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Qualy: Was able to get the first pole on the championship, without Kristijan and the flying Swedish it was posible.
1ST Race: I wanted to have an easy race, no fights no risks, planed the pitstop to the last lap, so i can stay in front max time posible without fighting, maked a good pitstop, i think it was 46.5 seconds? in the last lap some kind of lag atacked my potato pc, so i lost my mind, and hit some wall, has to make last lap with a destroyed car, i have no idea how Neuman didnt caught me. But i was able to finish the race second, not the best, but is ok...
2ND Race: This one was a crazy one, i know i have to stop in the pits as soon as posible, but i prefered to fight the fisrt laps, because im having lot of fun with that lot of cars in front, after 2 or 3 laps, i realised that if i not stop now, im not going to finish the race, im destroying my tyres in the fight, so i make the pit stop and tryed to push to pass the most people posible in the pits, that was crazy, when 2 cars getting out the pit in that first crazy corner, the pit exits are in the middle of the line, and it is a very hard turn i can pass the cars but the risk was very very high, so i lift and finally end in the grass to avoid a crash, destroyed tyres, and from here the race was crazy, make like 3 spins more after that to the end of the race, ended up 5, not good, but was lucky to finish this race.
Now heading to monaco, lets see what we can do in that track, its going to be fun as hell, hope no one ends in water xDDDDD hope not me...
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I forgot to add, a sudden freeze some of us suffered. It happened in race 1 just as DjC was crossing the finish line and I'm not sure if at that moment Bryan also joined the server but I suddenly got a more or less 20sec freeze. I was just mid main straight with DjC 4 seconds (and 3 laps) ahead when that happened.
When the freezed ended I suddenly had David Merino just ahead crossing the finish line too (so I guess he didn't suffer that freeze).
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Lol, sounds like you had some serious technical difficulties yesterday :o But well, that's part of (rf2) racing, I have learnt. But should not flag rules be off, so that we can't recieve those silly penalties? Speeding in pitlane is usually the only one we get?
Only 13 drivers? Must be long time ago we had so few participants for a league event. Unlucky! But that happens sometimes. It is a really great track. Can't believe I missed it... and Monaco too :'(
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It was father's day in some countries, wasn't it? that could be a cause (alongside summer holidays)
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Qualfied 3rd which was a surprise but with some of our top runners missing I guess it's not that surprising. Q lap was a pb.
First race was uneventful. Held p3 all the way through the run to the hairpin. Was some fender bending just behind me which eliminated any pressure so I pretty much cruised to the finish maintaining p3.
Second race was more eventful. Started p8 with DJC just behind me. I gained 2 spots before the hairpin then one more when Mariani went wide at the sharp left in the uphill portion. Next pass was on Gorka in his underpowered Brab at the end of the long straight. DJC hounded me for a lap and then made a daring but great pass on the inside at T1! On lap 5 or so I inherited p4 when Dan Minges slid out into the railing on the approach to the hairpin. A spin by DJC gave me 3rd back. I pitted late (end of lap 10) from p1 with a large gap. I watched the graphic position bar nervously as the pack got closer and closer while my pit timer counted up. I got released just as p1 came blowing across the S/F line! A terrible situation for a pit exit but I couldn't just park and let the whole field blow by me. So I gunned it and hoped whoever it was would see me and avoid disaster. Thank goodness he stayed left and made the curve. WTG Dan Bayford, did you see me in time or was it just lucky? I got out in p2 with DJC right on my tail. He got by at the hairpin when I understeered on exit. Had a little fight with Tobias but he went off at some point and I brought it home with another P3.
WTG to all those racing around me. I had a fun race and satisfying result.
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Practise: Somehow i like those cars and i liked the track resulting in plenty of practise laps and experimenting with lots of settings
Q: PB and place 5. Some fast guys were obviously not participating.
R1: Someone kissed my back in lap one but damage was minor. Intense battle with Dan with several position changes. No major crashing. Ended in midfield position.
R2: starting in P5, then could take advantage of the battle in front of me and lead for a few laps. Had a clean race until I went for the pits with too much speed and crashed against the entry wall. Felt like an idiot after the clean laps of the beginning.
Racing felt good, practising seems to pay off.
best
Tobias
Do you even lift?