Most practice for this one since singapore. Didn't get so much faster, but I could try different strategy options. I've known that it is possible to spice up things by changing just two tires, but never been able to test if it was good to do so, untill this race. Suprisingly I found that I was quicker with two fresh fronts than two rears
, and that made me about a second or less slower than otherwise. The pit stop take about 9 seconds less, so with simple math I should gain a couple.
Nothing that good in q. My warmup laps were 0.5 faster...
The first stint was amazing. Changing positions like every lap and good, hard, clean battles. I must have been fighting with more than half of the field at some point during this. Thanks guys, really fun.
Pitted from 6/7/8:th for the first time. I am sorry Peter D for bumping into you in the last turn before pitting. That was clumbsy by me. I changed only the fronts, aimed for a short stint, and got past everyone when I rolled out. Quite a nice feeling
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Was up to 2:nd after all had pitted, but with a slightly crippled pace, so it was no suprise to see the guys behind me was faster and overtook me quite easily. Fell down to 5:th before pit number 2, so I had gained some. Was good to get ahead of the pack and not loose time in battles.
In the last stint the fast mr Cogotti gained on me and started to apply some pressure. Got up to 4:th when Yves infront of me made an error, but lost it just before the last lap when I went wide and Grégory capitalised. Bad to loose it when as I could have held on, but it was a fun fight and Grég was like 2 secs faster a lap, so he deserved it.
Thanks everyone for this league, and especially Yves! Without you this wouldn't have been run at all. Nice cars, nice tracks, good race length, superpole etc etc. Really good setup for the league, and a lot of battles with those who made it to the events. It has been challenging with the beast and I have never got quite comfortable with it, but it has been fun and I've learned a lot.
Good luck all with future leagues.