That was a cracking watch! Must be sooo frustrating that with all the full blooded commitment and smooth lines, to be a few horses down on powah down the straights? Case in point you against the Porsche, you were sooo much later and quicker through the twisties, and all that skill to be blown back on the straights. I could feel you whipping the car out of the window! Do like the eventual overtake of the Porsche, push him into the gravel
Take it no real damage done to the rear? The Elan was lucky that wheel broke off on the straight and not under stress on a corner
The Marcos looked like a barge through the corners, looked great fun
Yup - desperately need more horses - unfortunately the Alfa Nord engine's combustion chamber isn't the best. Eventually I need to go down the GTAm route to compete properly in that class in an Alfa - trouble is, for the price of a GTAm cylinder head, I could buy a reasonably well prepared Alfa Sud.
The pass on the Porsche was reasonably robust but he knew I was there and had the choice to contest the corner or back out. We aren't in the same class so we aren't competing for points but I needed to get past him to get to the Marcos with whom I am competing.
The back was quite a mess. All the rear lights smashed, the rear panel lip bent in about 8", the lower valence comprehensively bent up under the car and creases in the rear wings above the wheel arches. On the plus side, the rear of the Giulia is just one huge crumple zone so nothing critical in there. On the downside it's going to take quite a lot of needless effort and expense to put it right. The rear panel is £350+VAT. The light units are the same again (each) if I were to buy new. I bent it back into shape for the BTCC weekend but it's a job for the winter to tidy it up.
