Had some nice little fights tonight's and was very happy to finish 5th.
Lost a few places at the start as the slow starting Andreas Löffler moved to block me passing him on the inside which let 3 cars past on the outside :frown: so it was down to 9th very quickly. Thinking OK 9th is not too bad still a long way to go, and knowing how much time body damage can cost you hear both in the pits and on the straights i thought just avoid trouble and damage and it is not so bad. Had a laugh as Stu tried a couple of times to pass on the straight and failed :tongue: but he finally managed once he got a push from behind
So things were looking fine, car was quick on the straight so it was looking good until i got tagged from behind at the end of the straight which spun me and i dropped to 14th with a slightly damaged car :frown:
Had a some scary moments myself as i often forgot to switch on auto clutch at the end of the straights and almost wrecked it a couple of times, but i made it back to the pits on lap 5 knowing it was the earliest stop i could make if there was a chance of 3 stopping, my first GTL pitstop went ok, got fuel and repairs but no tyres as i decided to see how things went before i thought about a change.
The rest of the race was much the same, make up a place here and there, crap yourself as you forget to switch on auto clutch, pray you are not going to hit the wall as you run wide at the end of the straight again (make note tyres are worn, brake sooner).
Last lap and we start in in 5th with 3.8 secs to Tudor in front, i knew i was closing him down but thought no way can i make up 3.8 secs and pass him in one lap but then he goes and does what I had been doing all night and he runs wide at the end of the straight so we exit side by side and i out dragged him :wink: and we are in 4th but exiting the slower corners my tyres could not find the grip and he got the better drive and took the place back. I could of retaken it as i grabbed the inside line going into the chicane but i thought why risk a crash at the end of what has been a good nights racing so i let him go and settled for 5th.
Thnx all for a good nights racing :doublethumb:
Here is a couple of funnies from the replay
first is some odd bales on the track & the second is a very determined Mr Kapal who i guess did not watch Top gear and learn how crap 3 wheeled cars were, this shot shows him as he drove all the way from the pits to the end of the straight with 3 wheels on his wagon, i have no idea how far he got or what he was doing
but my guess is was looking for the wheel he lost the lap before :wink: