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12 Aug 2023, 10:13 (Ref:4172275)
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Brands Hatch Indy - Festival Italia 13 August 2023
Classic and Modern Italian machinery, plus a few interlopers (I'm one).
I'll be plodding around in my first race since October 2021! So I just want to keep it on the island, however there's a good range of Alfa Romeo and Ferrari stuff out to play. |
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I've decided to stop reaching out to people. I'm just going to contact them instead. 
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13 Aug 2023, 08:18 (Ref:4172437)
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Best of luck Pete!!
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13 Aug 2023, 10:33 (Ref:4172448)
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13 Aug 2023, 11:18 (Ref:4172452)
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Take no prisoner, Peter, beat 'em all!
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Celui qui est parti de rien pour arriver nulle part,n'a de merci a dire a personne.Pour ceux qui vont chercher midi a quatorze heures, la minute de Vérité risque de se faire attendre longtemps.
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14 Aug 2023, 06:52 (Ref:4172658)
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Lol, well I made a blinding start and passed loads of cars off the line. After that it was pretty average. Couldn't get any rhythm so kept making rookie errors at Bottom Bend and twice at Paddock. The nature of the circuit means that if you do make a mistake at one corner you'll never make the time up.
Hey ho, I got a black and white flag for track limits (Bottom Bend) so I pulled into the pits which lost me around five places. So, the upshot is I started 24th and finished 23rd. It was good to be back in the saddle, I've entered the Silverstone race in October might look at doing something before then though. Also had a good chat with Gary Harman. |
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14 Aug 2023, 07:04 (Ref:4172661)
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 As a gentle reminder: https://www.autosport.com/national/n...june/10473361/ Good to see you back on (and slightly out) track, Peter.
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Celui qui est parti de rien pour arriver nulle part,n'a de merci a dire a personne.Pour ceux qui vont chercher midi a quatorze heures, la minute de Vérité risque de se faire attendre longtemps.
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14 Aug 2023, 07:43 (Ref:4172665)
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Peter, I know that the profile of Bottom Bend - yes, I still call it that, too - has been changed considerably since I raced, however having raced at Brands countless times as well as hours and hours of open testing sessions there, I never, ever managed to find the correct line to take through there. So, I really feel your pain. |
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14 Aug 2023, 09:21 (Ref:4172687)
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Gearing is important. The MG is at around 6k in second but only 4k in third so to kick the back out you have to go in slowly and floor it. Whenever I tried it I caught a slower car on the exit but on a clear lap it works and you don't get track limit problems. Lesson learned.
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16 Aug 2023, 12:40 (Ref:4172987)
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Just been watching a video from Richard Merrell's Alfa - there were some serious speed discrepancies in that race.....I think they overtook the Anglia about 7 times
 Gutted for Richard who was on for a solid second, with a chance of outright win, after a race-long battle with an Elan that was quick in a straight line but oddly slow in some corners, only for an electric issue to cause the power to cut a couple of laps from end, dropping him to 10th or 11th.
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Richard Murtha: You don't stop racing because you are too old, you get old when you stop racing! But its looking increasingly likely that I've stopped.....have to go back to rallying ;)
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16 Aug 2023, 13:15 (Ref:4172992)
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The guy with the Anglia hadn't driven it before and he had a novice cross. It's a 1200 but I don't know what crank they are using since the owner and the prep man didn't know. I think the engine is made by DIMOC?
He was only revving it to 5k. Perhaps Gordon can shed some light? I passed him about 5 times. |
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