Off to Italy for some holiday in a few days, really low on available time this week and what do we have? One of the two TT’s being the longest (I think?) at almost 10 minutes. Incredible timing.
Had to be done in one session so the pressure was on.
Crossed the Gr.3 at Trial Mountain off the list a few days ago, would’ve honestly preferred to go in something else rather than the 911 but alas, ended up being double Porsche duty here.
For me, I thought this was a fairly solid lap, there are just too many people quick in Gr.3 cars and in that particular category I’m not at that level. Got 120 top 100’s since we began but a top 100 wasn’t on for me here, so yeah. That’s just how it is.
On to the old lovely ’73 Carrera RS, quite a nice ride through Nordschleife, has to be said. I’ll echo the sentiment that we could’ve done without the GP part, it’s like the TT actually starts two minutes in...
I much prefer this to the Gr.3 one though not perhaps the greatest fan of TT’ing Nordschleife/N24h in general as it’s so incredibly draining due to its length. Personally I think it’s more fun to race on it. It’s almost like you’re holding your breath while concentrating throughout the lap, to then lose it once you stuff up a corner seven or eight minutes in feels so devastating.
The lap I managed was of course not without mistakes, notable sections where I unfortunately didn’t get my line correct was the GP/Nordschleife chicane, Wippermann (which I usually love but drifted away from the correct line too much) as well as the final corner, the pressure was too much. I kept thinking of course about how I can absolutely not screw this lap,
“just one corner left, just one corner left, just one corner left....” and well, I feel like I brake in time but go too deep anyway and think in a fraction of a second,
“oh god, oh god, what am I doing?! OK, nevermind I screwed the line but just carry it home, just get a valid lap on the board, man”, kinda jump over that kerb there, exit gets pretty weird but I do make it through with a lap intact and just about missed a 9’37. In the best of worlds a 37 or even 36 could’ve happened but yeah, things really didn’t align just well enough for that. We’ll take it.
0,94% P28 there and 0,95% and P207 in the 911 GT3 R.
About the next, again, ridiculous timing on my part with travel and an extra TT arrives. To add insult to injury it’s the epitome of zero creativity and repetitiveness when the X2019 has to be featured again in a mirrored GTWS TT. Y-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-W-W-W-N-N-N-N. 💤 How many times have we driven this thing already? Retire it, please. I can’t wait.
Gr.2 at Gilles Villeneuve sounds pretty tricky to be honest, as a guy who thinks chicanes and sausage kerbs are the absolute enemy to motorsports I already see myself suffering hard there.
