: RACE REPORT :
Been a while since I did one of these!
Went on GT tonight and basically couldnt be bothered to race lol. So I spent some time taking photos and watching replays. Anyhoo just thought I'd share with ya'll.
First up last weekends results!
Congratulations to Douqa for making the top step! And commiserations to Crispy for having his winning streak broken
hehe. Firstmivec see's his first result on the podium in only his second week! đź‘Ť Well done John, keep it up mate.
As for myself I had a pretty rough time of it on sunday. Was really looking forward to the M3 as well
Here's how my evening started out:
Mmmm look at that grid! Everyone in their favourite sports coupe and poised ready for the off. I qualified 3rd. Thought I could of gone slightly faster but made a mistake setting up the lobby and didnt have time to improve. Lesson learned!
I got a pretty decent start. I was slowly making ground on Douqa and by the time we got to turn one I was wishing it was a few more hundred metres away. I crept around the outside for as long as possible, but I eventually had to pull in behind Douqa and conceed.
Everyone behind were having their own little battles too. But once again we all made it through turn one without incident đź‘Ť
After pulling in behind Douqa I kept on the pressure and rode his bumper all through the first section and beyond. I saw an opertunity leading into the cambered downhill section and took it!
I lined up firstmivec in my sights and planned to breeze past
haha. Its so difficult to chase at Trial Mountain though. You should all know by now that I'm a cockpit cam exclusive racer. Tracks like this with massive undulations, unsighted corners and a car in your face really make you concentrate!
I hung onto the back of him though and on the next lap I got good drive onto the back straight. I took mivec into the sweeping left without much opposition.
That said, immedietly exiting the very same corner I made it very easy for mivec to get back past! I got a wheel on that godamn dirt on the outside!
Somehow I managed to keep it out of the opposite wall! Could of been race over right there! However mivec was able to breeze straight back through.
And Douqa took a cheeky stab and passed me into the chicane!
I just about managed to fend off crispy from taking me too and I felt like I had to get back in front as soon as possible! I regained composure and went on the counter attack! Not 15 seconds later I was challenging Douqa in the penultimate corner, around the outside!
I couldnt get along side quite enough to force an error or a lift off and so I slotted in behind to fight another day. It was in the same corner on the next lap that I made my next move. This time I went to the inside!
Unfortunetley I didnt make it stick. I left too much room on the outside for fear of putting Douqa in the rough. Next time he's getting dirty tyres
lol. It was great racing! All the while I was on the attack Crispy was right there behind me! I was driving offensive AND defensive all at the same time! It was very difficult, and Crispy almost got me a couple of times
I managed to hold my ground. And I lay in wait for my next operunity to pass Douqa. We came into the complex blasted through the mountains and I saw it! Douqa had gone slightly, very very slight wide. I parked my car on the apex to see if he'd crack.
We touched and Douqa's back end got all out of shape. I thought I'd knocked him off so I got right off the throttle for a split second. Thankfully I didnt have to pull over but Crispy was right on my chuff looking to capitalise.
I was under intense pressure now, looking in my mirror for the remainder of the lap. I made a mistake. And I made it in the worst place possible
Final chicane, maximum attack, I put a wheel on the grass.
And the rest is history
Completely destroyed my car! I had to limp back to the pits over a whole lap losing masses of time. Was really enjoying the battle to that point too. Was a hell of a race!
The next two arent even worth talking about. I totally messed up in both. Not even close to a podium this week
Thats the great thing about Concours though isnt it
There's always next time!
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I swear to god if I havent left this job by the end of the year I'll buy you all a golden toaster! 
lol.
, the 4th person I spoke to was sympathetic & helpful & has booked the engineers to try & put my speeds back to what they were on Monday, fingers crossed.
