Thank you all for your nice congratulations guys!
Without a doubt the award "man of the race" goes to Valter for his 2nd position! Well done mate! This shows what you can achieve if you drive very consistent.
Of course congrats to Gaetano, who completes the podium and to every point finisher, too! Finally every driver, who finishes deserves a congratulation.
Practice:
I joined at something around 20 mins before qualy. I tryed some laps and noticed different graphics issues. :frown: For example my helmet disappeared and I could only see shadows of some cars! Strange! Also the Motec XD overlay background disappeared some times. All together was very disturbing and things varied when I pressed alt+tab and then reentered.
I decided to leave and join again. No effort. I exited the game and reloaded it. The practice was nearly over and when I joined again I didn't see my own car, neither in cockpit view nor in outside views!
Just a flying driver above a shadow. That worried me very much and I had to let out the practice start. Sorry guys!
Then, back in practice, I tryed a last rejoin to the game. Now only some issues still appeared.
Qualify (1st):
Still having some graphics issues (no helmet visible and transparent mirrors) I decided to put in some laps. After a 1:26:8xx I dared to alt+tab and reenter for the last time and somehow all issues were gone. :tongue: That was luck, but I was still nervous and afraid they could come back. I did some more laps and got pole by 1:26:6xx.
Race (1st):
My start went very well and in the mirror I saw Mark spin out. I felt sorry for him but had to concentrate not to over shoot the first hairpin. Without pressure from behind the first corners went well for me.
Now I was chased by David until he fell back after some laps. Christian steped into the role of the chaser and did very well for many laps. Because of the tricky track, I decided to drive a style with some safety margins, so the gap to Christian settled between 2 - 4 seconds.
But then also Christian fell back and I had a big gap to Gaetano being now in 2nd behind me. Now I knew, that only own big mistakes or technical failures could cost me the win. So I tryed to stay focused but not to be too agressive. That wasn't easy on this bumpy track.
My pit stop went well and in the middle of the second stint I had some lapping maneuvers. None of them were a problem for me, but I felt a bit sorry, because I disturbed some guys fights. Sorry for that, but the race was still too long. Else I would have settled down behind Nico and Jim, who had a nice fight and good pace. I saw Nico spin shortly after I lapped him. I hope it wasn't my fault!?
Finally I could bring it home safe and I'm happy after my 10th place at Silverstone.
Now I'm curious about the track, we'll use in two weeks. Rumors said something about Imola, but I didn't see any offical call after our E-Mail voting...
As allways I want to thank Nico, RD and MMG, because without them we couldn't have this kind of pleassure!