Formula Renault

..nobody enjoyed this race, thus .. no comments!!
Well I enjoyed it.. after the 1st accident, I made a run that took me seven to eight laps into the race until later on disaster striked and ..all hell came loose!! nevertheless I still enjoyed it.. cheers to the survivors!! Very crafty drive in this F1, (my opinion ..an F1 nor here nor there).

Finally had a chance to watch the replay.

A very fun race, indeed.

It breaks down into three sections for me: 1) great fight with Paul in "chase" mode (nice pics, paul); 2) great fight with Rick in "defend" mode; 3) "take it easy and smooth and don't screw this up now that it's raining" mode.

After many laps of great racing, Paul and i had some minor contact coming out of the last corner when we could no longer see each other and i was trying to get the gas down, unsure of how much i had to pinch the corner to leave room. If he hadn't gone a bit wide there and i hadn't been able to go deeper into T1 i'd probably still be trying to get by!

Then Rick put the charge on for pretty much the rest of the race, finally making a really nice pass stick as he went around the outside in T4 (uphill right hairpin). There are a couple turns on this course i find a bit daunting -- or maybe "haunting" would be more accurate. That one at the beginning of section 2 and the slow uphill left at the end of section 2. I always feel like i'm tip-toeing around those to avoid past spins.

Unfortunately, after his great pass, Rick slid off track at the double-right only a few corners later giving the position back to me.

Then came part 3. I saw mist in the distance as i approached T4, then began to hear the rain drops. Only a couple laps left and i had enough of a gap at that point to slow way down and just keep it on the track, so i never had to really test the grip levels.

I've come to like these cars quite a bit. I'll miss them next season, but am looking forward to the 60s F1/F2/F3 series.