Recovery of the Day Award

[jonbryant]

Post 4a (outside of Paddock Hill Bend) at Brands hatch has been voting for the winner of the Inaugral "Recovery of the Weekend" award for this weekend's Mini Festival. This is an award not for the best recovery drive through the pack after losing time but rather for the best recovery from an incident whilst remaining on the circuit and losing as little time as possible.

So after a fierce debate that raged for literally seconds, please step forward Alan Taylor in car no 32 in the Darren Needham Memorial race! A magificent recovery despite entering our sight in a position set to defy the laws of physics. And he kept his position.

If Alan is not a member on here then could someone please pass on this tremendous career altering news*. For the rest of you Mini lot - must try harder!

(*disclaimer - may not alter career)

[flagwaver]

There was me thinking you were looking at the best recovery of a broken down car!

[dtype38]

Interesting that you've put this in the drivers forum. I think we'd tend to call it a "save" rather than a recovery. A "save" is when the chances of regaining control of the situation are down to the smallest of slivers, and yet through skill or sheer good luck you get it all back together and everyone in the crowd goes wild! If not literally, then at least in the mind of the driver

My own favorite save was at Clearways when in slippery conditions I lost the back end of the car as I passed the apex. I steered into the slide but it was still getting away from me. I fully crossed my arms, but by now I was nearly sideways. In one last ditch effort for control, I let go of the wheel with one hand, stuck my index finger in, and spun it to full lock, lifting ever so slightly on the throttle. The car slid all the way out to the white line at the outside edge of the track, gripped, then launched itself straight back onto the racing line, losing virtually no momentum. Yeeeeha!