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I didn't participate Q1/Q2 caused by 3 points reach penalty.
Race : Started 20th, in the 2 first sectors i gained 4 positions already, which was great !
At the end of the first lap, Kanitz avoided a very early braking of puschke. Trying to pass Jim, i was surprised and i almost make a carnage in last chicane, but with good reflex, all was ok. After during the first stint, i was at 200%, eating others without loosing time : Thanks for Stefan and Jim ( Parisis ) to let me pass.
My plan was to finish top5, top3 is better. catch up Huis was for me a irrealistic plan. my best result expected was 2nd. So during i wasn't in front of mikkonen, i pushed hard to catch him.
I overtook mikkonen just before the 3rd pitstop. And at this moment, i didn't push the car to the limit.
During test race, brakeduct 7 was validated, just before to be in grid, i prefered to be preservative and make brakeduct8.
During the last stint, my aim was to have a 3s gap between me and Nilsoon and preserve the car. I looked Huis slowed down a lot ( 1.17.3 laptime ) where i did 1.16.5, 0.5 off my pace. 2nd place was enough for me. Nothing to earn and everything to loose.
At lap 65, the front left brake went off. what a surprise. i passed 2/3 corners to apply the emergency procedure ( who works in theory and with used brakes only 3/4 laps ) but nilsoon was already there.
I loose 2/4 brakes at lap68. i tried to keep the others behind me, but impossible in the hairpin and last chicane to do something.
In last lap, Tali suffered the same problem, i was 5th. But in last hairpin, the 2 brakes left broke, i went in wall. I didn't make the right decision to downshift very quick to slide the car : i put the clutch to prepare the contact with wall to avoid damage in engine. But the contact was hard the engine died even with clutch on
Some feelings about this race, i'm happy to prove i could do a great race, and resigned about what happens when all is ok then goes wrong.
Thanks for ATR Management, Inside Simracing for their support.
Good job for Yannick and Stefan, who score points eros for finishing the race
Great job for Bono Hope we can fight in Silverstone