Grats to Sean, David and Reik for securing the Championship!
Too few practice laps again, but this track seemed to suit me well from the start.
Qualifying: 1:07.228 (3rd)
A lap that only felt ok, actually was my PB and I was positively surprised to achieve 3rd spot
Race: 4th
1st stint: SS/S, 57L
2nd stint: SS/S, 57L
3rd stint: SS/S, 57L
I took my worst start of the season, and dropped from 3rd to 5th before T1. Tim was comfortably in front of me, and Eliezer was putting pressure on me. After a couple of laps Eliezer vanished somewhere and Tim lost connection and was out of the game. I thought that the race was going to be a lonely ride to the chequered flag. How wrong can a man be?
On lap 6, Nicolai was over 4 seconds behind, but managed to catch me by lap 16. Despite catching me pretty quick, he was not able to put up a decent overtaking maneuver. We pitted on the same lap, and I managed to overshoot my pit box, which meant that Nicolai got ahead of me. Some laps later he spun and I was in front of him again. Through laps 23-37 we fought of P4 with Peter. On lap 31 we had a collision, and Peter spun off. I let him pass me, and our cat & mouse -game continued. Now just Nicolai was also waiting for his chance behind of us like a vulture
On lap 37, I made a move at second gear left-hander after long straight (T4). I managed to slip past and Peter slightly touched the back of my car, which started a chain reaction of multiple car crash...
The rest of the race was just cruising home
Conclusion: Nice pace at qualifying considering laps practiced. I had made a "nice" racing setup for myself, which was good for tyres, but awfully slow. I had some good time racing with Peter for many laps, and managed to take the maximum amount of points available for me today.
Thanks to Presto GP, RaceDepartment, and all the competitors!
See you at Hockenheim!