I was unsure of how the integra was going to perform at Brands, my 'home' circuit which I always do well at. Testing on the friday was proving tough and I spent most of my time suffering with chronic and massive oversteer..........anyone who knows me and how I drive, If I say its got chronic and massive oversteer....well...its pretty much borderline ridiculous.
A few changes made for quali saturday morning, I got out late due to....well...being me and always being late. Finding a gap in traffic was tough and I only managed about 3 flying clear laps. First one I was in 3rd, and I was aiming for 2nd due to the better starting position. My pit board showed 3rd so I went a smidgen harder...and boof...1st...by 0.001 sec...bugger...oh well, best do it properly and try stick in a faster lap, which we did.
Come the race, and even a storming start saw me out dragged up the hill into druids, and a mistake at clearways on cold tyres saw me give up 2nd. The entire race was a battle and I was able to catch and hound massively in surtees/clearways and druids, but then lost out on anything above 4th gear drags. Flag dropped with me in 3rd, but a 5 second penalty saw me elevated into 2nd overall.....quite happy with that...its progresion on my two 3rds from the previous race weekend at Snetterton.
Hope you enjoy the vid, with much clearer audio. If there is anything you'd like me to comment on or TRY focus on during a race let me know, I'm game for a laugh.