Had a phat time today.
Started the morning by going over and cleaning Trevor & Steve's Lerners, as well as mixing them some fuel in preparation for the day. At that time, Australia was in contention for third team place, hence the pressure on Steve & Trev. Went out to the practice site to see how they went - they picked up almost a second/10 over night. We were looking good.
Official practice went well, though everyone on the field was about 0.5s/10 slower than yesterday, due to the sudden change in air conditions.
Fitzy had a tough race, but still managed to put in a 3:12 which somehow turned into a 3:15 due to timer variation (!!!!!!).
Trev/Steve had a rough race, but were given a refly due to a minor line tangle with the RSA team.
Meanwhile, the 3rd and 4th Ukr teams put in a 3:15 and a 3:21, putting them pretty solidly into 3rd team spot. Nonetheless, Fitzy was still in P4 with his 3:07 from yesterday.
Grant and I were in the final draw of the day with a reasonably difficult draw, but the engine setting was perfect (albeit 1/2 a second/10 slower than before), and the restarts were brilliant. So, with some circle traffic we recorded a 3:05.8, 3-up the whole way, which feels pretty f**king good to tell the truth!
Anyway, we had a few beers afterwards, and wandered around the flying site chatting to the poms, french, hungarians, italians, dutch, and anyone else that would listen.
So, tomorrow is the semis, where we'll have to put in a repeat performance - gulp!
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Bloody fantastic. A world class time from a world class team. All the best from NZ.
Well done, Hugh and Grant and David! We shall have the champagne ready for your return.
Mary and Granny
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