13-04-2015, 11:03 AM
Q
Qualy
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Did my pb and was quite happy with my laptime. After watching the replay of my fastest lap during the Q it did probably cut the track so I tried to do a as fast lap in a clean way. Didn't succeed until the very last lap where I got within .06 of my fastest lap. Otherwise I would have asked Paul to put me back on the grid. So 3rd place it was.
DJC laptime was something else, awesome job! Would love to see an onboard replay
Gorka was really fast too, no way I could have challenged these two in Q.
Race 1
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Lost a place at the start to Dan and then began to chase him. There was no real pressure from behind so could completly focus on putting in some good laps. After a few laps I started to get closer but after getting really close I put a tire on the gras coming out of Coppice and spun. Lost some ground on Dan but kept my place. Started to chase him again and got close at the very end of the race but was never really in the position to attack him so finished fourth, which was ok
Race 2
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Bit of a slow start gettting caught up behind other cars but settled nicely into the race. Gorgias spun in the Fogarty Esses right in front of me and I started then to move through traffic. Was very happy at how I handled this as it isn't one of my strong sides normally. Gave one other driver a little bump going into the hairpin which fortunately didn't make him spin. Did some good laps after that and found myself behind Tim at the time I went for my pitstop. After all pitstops where done I was in second place around 12 sec behind DJC and 8 sec in front of Dan so my race was settled and all I had to do was to finish without making a mistake. I even made some ground on DJC as he spun but he easily restored the gap
Well in lap 17 I made a stupid mistake going into Coppice (again : ) and went wide and through the gras. The gras is very slippery there so it took me quite some time to get back on track. I manged to get on track in front of Dan but as I wasn't up to speed he passed me on the straigth. So 3rd place it was with Gorka right behind me. Next lap going into the Old Hairpin Dan had a little moment and so did I which allowed Gorka to go by. Never found back into a nice rhythm after that and had to settle for 4th place, watching Dan and Gorka fighting for 2nd
Bit disappointed as it was really a stupid mistake which cost me 2nd place, other than that I was happy with my race! Its even more disappointing as I knew that Coppice is a dangerous corner and its easy to get wide which costs a lot of time ... really should have avoided that.
Qualy
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Did my pb and was quite happy with my laptime. After watching the replay of my fastest lap during the Q it did probably cut the track so I tried to do a as fast lap in a clean way. Didn't succeed until the very last lap where I got within .06 of my fastest lap. Otherwise I would have asked Paul to put me back on the grid. So 3rd place it was.
DJC laptime was something else, awesome job! Would love to see an onboard replay
Gorka was really fast too, no way I could have challenged these two in Q.Race 1
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Lost a place at the start to Dan and then began to chase him. There was no real pressure from behind so could completly focus on putting in some good laps. After a few laps I started to get closer but after getting really close I put a tire on the gras coming out of Coppice and spun. Lost some ground on Dan but kept my place. Started to chase him again and got close at the very end of the race but was never really in the position to attack him so finished fourth, which was ok
Race 2
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Bit of a slow start gettting caught up behind other cars but settled nicely into the race. Gorgias spun in the Fogarty Esses right in front of me and I started then to move through traffic. Was very happy at how I handled this as it isn't one of my strong sides normally. Gave one other driver a little bump going into the hairpin which fortunately didn't make him spin. Did some good laps after that and found myself behind Tim at the time I went for my pitstop. After all pitstops where done I was in second place around 12 sec behind DJC and 8 sec in front of Dan so my race was settled and all I had to do was to finish without making a mistake. I even made some ground on DJC as he spun but he easily restored the gap
Well in lap 17 I made a stupid mistake going into Coppice (again :
) and went wide and through the gras. The gras is very slippery there so it took me quite some time to get back on track. I manged to get on track in front of Dan but as I wasn't up to speed he passed me on the straigth. So 3rd place it was with Gorka right behind me. Next lap going into the Old Hairpin Dan had a little moment and so did I which allowed Gorka to go by. Never found back into a nice rhythm after that and had to settle for 4th place, watching Dan and Gorka fighting for 2nd Bit disappointed as it was really a stupid mistake which cost me 2nd place, other than that I was happy with my race! Its even more disappointing as I knew that Coppice is a dangerous corner and its easy to get wide which costs a lot of time ... really should have avoided that.