Well yet again Tobias u put on a great show. Track was perfect for this kind of race and weather file work a treat.
Q: 3rd, briliant.
Race: Matt took us round on parade lap, which was perfect, & then dropped the hammer on the last corner. We were off and those around took it easy on the first proper lap. Matt pulled a gap on Stefan & Stefan to me & Jack was just behind me. As things settled down Jack keeping the gap to me constant. As the laps ticked by Jack began to make his move, dam those beemers are quick, & the gap started to shrink. On lap 6 Jack got a nice tow up the long back straight and took me into the tight right-hander, nice move Jack. As I new this was long race I just hung onto the back of Jacks car and was waiting for him to pit. Meanwhile I noticed Andreas was now behind and starting to close the gap, abeit slowly. Now I was following Jack and the gap was constant but everytime I got really close I noticed I lost some front end downforce in the fast corners so couldn't make a move safely.
Also it seemed I would catch a back marker right in the wrong places and would loose some time to Andreas who was closing in on me. Now on lap 16 & with Andreas closing in I managed to get a run on Jack on the back straight and paid back the compliment and got him going into the tight right-hander, thanks for giving room Jack. On lap 18 I now found I had Andreas on my tail and noticed Jack have a spin in the right down hill bend after the start finish straight. In all the excitment I never noticed Stefan going off and now found myself in 2nd. Later on on lap 18 Andreas made his move, again on the back straight and overtook me into the tight right hander, seems to be the ideal overtaking place. Now the tyres were going off and I had 6 more laps untill I was going to pit so thought it best to hang onto the back of Andreas the best I could untill then. On lap 25, 26 if you count the parade lap, I now found Joao on my tail and we both pitted together. Unfortunately he managed to get out just ahead of me, don't know how & I still haven't worked out how to start the engine after the fuel has gone in, & we make a clean exit of the pits and into 7th & 8th place respectfully.
After a few laps I now found myself in 4th after the others have made their pitstops. After a couple of small mistakes, pushing hard to stay with Joao, I finally have a major off on lap 33 on the run down to the hairpin but managed to save a head on into the barriers and get away with going in sideways, few. Now at this point I have a comfortable gap back to Tobias in 5th & with a good setup and 1 more pitstop to make I just concentrate on putting together clean laps and mantaining my speed. Its now lap 40 and 12 laps until my next pitstop when I noticed on my XD that the engine only has 3% left, how did that happen? On lap 41 it finally lets go just before the pit entrance & I manage to coast into the pits, game over. Jack did you see all the smoke? lol.
I had a wicked time tonight even though I didn't finish the race. Thanks for all the grt battles, Jack & Andreas, very clean and grt racing by u guys.
Big thanks goes to Tobias for putting on the race, whithout him there would be no endro's, top man, Grts to Andreas for wining the event, grts to all podium finishers, well done, and thanks to all that showed up tonight and made this the great event it is. Hope to see all at the next one and hopefully even more will come onboard.
P.s. Sorry forgot to thank RD for hosting a grt forum and bring us like minded people together, cheers guys and keep up the good work.
