Mission 1 - the drive through hell!

Mission 1 - London to Lake Garda - 818 miles.

Team Fastnet 993 got their first mission as they crossed the start line at Sandown - The Mission to meet for breakfast by the side of the beautiful Lake Garda. Little did we know what we had to come.

We drove for around 17 hours non stop last night through some of the most horrific weather you can imagine. Rain, sheets of standing water and this was not the time to learn French motorways do not have Cats Eyes! The car was surfing at times and even the Porsche wipers blessed with a 3rd speed could not keep up.

We were doing well on time , although well off the maniac pace set by a couple of Ferraris and a Merc SL55 AMG who arrived 4 hours before us, or 3 hrs after our time adjusted for the hour spent looking for the checkpoint hotel. Note for next time - buy a Tom Tom that you can programme hotel details into!

Time lost overnight on some routing issues was extremely frustrating at the time and only added to the fatigue from the long drive. But after an hour to chill, the focus switched to the restart after breakfast by the Lake - only another 500 miles to drive to the next Checkpoint - Bratislava.

The Porker is well suited to making time across Europe, although I need to suggest Porsche add floats and propelers to the option list after last night.