GTL - Mondello National 18th June
Discussion
I hated this track in the Ferrari, I had to tip toe everywhere 
I had a good start and jumped from 5th to 3rd but had MJ breathing down my neck for a few laps until he got past. Then one of the other faster cars got past me and pulled away and I was alone for a few laps until I saw Andy gradually reeling me in.
It seems to be a fact that most of us can drive quite consistently now but as soon as someone starts to close up we go to pieces
as soon as I could hear Andys engine I drove like a numpty and went straight on at the left hander behind the pits and took about 10 seconds to get out of the gravel while Tony and others got past me 
and I was last but one.
I overtook a few as they made mistakes then gradually started to catch Tony. My lap board showed I was gaining about .3 seconds a lap so I knew we were pretty evenly matched and I'd struggle to get past. After about 10 laps I got to within 4 seconds and Tony went on to the grass at the 2nd corner letting me past.
The race stayed like this until the end when a few of us started typing about fuel problems. My light came on with 5 laps to go, so I drove really conservatively with Tony 10 seconds behind but I ran out of fuel on the last corner (luckily so did Tony and Adam I think
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Note to self - switch off other engine sounds for the next race
I had a good start and jumped from 5th to 3rd but had MJ breathing down my neck for a few laps until he got past. Then one of the other faster cars got past me and pulled away and I was alone for a few laps until I saw Andy gradually reeling me in.
It seems to be a fact that most of us can drive quite consistently now but as soon as someone starts to close up we go to pieces
as soon as I could hear Andys engine I drove like a numpty and went straight on at the left hander behind the pits and took about 10 seconds to get out of the gravel while Tony and others got past me and I was last but one. I overtook a few as they made mistakes then gradually started to catch Tony. My lap board showed I was gaining about .3 seconds a lap so I knew we were pretty evenly matched and I'd struggle to get past. After about 10 laps I got to within 4 seconds and Tony went on to the grass at the 2nd corner letting me past.
The race stayed like this until the end when a few of us started typing about fuel problems. My light came on with 5 laps to go, so I drove really conservatively with Tony 10 seconds behind but I ran out of fuel on the last corner (luckily so did Tony and Adam I think
) Note to self - switch off other engine sounds for the next race
diver944 said:
It seems to be a fact that most of us can drive quite consistently now but as soon as someone starts to close up we go to pieces
Thought it was just me
Even lapping people knocks me very slightly off 'routine' and I end up spinning or becoming a bit unstable. I had a spin on the last lap, and punted Mark
- but he ran out of fuel about 3seconds later so no worries 
He just employed PV in his pit team, that's why he didn't show up for the race yesterday.
UncleDave said:
Even lapping people knocks me very slightly off 'routine' and I end up spinning or becoming a bit unstable. I had a spin on the last lap, and punted Mark - but he ran out of fuel about 3seconds later so no worries
- but he ran out of fuel about 3seconds later so no worries That would be me all-but parking on the apex after some extra-early braking?
castex said:
UncleDave said:
Even lapping people knocks me very slightly off 'routine' and I end up spinning or becoming a bit unstable. I had a spin on the last lap, and punted Mark - but he ran out of fuel about 3seconds later so no worries
- but he ran out of fuel about 3seconds later so no worries That would be me all-but parking on the apex after some extra-early braking?
Yeah that could have been one of the factors 
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