a whack of practice laps first to get the feel again. Joined a race at
Monza, posted a 1.29.12 and sat back, relatively happy. Four***
drivers in the race, I end up 13th on the grid. Mostly Eagles,
virtually all of them posting low 1.28s, pole sitter posts a 1.27. Guy
behind me in a Lotus with a mid 1.29 is wondering WTF. We race, I
thread through the usual turn 1 crap, pass a few cars. Within about a
lap, I got Eagles blowing by me like I'm standing still. The winner
posts fastest lap, a 1.26. I'm asking in chat if this is normal these
days, you gotta run 1.27s just to be there, all I'm getting back is
"hehe, hehe". I've only been gone a few months, so maybe some regulars
can tell me, is this normal?
Doug