I am going to miss these cars. Interesting to hear others finding them so tough, I actually think they are quite a stable platform and the racing has been
outstanding. That said, I never take wing off
Race 1
Happy with qualifying, made a good start and settled in for a good race. Got a love tap from Jeremy in T6, I was a bit slow in, dropping me back a few position. After that I was holding pace with the pack looking for a gap to pit into. Every time I got close to someone they pitted so I kept circulating with a few seconds clear in front. Pitted out of the lead as I caught the back of the field with Matthew just over a second behind. Came out right behind Shayne with cold, fresh rubber - started to close in for the final few laps when I entered T4 0.78mm wide and the car jumped sideways then onto the curb then airborne into the opposite fence. Damn, there goes 4th.. did the obligatory 8 point turn so as not to block the track, trundeled home to 9th.. 1 spot from pole for Race 2. Missed opportunity.
Race 2
Started from 9th, always good in a reverse grid race ... decided to just try and hook onto the back of the fast guys and bluff my way pass... turned out to be a massively fun race. The race results pretty much sum it up:
Hunted: ab156 (avg gap to car behind 1.23 secs)
Busiest: ab156 (avg total gap in front and behind 2.96 secs)Spent the entire race locked in battle with various guys. All a bit of a blur but a do recall some more clean, fair and hard racing with my new buddy Shayne. In the last 3 rounds we have spend 10's of laps less than a second apart - always clean and tough racing. I managed to use DRS on the straight to get a clean pass in this time - looking forward to the next battle! In the early part of the race there were 5 guys locked in battle behind Matthew111, making places up as people fell off. I got a bit wide in T3/4 after messing up onto the straight and getting passed by Shayne Kcender and Grat which dropped me back a bit. Closed back in as those 3 raced, unfortunately 2 went off at T3 the next lap so I was back in 4th. After Wally went off I ended up in 3rd with damaged but faster Phil behind me for the last 3 laps, focused on exits (and maybe a few narrow entries
) to hold him back, I think he got blocked by someone trying to get out of the way on the last lap which probably saved me. Put so much pressure on Grat he went for a foul DRS so inherited 2nd - that's my version. Bad luck to Joe and Grat but I was stocked to bring it home.
On to Donnington.
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