To give you an idea of what (I think) happened my entry speed was too high so I was running wide on the hairpin, which has a downhill entry before heading left up a decent incline. I tried to pull the car back left but it was rather unbalanced at this point, having already starting to wag its tail - it headed onto the grass and as I tried to prevent it going down into a ditch, it hooked right and slid broadside across the road before impacting the banking on the opposite side of the track with the front left corner. Inevitably that flipped the tail round, which hit the bank quite gently and the car slid sideways a little until the RH tyres side dug in. Unfortunately it still had enough momentum to tip up on two wheels... From inside the car, it seemed to hang there for an eternity and I remember thinking 'please don't go over...' at which point it plopped back onto four wheels. Phew! A thumbs up to the marshalls, who were already on their way and a swift exit from the car having made sure to turn everything off.
All this happened at the very point on the 3.2km course that Sarah, my wife, had chosen to watch. Now she doesn't come to many events but loves St Gouéno because of its 'Frenchness' and I knew she would be worried sick. One of the marshalls was an older English guy who went and found her to tell her I was OK, which was really nice of him. I saw him that night in the bar and couldn't thank him enough for his thoughtfulness.
Anyway, the car is now back home and sitting on a trailer awaiting the next move. The pain amounts to a relocated LH front torsion bar mount, a creased front panel and wing, and a gently reshaped LH inner wing. It needs to go on a jig, that's for sure. I sent a message and some close up photos of the damage to Steve Kerti at Classic Fabrications near Honiton and he rang back - his first words were 'So when do you need it done?' Music to my ears. I'm away next week so will drop the car there on my return. It will be very interesting to see what it looks like on the jig...
In the meantime, here's a series of pics for you entertainment. Not quite what I was doing in the last photo!
Oh, and adding insult to injury, I had forgotten to turn the bl**dy GoPros on... Grrrrrr!
