Feel free to discuss the race in this thread, as long as it is within the forum rules.
Q1: P3 with 13.265, solidly inside the top 10
Q2: P1 with 13.765, a very surprising result considering I knew the strategies of Bono & Jaakko beforehand.
Race:
Starting from pole was great, first time in WC but I had some experiences in the lower divisions in 2008 and 2009.
Unfortunately the joy didn't last very long, before the first 3 laps were complete, I was down to 4th. For sure this is one area in my driving which I should improve in case I find myself starting from pole in the future.
After falling to 4th, I pretty much knew that Bono would win the race, since he was able to build a good gap before his first stop.
I pushed as hard as possible, resulting in a few mistakes but I believe I did a good race regardless.
After Bono's 2nd pitstop he was 4 seconds behind me, closing very fast. Like I mentioned before, I didn't believe I could hold him up for the last ~20 laps. A few laps after catching me, he was ahead and after that it was just about cruising to the end.
Congrats to Bono and Lee for his return to the podium.
The Ward F1 guys tuned in to watch the broadcast, nice race Lee. Great commentary as ever! But half way through the race, the broadcast was un-watchable due to the stream dropping. One point Huis was a car length behind Morris, when the stream came back Huis was 5 car lengths in front. Real shame.
See you at Silverstone!
Andrew
Tbh Johannes, the stream quality is far away from good. You cant watch the broadcast in full screen else you will just get pixel show on the screen. It would probably help to capture the action in full screen and not the bottom right monitor.
Q was worse than expected, made a mistake in sector 2 and almost damaged the car there when touching the wall out of the chicane. Sector 3 was not very good either, so P5 on the grid.
Race: On lap 2 I got hit by de Wit who braked way too late into T1, which damaged the rear of my car. Rear end got a bit snappy on some places, which is far from ideal on this track, especially with this mod. I got more tyre wear than expected because of this contact, so I had to pit earlier than I wanted to.
Problem in the pits with the speed limiter not engaging meant a stop and go penalty, and after that the race was pretty much over. In the end I fought with Hirrle who put up a very harsh fight, but I managed to pass him. In the end I had chances of finishing 8th, but after making a very simple mistake I spun in T1 and stalled my engine. Race over.
This is surely one race to forget, never felt comfortable in the car at all during testing, no matter what setup changes. Now onto a track which should suit me much much better and hopefully I can be back fighting for wins again.
Hi guys,
I try keep tabs on as much of the racing as I can but last nights broadcast was nothing short of shocking!
Not in terms of content but quality. What is going on with all the buffering? Every few seconds it would buffer! It was awful.
I asked a few others and they were struggling also.
Surprising from PSRTV...