First of all I'ld like to say that was f***ing awesome, if not for the last couple of laps this would have been up there in my top ten of races on RD. :good:
Quali: I ended up in 15th spot with doing a PB, 2:19.9xx, but as it was really close in the midfield that was it for me.
Race: I had a really good start making up a couple of places off the grid into T1, which was really clean, great driving guys. Now upto p11 I settled down and got into a rhythm and round the first lap. For the next 8 laps I was locked in a titanic battle with Marius & Dan in which we must have changed position more times than I can count. This was brilliant but finally I was able to shake them off and got on with the job in hand. Then next few laps I just kept in constant but then I noticed Marius on a charge and on lap 13/14 I made a small mistake by which time Marius had closed the gap & he went through. I tried to stay with him but as my tyres were worn he was just pulling a for 10ths on me per lap. As we approched the pitstops Marius had got passed Matt & I was closing on him but also Bob Miley was closing after his off earlier.
Now on lap 17 I was due my pitstop and the tyres were glad for it. It seems the others had a similar plan and all 4 of us went into the pits. Mr Lesbos seemed to get the jump on 2 of us, how do you do that?, so out we came, Marius, Bob M, Matt & me, let the battle commence. For the next few laps I was just peging the gap to Matt & I saw that Bob M was on a charge & starting to look at getting by Marius. This I thought would be good for me as it might slow them up a bit while they were fighting it out and I could close the gap on them. As we got about half way through the stint I was haulling in Matt after a few little mistakes he was making and for the next couple of laps we to battled it out for position which I was finally able to take, nice driving there Matt. By this time I saw that Bob M had got by Marius so I turned my attention to chasing him down. As it got towards the end of the race Marius was making a few mistakes which let me catch him and after he went wide in the 180 turn I was able to get by but I knew he would not give up, raced him many times before. As we started to fight a bit this let Matt join the party and the next few laps were brilliant as I was the guy upfront and the other two were trying to get by. I managed to hold them off right up untill 2 laps to go when I got a nudge which sent me wide in T4, this let Marius and Matt through but I was determined to get back in touch with them before the end of the race. I pushed as hard as I dare with what was now worn out tyres and did managed to close the gap down a lot but unfortuantely it was not enough and came home behind Matt with Marius behind me.
I would just like to say, thx to Marius, Dan & Matt for a spectacular race and for the really close duels we had.
Grts to Henrik for the win and wd all podium finishers. Not forget to thank Mr B for setting it all up and RD of couse. Cheers guys and see you all next time.
