Looks like nobody here had a good race...me neither
Quali: I couldn't get a good lap since i was fixated on the time monitor, so I changed the HUD to tyre temp and did 2 blind laps. I got the pole, 3 thousands faster than David Dominguez.
Race: During warmup I noticed I hadn't practiced pitstops, but I thought it would be fine. Once on the grid, I noticed I couldn't see the semaphore because of my low FoV, so I had to rely on the noise. Got it right, but I released the clutch too soon and the engine went a bit low on revs. David got through, and later Chris Shepherd managed to pass me too. A few laps later, Chris lost control in the hairpin and I got back to 2nd. David had opened a big gap, and at most I could keep it from growing too fast. I made a bet and got into pits, hoping to get in front of him once we both stopped, but I speeded in the pit lane and had a drive through. I could still fight for second if everything went fine, but next lap, I lost the car in the last corner and crashed, so I had to repair. 260 seconds of repair, and I couldn't serve the penalty. At that point, the podium was out of question and my only goal was to beat Thomas Stauer.
Next lap, I go into pits to serve the penalty again, and I manage to crash against the wall to the right and lose my front wing. 160 seconds of repair and absolutely no chance to gain any position after this. I serve my penalty one lap later, and then I catch Marcus Falcao, 7 laps ahead. I had fresh tyres so I was quite faster, and we got into a fight that I didn't enjoy (since I was lapped) but I got through and we didn't crash, so I guess it's fine.
In the end, 5th, 7 laps behind the leader. Probably the worst piece of driving I've performed anywhere, My crash in the pitlane was specially ridiculous
. But hey, I signed up for 50 mins of driving, so no crash will take that from me
Congratulations to David, Marcus and Dave for the podium, and thanks a lot to Bram Hengeveld and RaceDepartment for the league, even though I only participated in 2 events