The sequential gear box worked perfectly at Mondello but
the car was not very well suited to the circuit. Stuart qualified
10th and Steve 9th on the very twisty and crowded circuit.
Stuart started the first race and had been having a good old
dice with a gaggle of cars, including the Glenvarigill and
DRM 360s, the new Monaro and one of the Elises when the safety
car came out for the Corvette. Steve then took up the race
and after a punt or two the second safety car came out. Steve
was suffering with under steer on the slower corners and this
allowed a couple through at the restart. What then followed
was a tussle with teammate Graeme Langford with places being
swapped right to the end with Steve and Stuart finishing in
front in 7th.
Picture from David Lord
Race
2 started with more incidents with Steve being hit by the
Glenvarigill Ferrari 360. This caused some handling problems
at the rear of the car and therefore stalled their progress
up the field. It was a case of bring the car safely home whilst
learning more and more about the Porsche.
