TAGELE Sprint - Race reports, chat etc.

[deecee52]

R1 - after a lap or two in second, I made a mistake coming out of the T3 left and DC got through. I spent several laps right up his backside but started to overheat as a result and dropped back a bit to save the engine. Tyres then started to overheat so couldn’t make up ground. Ended up removing rad tape for R2 and taking some air out of the left tyres to try and reduce pressure later in the race - seemed to work.

R2 - made my way through the pack over the course of several laps but Stig was well away having started further up the grid. Cruicky was gaining in 3rd and I just didn’t feel I had the car under me to make a concerted defence so didn’t try too hard to hold him back. I think I overshot at T1 at some point and DC and Giorgio came through. Giorgio eventually lost it in the esses. Can’t recall what happened to DC but I guess he ran wide somewhere too. Lonelyish race to the end - enlivened only by Stig running wide at T1 (but keeping a 4 sec gap to me until the finish) and Txus exiting the pits in front of me - I’m guessing he changed some tyres as I could only pretty much match his pace and it was some time before he needed to worry about blue flags!

Oh well. On to Rnd 6 (Willow Springs) - should be fun! I have my excuses ready - should be installing new pedals later today :eek:

Which pedals Myles