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| The start at Rzeszow, and car 59, Bjorn Schagel &Trond Brathen's 1960 Morgan plus 4 |
Today had four tarmac
stages that I had expected to be rough and bumpy. I was wrong for three of the four.
The first and second, which were in Poland,
were smooth hot mix. Not really suited for
our tyres but good for cars with power and brakes. The stage consisted of short straights with
slow corners. Both uphill and downhill
it was very taxing on brakes. The Garnsworthy Mustang and the Jackson Mercedes
both had bad brake fade.
I had been
prepared to see a bit of time lost but it didn’t happen. Haven’t seen any results yet, but info from controlees
was we were generally second fastest to Joost Van Cauwenberge ‘s Mercedes, which
is now firing on all eight and on tarmac tyres.
The second section was
much the same as the first and we saw the Escort car 73 on its side in the
stage. When they tried to start it after
pushing it back on the wheels, I believe it caught fire.
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| My office each day |
The third section
wasn’t as smooth as the first two, so we took it a bit easier but should still
do OK.
On the fourth section
we started after the Garnsworthy Mustang, but didn’t see him at the end. We thought he must have passed cars, but at
the finish of the day we are being told he may be off in the section somewhere.
We certainly haven’t seen him.
The day started and
ended with crowds waving and welcoming. It’s
surprising the interest that this event is generating here.
The afternoon sections
were in Slovakia and the finish of the day in Kosice was amazing.
The town centre has a long strip of outdoor
restaurants and bars on a wide cobblestone boulevard, and I think everyone
stopped for a drink. Team GT in action (that’s
us and the Belgians, whose favourite drink is a gin and tonic).
(later): Today's top-10 standings:
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| left: Car 103's Renee (Declercq) wraps Mark up in one of the blankets that come with the tables. It apparently gets cold here sometimes. |
(later): Today's top-10 standings:
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