Jan Larsen
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In practice I was nowhere, learning the game, car and track at the same time. The car came to me fairly early, but the track was keeping me....honest. Lets just say that this car and this track with all the hairpins is a right b*tch.
Qually went way above expectations and to my shock I was starting 3rd!
Race: I forgot to educate myself into what starting procedure was used, to my horror it was a standing start which I utterly hate in these cars. Wheelspin galore but only lost a spot or so. Then there was mayhem in T1 (overzealous driving I think) and got pushed into the sand. Lost about 10 secs and got going again, settled down, trying to catch the leaders. Quickly realized 1st and 2nd were too fast, but Ross just ahead was about the same pace as me. Noticing he ran on red walls, me on primes, I could keep up (ish) which made me confident for the 2nd stint where I planned a switch to reds. Overshot my pitstall and lost about 4 secs backing up and meant I was trailing by 8 secs when exiting pits. Car felt great on reds and I started to reel in Ross and he was reeling in the leaders. At one point it was shaping up to be a 4 horse race for the win until I lost it trying to get past a backmarker. A shame no room was given, but I could also have been more patient. Thankfully there was no contact. Later Ross dropped behind (pits?) and from there it was normal cruise to the finish.
I thouroughly enjoyed this lads, awesome feeling to be back racing again and with the prospect of a triple screen setup looming in the future, Im' very happy everything went great, especially the connection
Qually went way above expectations and to my shock I was starting 3rd!
Race: I forgot to educate myself into what starting procedure was used, to my horror it was a standing start which I utterly hate in these cars. Wheelspin galore but only lost a spot or so. Then there was mayhem in T1 (overzealous driving I think) and got pushed into the sand. Lost about 10 secs and got going again, settled down, trying to catch the leaders. Quickly realized 1st and 2nd were too fast, but Ross just ahead was about the same pace as me. Noticing he ran on red walls, me on primes, I could keep up (ish) which made me confident for the 2nd stint where I planned a switch to reds. Overshot my pitstall and lost about 4 secs backing up and meant I was trailing by 8 secs when exiting pits. Car felt great on reds and I started to reel in Ross and he was reeling in the leaders. At one point it was shaping up to be a 4 horse race for the win until I lost it trying to get past a backmarker. A shame no room was given, but I could also have been more patient. Thankfully there was no contact. Later Ross dropped behind (pits?) and from there it was normal cruise to the finish.
I thouroughly enjoyed this lads, awesome feeling to be back racing again and with the prospect of a triple screen setup looming in the future, Im' very happy everything went great, especially the connection
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