Thank you all for kind words and first I would like to thank Stuart for organizing and basically running the championship for Matthijs, Rui and myself. We enjoyed driving these cars very much. Secondly congratulations to Matthijs on his first win and getting second place in the championship. Also congratulations to Rui for putting a great fight last night and trying to get the win and in front of Matthijs in the standings.
My race was a mix of emotions. At the beginning I was nervous and didn't want to get in the way of battle for the second place. Restart just made it worse and it was more than a year and a half since I raced at La Sarthe. I think I gave it too much respect and that is why after my incident with Rui I ended up in the gravel two more times. I was minute and a half behind the leader and my tyres were ruined for the first stint. I barely made 7 laps that were required for a two stop strategy.
After my pitstop I was 50 seconds behind the leader. Still I wasn't even dreaming about the second place or possibility of a win. I was angry at myself, car and a track so I tried to get the fastest lap of the race. From that moment everything clicked into place for me. It was surreal. I started hitting every apex, I felt that I had more grip than ever and at times that someone else was behind the wheel.
This happened to me twice during my simracing so I know what actually happened. When your angry your not over thinking about everything during your race. Your driving on instinct alone. When that happens your only obstacle is the cars performance.
My second pitstop was on lap 14 and I was 30 seconds behind. Matthijs made a mistake as I noticed that now Rui was in the lead. I continued to push on. Battle for the win started as Rui and Matthijs changed places for who knows how many times. They were right beside each other.
Now I was 20 seconds behind and all kind of crazy ideas were getting into my head. Rui couldn't defend on an old rubber but still slowed me down enough so i couldn't get closer to Matthijs.
What an experience!
Thank you all who participated and I hope I'll see you in the next league!
Take it away!