1976 F1 Season - Round 2 Africa REPORTS

[Dan Bayford]

I had my 1st pole in a league race I’m still smiling about that but then had possibly my worst start to a race ever to be honest it’s still a bit of a blur other than I remember rolling backwards when the flag went down once I got going I tried to get past Daniel but no chance he was driving great I thought David was going to do a stop and I wasn’t, so tried to not kill my tyres but a moments lack of concentration and I missed my braking mark and locked up big time flat spotting my tyres not good ( I’m still reverberating a day later ) anyway then unfortunately Daniel wasn’t in front of me anymore I’m not sure why ? and David pitted and now I’m in 1st place wow that felt good. But then I could see David making a second and a half a lap on me so I got back to reality and once Dave passed me I was still on for second which would have been an early Christmas present for me considering the class of the field and then I saw that I was a lap short on fuel I could see John was in 3rd place 30 seconds behind me so I tried to coast I even tried letting cars past so I could draft to save fuel but 2 laps to go I could see I wasn’t going to make it round the last lap so had to pit. Ended up 5 still a great position for me and great points for me and Nokia but should have had a few more
Anyway it was a great turnout a great race not one freeze or glitch connection wise my end. And so a big thank you to all who make it possible

Sorry It was JP behind me and my team mate is Nikos. Not Nokia