Great racing night, once more! I enjoyed every second of it, and I was in the midst of action all race long
.
After a good start from 5th, I managed to beat Leszek to the 1st corner and managed to stay in 4th right on Dmytro's tail for about 10 laps. And even though I could do nothing more than follow him, I was pleasantly surprised.
However, in lap 11 I lost it under braking through the Esses turns 3,4,5. Gone were Dmytro and my 10 sec. gap to the guys behind and I ended up right behind Neil and Leszek in 6th. I then got past Leszek once more, but there was no way I could find a way to get past Neil's Ferrari.
The part of the track where I was faster, the last downhill and twisty bit, was too twisty to try anything and knowing that on the following section, the main straight, he would just put his foot down and leave me behind in a cloud of dust, trying an overtake attempt just before that would be silly anyway
So after that I would just see Neil disappear into the distance on the straight every lap, and I would need all the rest of the lap driving my pants off to get back on his tail again, only to watch him take off again on the home straight... an amusing and slightly frustrating sight at the same time.
All this time I was chased by Leszek as well, at one point he actually got past - of course, that long straight again
- but a few laps later he had an unfortunate off, giving me some much needed breathing space.
However in the final lap I went offtrack once more, going down the hill, but I didn't spin so not too much time lost, and crossed the finish line in 5th!
Again, I'm more than happy with that!
Grats to Ross, Guus and Dmytro for podium finishes, and big thanks to everyone else for another great fun & clean racing event.
Although I know I crossed the white lines at least a dozen times, believe me I really tried not to, and never gained any positions or substantial advantage from it. And from where I was it seemed everyone around me obeyed the white line rule really well.
So special thanks to Neil, Rupe and Knut for making this line thing crystal clear very early on, and to the latter two and Thommo for another cracking event in an epic league season.
Finally, thanks to RD for hosting us and to Madcowie for an awesome track! CYA soon!