Not a bad night.
Qualy = Messed up my first two laps. Managed to complete a lap and got 10th, which was my target.
Race 1 = Gained a position at the start as Seth had a slow start and going into Turn 2 (Hairpin), the back end jiggled about. I managed to control it before turning in but then Seth just drove straight into me sending me into a half spin, Ole has nowhere to go and we both end up in the air. I carry on, now in last and gain a few positions from crashes before crashing myself at Turn 4. Was now at the back of the runners. I caught up Kyle after he made some mistakes, I tried to overtake into the right hander after the tunnel but I backed out of it, later on, I get a good run out of the final corner, I slipstream Kyle, then I go to his right but at Turn 1, he just goes forward and he ends up in the wall as I have to turn left to make the corner.
The rest of the race wasn't so good, at the final corner, I went wide, hit the wall gently but went pilling into the pitlane after hitting another wall on the right. Just managed to avoid the blue tyres. I had to trundle down the pitlane hoping I wouldn't get a drive through penalty for "spinning too quickly into the pitlane". Was hppy as I didn't but I had some suspension damage, after a couple of laps of sliding around and slight contact with walls, I came to pit 2 times in 2 laps, the 2nd of which, I decided to stay in the pitlane for 3 laps to be safe
. Finished 10th.
Race 2 = I accidently pressed my paddle shifter too early, even though I stopped ASAP, I still received a drive-through penalty. I was in 9th place on the first lap but dropped back after my penalty. The rest of the race was like a practice session. Getting faster and faster through certain corners and I managed to get a 1:12:5 with race fuel/tyres. 0.7 faster than my qualy time. I was even catching up Dave but it was impossible to gain 30 seconds
Got lapped. Then on the penultimate lap, Wayne spun on the "corner that shall not be named" and I just managed to avoid the car in the smoke. Finished 9th and I was really pleased with my race pace, consistancy and how much I had learnt in Race 2.
Really enjoy these cars and the track. Perfect track for the cars and one of the most enjoyable events I have participated in at RD. Thanks RD, Adam and The rest of the crew.
