Pre-Quali: It was surprisingly easy this time. I was close to my pb.
Qualifying: Here, I nearly made a new pb. I gained the 14h position while Franz crabbed 9th place, although he dropped 10th after cocking up his lap on q2.
Formation lap: NOW THIS IS THE PART I HATE THE MOST: I accidentally hit Mikko because he hit the brakes all of sudden, causing me to hit his back. I also wrote "restart" to the comments, but no one answered. I was like FUUUUUU for starting from the pitlane for the first time ever. Mikko didn't apparently get worse damage from my collision, but he lost his rear wing later, so both of us Finns started from the pitlane. Woot. Bye bye, 14th place.
Race: The race was incredibly smooth as it was made by me. I only spun twice or once during the race and lost my front wing just once. After losing it, I requested a pit stop because luckily it was time to pit anyway.
Shortly after making the pit stop, I got to race with Kore for a short period of time: he spun in front of me and I permanently kept him behind since. And later on, I saw Eziroglou spun in T1, I thought he would let me pass since he had spun, but no: he straightened his car although I was coming, and he hit me in the side. I got some damage, but luckily didn't lose a wing.
Later, Eziroglou was in front of me, and went wide in the last corner. I thought he would leave enough space for me to pass, but we ended up in a collision once again, with Ezirouglou ending up in the barrier, losing time and his front wing.
Throughout the race I had to give space for those lapped me, and with just 5 laps remaining, Jonathan was 5 seconds ahead so I tried to go faster, even if I had worn tires. But it ended up with Jonathan leaving to pits, so I overtook him, and I finished 14th. Yes, the same as my starting position if it would've been, but just imagine what race I could've had without starting from the pits! Anyway, overall, I'm happy for finishing another race after Monza
And congrats for Franz making it to TOP 10 again in quali and race.
My 3 pit stop strategy was absolutely the right choice, because after every 10 laps of a stint the car began to slide and times began to be slower.
Also shame that Mikko blew his engine just before making it to the finish
but our races were ruined up anyway. On a site note it's quite interesting how both Ville and Petar dropped so down in the positions.
Desperately waiting for the Japanese GP