[Gareth]

A Final

   

Oliver (red) was feeling super confident with his dominant pole position and had Pete (blue), Ryan (yellow) and Terry (white) for company.  

   

It was Terry who got away first but the blistering pace of the other three drivers and their Super G+s swiftly demoted him to 4th place.  A cautious opening lap from Oliver had seen him at the back but once past Terry he was into a huge 3 way duel with Ryan and Pete.  Ryan slipped into the lead past the 30 second mark but then a crash on lap 11 saw him fall down to 3rd and out of the battle for the lead.  

   

Terry meanwhile had crashed on lap 8 and 9 which is why Ryan was able to retain 3rd.  A further crash on lap 11 at the same time as Ryan and he was doomed to finish 4th. 

   

Out front and we were being treated to a battle for the ages as Pete and Oliver traded fastest laps and positions.  The lead changed 6 times in just one minute which is absolutely astounding.  Oliver was driving fast but Pete went into overdrive as he dipped into the 4.8s taking the fastest lap of the evening away from Kev with his final lap of the race being a 4.813!  That blast of pace was enough to give him a 0.3 second gap and a stunning victory.  Where the heck did that come from!  

   

So it was Pete with the win and Isaac scooping top junior.  But that wasn’t the whole story of the evening as for me, several things stood out.  
   

Firstly Mike’s super effort to get a Mega G+ into the B Final.  With Keith stepping away from HO Racing at the moment, we’ve not seen a Mega G+ that high up in a while and I’m interested to see whether Mike can unlock even more from his car.

The other major headline for me was the blistering pace of Kev, Isaac and James with the Bulldog.  There is real cause for optimism that we could see a Bulldog winning an F1 race out right this year and that is very exciting indeed.  I’m not ignoring Terry in this one either as he also drove superbly with his Bulldog and a 5.1 second best lap in qualifying is really good.  
So if you don’t own a Super G+, don’t worry.  It is absolutely possible for you to win with a Bulldog even in F1.  Can’t wait to see it. 

   

Thanks as always to the set up, race control and strike down crews.