Arriving at North Weald at the end of August I had no idea what competition I'd face as I'd entered very late and therefore not seen the entry list. Arriving at the venue the two usual 911 GT3' s in the class had been joined by a third.
After the two practice runs I was lying 2nd in class which was a very positive result consid
ering the competition.
This good form unfortunately didn't last, noting that the GT3's were very close behind I tried too hard in the first timed run, leaving braking for the roundabout far too late meaning the time was slightly slower and I was now lying 4th in class although slightly annoyingly my practice time would have given me third.
All was not lost though will still had two timed runs left but very heavy rain 5 minutes before the 2nd timed run would effectively ruin any chance of bettering our first times. one of the most positive results of the
day was that on the wet surface I was in second place just 0.22 seconds off of the leader.
Lining up for the third timed run I had accepted that 4th place was as good as I was going to do as the track still looked slightly damp. I was the last to run in my class so was slightly confused when the first of the gt3's came over the line in a very similar time to the previous dry runs, the 2nd of the GT3's was then not far off of the first timed runs so when the last of the GT3's posted it's best time of the day I thought I had a chance of snatching either 2nd or 3rd.
The run went well, getting a much better braking point for the roundabout and therefore getting better drive out of it, as I cam through the second to last corner everything felt good (and apparently the times were looking equally good) how ever it wasn't to be. Push a bit to hard into the last corner resulting in quite a lot of understeer, tried to correct it with lots of throttle but just ended up spinning. Oh well 4th in class, my first spin in the CSL and a lot of fun.
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