley to slowly close up. With only 4 laps to go it was time to put the foot down and secure the last podium spot
Great event and a nice track. Congrats to Ralf on the double win, also Ivo and Darius for their podium finishes.
Cheers too for those participating, nice to see the grid size growing.