pC2 - Brands Hatch Indy - Ginetta G40 GT5 - SRO Round 3

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Feb 4, 2021 at 2:57 AM
Posted By Jos Ogos

Really manic race yesterday with the Ginetta at Brands Hatch Indy.
With not much practice ahead of the race, I was clearly struggling with my pace both in the practice session and in qualy. Eventually missing 3 to 4 tens that were scary ahead of the race.
Starting in 5th, I managed a good start and found myself behind Bjorn when we reached Druids. Ken and Gerhard, with amazing pace in qualy, were keeping a safe distance until Ken had a moment in the Cooper straight and ran off track in front of us. I saw him coming back and Bjorn steering to the left a bit to avoid any potential contact. A gap seemed to be opening in front and I went for it when Bjorn hit the brakes and turned right to close Clearways. I struggle to judge this situation. It could be interpreted as Bjorn suggests in his post as if I missed the braking point and punted him... But I would argue we were both taking Clearways in parallel lines and I was on my right to keep that trajectory that he cut off short by closing to the right... These parabolic long curves are tricky in this respect. In any case, the dreaded contact happened and I could see the slow motion of Bjorn's car spinning in front... Lifted the throttle to avoid making the situation worse but the guys behind didn't have time to react and the result was a pile-up with my car thrown to the grabble on the left. In doubt of the incident with Bjorn I decided to wait until he rejoined the track not realising he was actually much faster to recover than I expected so restarted the race last and with a bit of catchup ahead.
A couple of laps later I had caught the pack thanks to their fights and, in a slow Clewarways for Bjorn and Brian(?), I managed to overtake them both in the Brabham straight. But Brian(?) was still on my back and, in the right kink towards Druids, it got too tight and we made contact with a miracle escape for both although Brian suffered the most in his excursion through the grass losing the position also to Bjorn. Watching the replay in the video I believe I was leaving enough space on the right but it might be a different story from the car behind...
After that, the mother of all battles unleashed between Bjorn and me. It was intense, swapping positions a couple of times and fighting tooth and nail (perhaps a bit more aggressive on my side) for the final extremely tight ending but managing to keep P2 in extremis. Congrats on your tremendous race Bjorn.
All the best and see you at Donnington national.

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pC2 - Brands Hatch Indy - Ginetta G40 GT5 - SRO Round 3