What a race! Something about this track just seems to suit me very well. P2 in quali as the fastest Mazda, I never imagined I could beat Allan
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Then a very lucky start in the race, when Allan dropped outside top 10 on the first lap. On the other hand, it would probably have been a great battle with him.
My luck continued when I had my only incident. I went a bit too close to pit entrance and hit the curb between the pits and the track, and crashed into pits. I then decided that it's obviously time to pit, so I reversed a couple of meters and made my pit stop
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That incident cost me only 10 seconds, which meant that after others had pitted I was back at the first place among Mazdas, and had hard time believing that...
On the last lap I had bit of a scare when Omar had decided to visit the local pub, and had parked his car on the road - I crashed straight into him, but lost only 5-6 seconds and kept my place.
Third overall and first of Mazdas at the finish line, needless to say I was very happy. I've done around 420 races, and this was only the third time I've got winning points in a championship race.
Also thanks to Ernie, I don't know why you didn't overtake me on the last straight but thanks anyway
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And of course thanks to Han for organizing, and every driver for making these races so enjoyable.
Btw, did someone say that the overtime ran out before they finished?