10-05-2015, 10:05 PM
I'm really tired, but this was probably my best racing-weekend in this season so far 
Quali:
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4th place with a new personal best, maybe could have made it to 3rd place as I had a good last lap but blew the last chicane.
Race 1:
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Good start and up to 3rd place behind David and Ramon. Followed Ramon closely and had a good run going into the hairpin choosing the inside line but he defended well. Next lap same thing, I braked later than him and gave him a little bump, sorry /: He turned a bit going through the hairpin but other than losing some time nothing happened. Andi got closer though and overtook me going into the last chicane as I was missing some topspeed Ramon crashed soon after and I was in 3rd place again, Andi in front of me and my teammate David behind.
David had good pace and got closer and I missed my braking point going into last chicane at one point. So I had to cut it and with David closely behind and me not being up to speed as I slowed down while cutting I decided to give him the inside line going into the first corner (the right kink) to let him by. Unfortunately I think my car warped right in front of him cause he thought he hit me /: All I saw was him crashing for no obvious reason. I didn't feel a hit and he realistically couldn't have hit me as I was way out of line ... of course if a car appears in front of one, one does react. Really bad luck for David ): but he recovered nicely for a 5th place finish 8)
Rest of my race was quite entertaining as I was close behind Andi after the pitstop and could put some pressure on him. Missed out on having a real shout for a pass just a bit and after some laps dropped of. Great racing that was though, thanks Andi! Rest of race was quiet and I finished 3rd. Podium ;D
Race 2
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Good start, crazy first lap ... stayed out of most of trouble and was right behind my teammate after the first lap. Some hairy moments with crashing cars right in front of us but we stayed both out of trouble. After some laps he then ran wide allowing me to get by. Rest of the race was me trying to stay in front of him, doing good laps and he answered them. He got really close at some occasions. When it was time for pitstops my plan was to do one more lap than he does as I was fast enough to keep in front of him and there was no traffic ahead. Well, he just didn't pit, so he maybe had the same plan in mind
Anyway, my tires being a bit ruined (flat-spot) I decided to pit anyway. He stayed out for one more lap. Think it was the right call in the end as the fresh tires made quite a difference. Had around 2.5 seconds on him after the pit-stop. The gap would get down do about one second till the end of race with him getting close again. But I made it, 2nd place, awesome 8) And a 2-3 for team Cog Crunchers, MORE AWESOME ^_^
Great team performance all weekend, just in time as other teams got closer.
Quali:
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4th place with a new personal best, maybe could have made it to 3rd place as I had a good last lap but blew the last chicane.
Race 1:
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Good start and up to 3rd place behind David and Ramon. Followed Ramon closely and had a good run going into the hairpin choosing the inside line but he defended well. Next lap same thing, I braked later than him and gave him a little bump, sorry /: He turned a bit going through the hairpin but other than losing some time nothing happened. Andi got closer though and overtook me going into the last chicane as I was missing some topspeed
Ramon crashed soon after and I was in 3rd place again, Andi in front of me and my teammate David behind.David had good pace and got closer and I missed my braking point going into last chicane at one point. So I had to cut it and with David closely behind and me not being up to speed as I slowed down while cutting I decided to give him the inside line going into the first corner (the right kink) to let him by. Unfortunately I think my car warped right in front of him cause he thought he hit me /: All I saw was him crashing for no obvious reason. I didn't feel a hit and he realistically couldn't have hit me as I was way out of line ... of course if a car appears in front of one, one does react. Really bad luck for David ): but he recovered nicely for a 5th place finish 8)
Rest of my race was quite entertaining as I was close behind Andi after the pitstop and could put some pressure on him. Missed out on having a real shout for a pass just a bit and after some laps dropped of. Great racing that was though, thanks Andi! Rest of race was quiet and I finished 3rd. Podium ;D
Race 2
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Good start, crazy first lap ... stayed out of most of trouble and was right behind my teammate after the first lap. Some hairy moments with crashing cars right in front of us but we stayed both out of trouble. After some laps he then ran wide allowing me to get by. Rest of the race was me trying to stay in front of him, doing good laps and he answered them. He got really close at some occasions. When it was time for pitstops my plan was to do one more lap than he does as I was fast enough to keep in front of him and there was no traffic ahead. Well, he just didn't pit, so he maybe had the same plan in mind
Anyway, my tires being a bit ruined (flat-spot) I decided to pit anyway. He stayed out for one more lap. Think it was the right call in the end as the fresh tires made quite a difference. Had around 2.5 seconds on him after the pit-stop. The gap would get down do about one second till the end of race with him getting close again. But I made it, 2nd place, awesome 8) And a 2-3 for team Cog Crunchers, MORE AWESOME ^_^ Great team performance all weekend, just in time as other teams got closer.