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Old 6 Oct 2016, 08:39 (Ref:3677770)   #6
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356sc should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
Well that was hard work!!

Thankfully we were blessed with better weather than the biblical storms we got last year!

Free practice on the Friday went well, although the engine was breathing hard....we tried to kid ourselves that the oil was being blown out of the dipstick tube.....hmm with hindsight who were the dipsticks?!!!

Quali also on Friday went pretty well, although with 80 odd cars on track it was busy, and there was some pretty forceful driving going on! Looking at the engine in parc fermee confirmed our worst fears, oil still being blown everywhere...cracked piston diagnosed pressurising the crank.

We therefore had to set too on the Saturday morning to swap the engine in readiness for the race on Saturday afternoon.

Race started under clear skys, and with the spare engine running clean, we made good progress early on, getting past most of the hoard of 911s making up 20 odd places before the driver changes started. Our driver change went well, although soon after the old man had got on board, he spun with several others on some dropped oil, and somehow managed to get the boot of a cobra that had been deposited on the run off area lodged under the front wheel, locking the steering.....yes I have no idea how he managed it either!!

We saw him slow into the last corner, get out the car, and from where we were positioned looked to be kicking the car in disgust....the reality was he was trying to get the offending cobra boot dislodged and or move the steering so he could drive into the pits.....he then proceeded to drive down the pits in a shower of sparks....ever the showman!!!

Although we turned him round quickly, we lost a couple of laps in the process, so ended further back than we would have liked although after all that we made it safetly to the flag.

With the Mike Bell supported SLR finishing well up the field, the drinks on Saturday night with the 10/10ths contingent were well deserved!

We (that is the Royal we aka Dad) now need to set to and rebuild the engine in readiness for Imola in 2 weeks....
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