Results:
http://prestogp.com/index.php?view=standings&season=9&league=1
Replay and resultfiles are at mydrive.ch
Qualify: 1:21,039 (12th)
I had not practice qualify at all, but still did a disappoint lap. I haven't checked for cuts or wides yet, but I am quite sure there is non of that.
Race: ss/s 65 liters, ss/s 60 liters, ss/s 60 liters, 7th place
I got a little smack on my ass from Peter in the constantina effect into t1 that damaged my suspension. I went off track between the Lesmo's and let most pass me before re-entring. Then I used a few laps to regain the feel and trust in the car.
After this I had a good race and passed a good handfull of cars (but it was not easy to stay close enough in parabolica to make a pass on the s/f).
Pitting after 16 laps I missed my pit with 1 meter or so. It was still accepted by my crew, but they waited 5 seconds before starting to work on my car. In addition, they spent maybe 10 seconds repairing my car.
In stint 2 and 3 everything went well, I had some good battles with Chirlie, Anthony, Eliezer and David. I think Anthony was the only one I passed not due to a spin (the 3 others spun in front of me eventually).
David in particular I was hunting for a long time, it must have been 10 laps or so in his slip stream, but I was not able to pass until he spun in t1. I was forced to go on his outside to avoif contact (I was not aware/can't remember that I clipped you David, but I have no problem believing it). Either way, I took the escape road to avoid creating a situation for those behind.
Towards the end of the race I was 8th (after passing David) and I was 6-7 sec behind Nicolas. With less than 2 laps to go I saw that I was cathing him quickly, and I suspected he was on a 1 stopper and was struggling with tyres.
Exiting Ascari on the last lap I was less than 2 seconds behind and still catching quickly, so I was aiming for his slip stream and was hoping I would make it. As we got closer to Parabolica I realised Nicolas was
much slower than me, and I had to chose a side as braking was too late. I do not remember the details, but I ended up going for the inside where there was no room, I hit Nicolas hard and felt my heart drop like a stone. I started driving slow to let Nicolas past me again but realised he was not comming, not quickly enough at any rate. I drove past the finsih line and went into garage to see how he was doing. i could see him crawling towards the finish line on the last fumes of fuel.
It was a good race for me with many battles, I will look further into my incident with Nicolas to see if there is anything to be learned from it
Grats to Reik, Sean, Tim, Dino, Marko, Anthony and the rest of the finsihers