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 TTās 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, wouldāve 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 Iām not at that level. Got 120 top 100ās since we began but a top 100 wasnāt on for me here, so yeah. Thatās just how it is.
On to the old lovely ā73 Carrera RS, quite a nice ride through Nordschleife, has to be said. Iāll echo the sentiment that we couldāve done without the GP part, itās like the TT actually starts two minutes in...
I much prefer this to the Gr.3 one though not perhaps the greatest fan of TTāing Nordschleife/N24h in general as itās so incredibly draining due to its length. Personally I think itās more fun to race on it. Itās almost like youāre 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 didnāt 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,
ājust one corner left, just one corner left, just one corner left....ā and well, I feel like I brake in time but go too deep anyway and think in a fraction of a second,
āoh 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, manā, 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 9ā37. In the best of worlds a 37 or even 36 couldāve happened but yeah, things really didnāt align just well enough for that. Weāll 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 itās 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. š¤ How many times have we driven this thing already? Retire it, please. I canāt 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.
