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And that’s exactly what I don’t want to do –
having been given the opportunity to drive the
Vertu-sponsored guest car, the challenge of a one-
off drive is finding the balance between pushing
as hard as possible so as not to look slow, but
without making a mistake so as not to look
foolish. With the safety car lights about to go out,
it’s time for me to get back into that rhythm. As I
come on to the back straight I tighten my belts,
and work hard at getting some heat into the tyres.
As we approach the chicane, leader Danny
Watts backs the pack up, and the chain reaction
causes a motorway-style concertina of hard
braking and I narrowly avoid hitting the car in
front, however, it compromises my exit and
Michael Caine gets a run past me down to the
first corner. One of the leading pack, he spun on
the first lap so I wasn’t going to hold him off
anyway, so I settle into concentrating on
completing each lap with as few mistakes as
weave around to keep some heat in my tyres, I
work out that I have made up a couple of
places in the first lap melee. Having qualified
17th for yesterday’s race – a 14th place finish
meant that’s were I started today and now I
seem to be up to the fringes of the top ten. But
to my annoyance I’ve been passed behind the
safety car, but then to my amusement the
offender spins on the coolant and parks
himself in the Mcleans gravel trap.
NOVEMBER 2006
71
Carrera Cup