Wow, what a race for me last night.
Q: Messed up in one corner but was fairly happy with my position 8th. 1.29.6xx
R: It was a bit chaotic start with cars everywhere. Someone got spun in front of me and in the mess I unfortunally tapped a FCR car slight. Left the first chicane in P6 I think. Was following Mr.Fiorito(I think) closely towards the next brakingpoint. He braked very early and I was caught totally by surprise and hit him so we both went of track. I am very sorry for that and it was totally my fault :facepalm:
After that I think I rejoined the track in P13 or P14. I started to chase down the field and pretty soon I caught up with Kappet, Kaukola, Karesola and De Boer I think it was. I was much faster but just couldn´t find a place to get by. Suddenly Kappet went into the pits and I thought well that´s early. Then the rest also pitted.
Acouple of laps later it was my turn to pit. Somehow I thought that the speedlimit was 70kp/h so I recived a nice stop n go. Oh joy! Served my penalty the following lap and also noticed that my engine was damaged. I had 71% enginelife left:eek:
Left the pits in P13 I think, and was pretty mad at my self by then.
I decided to go into engine and tyresaving mode, and not think of who was in front or how far in front. Just to bring the car over the finishline.
To my surprise I caught up with cars and could pass. And I could keep a good pace anyhow.
My second pitstop went much better and I left the pit in P10. Once again I gained ground to the drivers in front of me. Then Ben Thusting wanted to lap me. I let him by and kept on his tail as he was gaining on the cars in front.
When he started to pass them I could catch up and luckily pass them to.
With two laps left we cought up with Kelvin van den Linde. Thankfully Ben let me pass so I could chase after Kelvin. After the downhill righthander he made a very little misstake and I was alongside him. Unfortunally I couldn´t get past him and had to settle for 6th place.
The second part of the race was one of my best races ever. Couldn´t belive the pace I had.
Big thank you to Göran and the rest of the team for the awesome setup work.
Congrats to Ben on your first win. And congrats to my teamie Göran for a fantastic drive to second place. Well done guys
PS: I had 61% enginelife left when I past the finishline