ARI Fun Race #13 Portugal

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Report from the back of grid.

Although Im quite familiar with Portugal, I couldnt build up some speed in there, so all week my laps were sluggish. At the end I managed a 2:01 something which was not bad really (for me).
I even managed to pass poor Fergy at quali, who obviously had strong arguments with his brand new wheel.
MarcelT (whom I was very happy to see him with us again-Thumbs up MarcelT) had similar times with me, so battle between us looked good to go.

So it did in first race, me and MarcelT had the closest finish ever in the history of back markers.

Second race, I stumbled in some accidents and finished waaay behind MarcelT

Third race it was a long battle again with MarcelT, who after pitstop, dissapeared somewhere front, only to reappear 2 laps before finish, where he made a lot of mistakes and I took the lead and finished ahead of him.

At this point I would like to mention an incident that impressed me most.
After pitstop at third race, I saw 2 white cars approaching me and I had a blue flag.
I was at 12th place out of 13 and I didnt notice that the one car of the two, was Jesus who was 13th and obviously was trying to gain my place.
I opened the gate and let both cars pass safely, Everon who was lapping me and Jesus who took my place.
At the moment they passed me, I realised my mistake but...cest' la vie.
And then the incredible thing happened, Jesus, realising my mistake, gave me his position back letting me to pass him and we took battling over again (which he eventually won as he was much faster than me).

Well, I believe this is the biggest sportsmanship moment of the year, me bowing to you Jesus sir!

Hi Nikos and all!
Thanks for your kind words
Obviously I had the blue flag too and Everon was approaching very fast at the same time that you opened the gate. Being in the middle, it didn't feel safe to me to brake so sudden so I thought it was safer to pass you and give your place back afterwards 8)
Everything turned out well, no accident, so I am also happy with the result.

My report:
For the first time, I was not so lucky as in previous races and my final positions in all races didn't met my expectations ;D
I did my personal best in the qualy but I sttrugled all races to keep a regular pace and made a lot of mistakes, still so much to learn

Thanks everyone for another nice racing evening!