Rather delayed I am afraid.
Leading up to the race weekend I was really excited about going to Cadwell but also quite apprehensive as I really did not know the track and it is well known to be complicated and hard to overtake on as well as being very enjoyable.
Went out for qualifying without any real understanding of what sort of lap time I would get. I knew what the leaders did last year and what Paul had managed in his earlier session but I really did not know the circuit. I could just about remember where the corners went from my wet trackday in the Westy more than a year ago but I never got near the limit then due to the weather. Paul did a very reasonable time and my aim was to equal or if possible beat it!
The first few laps were just to remind myself where and to get the required 3 banker laps in. Then I set the dash to show me sector times and concentrated on get each progressively more important corner improved. Starting with those on and off the main straights and the fastest corners of course. Pleasingly the sector display showed improvement for almost each and every one. The lap times came a tumbling down by around a second a lap. Lap 7 and 8 were in the 1:39s which was amazing with my last and final lap being even quicker through to half way before I came up behind slower traffic. So first time out and I managed 2nd for the first race and 4th for the second. Excellent!
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