Qualify (10th): Made some small mistakes, but all in all I was happy with my lap that gave me10th. The fact that I qualified to an even start position (right side of the track) I was not happy about, because I learned from the practice start that I had problems orienting myself from that side of the track.
Race (9th):
Stint 1: super soft/ soft, 73 liters of fuel
I had a good start and passed several cars in the first turns and was soon 7th. I was not comfortable being that high up, because I had no confidence in my pace, and in that very slow left hander I braked too late and was down to 9th I think.
Soon the race had settled and I was the last car in a long string of cars (Anthony, Valter, Peter, Andy and Eliezer?). Through the whole first stint I was within 2 seconds of Peter, but I was not able to get close enough for any slip stream effect. It felt like I had to push very hard to keep the pace of the rest, kind of like was a 10th slower per lap and needed to compensate for that. I had a bit more fuel than the rest, so this might be the main reason.
I pitted after 15 laps, hoping to overtake some of the guys as I was only filling 45 liters. However, I managed to miss my spot and lost 3 sec or so.
Stint 2: super soft/ soft, 45 liters of fuel
Leaving the pits I saw Peter comming behind me (in the pit lane) with much higher speed than me, but it looked like he didn't want to chance it and settled behind me. At the same time I suddenly saw Eliezer close in my mirrors as well, got a bit confused and missed my "leaving the pits from the end of the pits braking spot" and both got past me.
I'm havign troubble remembering all the details from my race. I think second stint was very much alike the first stint, I was behind Peter but was not capable of closing up on him. Again I had to rely on having quicker pit stop.
Stint 3: super soft/ soft, 45 liters of fuel
Much like the first two stints, chasing Peter, but not fast enough to challenge him.
It was a great race, it is so much fun to race when the cars around you don't make major mistakes, so the battle can continue for the duration of the race. This is when pit stops and those things become interesting
Congrats to Reik and rest of podium and all finishers. I feel sorry for Marko who got his race ended in a very unlucky way.