qualifying - 2nd
myself and sean had loads of discussion about the grid slots here, p2 was the clearly favoured grid slot, did i aim for p2?
well.... no but it was welcomed, i couldnt bring myself to aim for 2nd place, if it happened then it wasnt a bad thing, and it did, and... it wasnt a bad thing
race - 1st
got a good start as usual from the inside, i tried to stay as far right as i could but still leaving enough room to take the turn at some speed, sean stayed well over to the left so that part was great, the actual corner wasnt though, sean turned in slightly early i was there, contact was the result, it sent me off track into the bumpy stuff and sean over the kerbs, it was luck of the draw on landing who would get traction, sean got too much and around he went, i got lucky and could drive away unscathed.
this was perfect for me, the first stint i was 85l fuel and going to lap 22-23, i thought sean was roughly the same so when i saw him pull back places and catch me by 1 sec a lap i had to contain the turtle from tryin to escape, sean stopped on lap 16 which was a welcome relief of pressure from me, i carried on with my strategy thinking that if sean was 1 stopping he would need around 30 laps in stint 2, my mind ran overtime working things out, dont think i ever managed to any great degree so i just drove as mistake free as possible.
at the last stint, seans 3rd and my 2nd, he was 23 seconds behind and i knew all i had to do was keep it at 1 second per laps and id win, it was a nervey last stint watchin the times fall and having to tell myself it was fine, all part of the strategy.
hung on for the win, i stuck to the 1 stop and it paid off, the championship gets tighter again, 2 races left, gonna be some great action i feel, hopefully bigger turn outs, grats rest of podium and thanks nico, daniel and rd
cya at montreal