Long drive ... Knew it would be! Made it to Liege in one go from Calais, fuelled by Chocolate Eclairs and kept awake by an odd mix of blaring AC/DC or those funny fellows on "I'm Sorry I haven't a Clue". Set the alarm to give me one hours sleep, but was awoken by some unsavoury looking characters showing an unhealthily close interest in the motorhome considering it was 0430 ... So I cracked open a Red Bull and hit the road again. With a couple more stops I arrived in glorious sunshine at about 0930, all excited about the start of the season, only to find a grumpy Iain (my 'guru', car prepper etc), who would have preferred me to have had more sleep, so ordered me off to bed!
Few minor tribulations at scrutineering, but we got the ticket in the end, and lined up for free practice in the FJ only session (I would have liked more track time, but only other sessions I could have had would have been with F1/Indy cars, doing about double my top speed on the straight ... Not an inviting prospect). Car ran ok, with only minor issues ... Driver needs more work! I'm a bit rusty and this is quite a 'technical' circuit, including several heavy braking sections, and more gear shifts in one lap than we might do in a whole race at other circuits! Still, for there to be more work to be done on the driver than on the car is a good place to be right now!
Off for pizza with a small group, then probably an early night! One hours sleep wasn't enough ... And remind me never to touch Red Bull again ...
Keep the news coming Jim. Hope the weekend goes well for you and that you get up to speed for the Brands meeting - our first encounter! David and I will be at Brands on the Thursday and look forward to catching up with both you and Iain.
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Kim from Oz.
Don't eat too much pizza, it slows you down. Muesli only for the rest of the weekend! Good to hear from you you Kim - look forward to seeing you at a sunny race meeting soon! Dave form Birdham......
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