What a race this was!
Wen i joined the practice i got to hear that peter wouldn't be racing. As much as it was an anticlimax i was kind of relieved because that meant i only needed to finish both races to become champion as the gap was 47 points. When peter heard about the points gap, he quickly came on the server after quali.
The race was on then!
In Quali i got third, feel like i could have gone a few tenths quicker and got pole, but third wasn't bad.
In race 1 i got a good start, and i was leading after turn one, but martin and daniele just about assaulted me on the kemmel straight, so i was third again.
Had some close battles with Daniele over second position, until martin disconnected. So now we were fighting over the lead. I was leading on the final lap, but i ran wide, throught the gravel on the exit of 13. So now daniele was very close behind as we went onto blanchimont. He then made the move around the outside of the bus stop(Last 2 corners of the race!) and as we went on the start finish daniele was leading but i had more exit speed and i overtook daniele ON THE LINE.
Peter finished eigth, so the championship was now down to just 9 points. This ment that as long as we both finished in the top 4, i just needed to finish one place ahead of him. I was quite confident given the pace peter had in race 1.
At the start of race 2 i had a big crash at eau rouge, the pack was slowing, and i drove in the back of arytom and daniele drove into the back of me at the same time. No damage, just some tyre wear. I then started cutting through the field, got third in a move that saw me, david and daniele go 3 wide on the kemmek straight. But the next lap i spun at the bus stop, back down to 5th. Overtook david again, Daniele had a crash so i was third again with johannes second and peter somehow leading
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I pitted a little early in an attempt to undercut the front 2 (even thought peter was 7 seconds ahead).I think peter noticed and he pitted the very next lap, the gap was down to 5 seconds though. johannes pitted a ew laps later and i did undercut him. So it was me 2nd, Peter 1st,5 seconds gap and 10 laps to go.
I knew i needed to overtake Peter so i pushed as hard as i could. I would rather crash than finish second at this stage. I got closer and closer, and on the final lap i went around the outside at les combes to take the lead of the race, and held it to the finish line. By my calculations i win the championship a mere 6 points.
I will wait for the official results, but i reran the numbers like 3 times now. I'm quite sure i've got it
Peter drove amazing all season, a shame he couldn't attend one race, But that's how it goes
Thanks to all organizers for putting together such a close league. I really enjoyted this last part of the season.
Also, here's a video i put together.