This track was great, amongst current Boss event tracks so far I like this one most! Thanks Stuart for the event and congrats Knut for both wins and Eck and David for podium finishes!
After joining I was amazed that my pace was only around 3 seconds off from top drivers. I managed to exploit that in qualies as well and got a solid lap to 4th in both of them.
Race performance was not on par with qualies, especially R1 was a bit disappointment, as I almost stalled in the start (again..) and dropped to 8th. Then I was pushing too close to Ross (Garland) in hair pin braking zone and due to small contact both went on gravel. I Stalled and dropped to last. Then I started driving like mad, and managed do quite well on clear track without big mistakes, but could not quite catch the others except Peter when he went off in hair pin. So 9th for me.
R2 start was much better, and I was able to pass David before T1. In T1 entry I went to challenge Eck as well, but then saw it better to back-off
David took 3th back before the hair pin, and I was to battle with Neil, Ross G. and Stuart who were right behind. I still have to workout my driving with cold tyres as I did a mistake on lap 1, went a bit wide, and they utilized that immediately. Stuart then spun on lap 2, fortunately I saw the situation well and was able to clear it safely.
Then I started to chase Ross, and the rest of the race was quite close, most of the time between laps 3 ... 11 the gap was 0.5 -1 seconds. I attempted to push him hard to get opportunity to pass, but he was very consistent and I wasn't able to find the extra half second that I knew was there. There was few times he made a small mistake but I wasn't able to utilize those either.
Towards the end the tyres were a bit worn and I wasn't able to press so much anymore but in the last lap I was again quite close and went with a risk in hairpin, but lost the rear and went off the track towards the inside corner. I am not sure how it all happened but I then hit the fence, spun back on the track sliding sideways and it felt like I was to flip over sideways. A short moment I was tilted sideways 90 degrees, then I landed on tyres on corner, nose pointing to outside runoff area. I had engine still running so I quickly dragged away and not a second too early as Jacob who had been ~10 seconds behind was already coming. The car felt ok and I was able to keep him behind to the finish line.
Finished 6th, not bad for me but still, if there wasn't that first lap wide exit..
. One really enjoyable race it was!
