19-07-2015, 10:24 PM
Qualifying
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I was surprised by the high grip on track compared to other days I practiced online.
On my first flying lap I got a 1.46.1 and a 1.45.9 (which wasn't a legal laptime as I cutted the chicane).
That first flying lap was enough for pole position.
Race 1
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Starting on the dirty side of the main straight I lost first position to David.
I then decided to take it easy and let laps go and see when I could try to attack him. But a bit later David did a mistake at the chicane and lost the speed, enough for me to overtake him (fortunately as he had a lower wing setup which made it difficult to approach him).
Now in the lead I pushed hard to get a bit of a gap and then manage it. At lap 8 I went for my pitstop and from then I drived fast but carefull to bring the car to the finish line for the race win.
Race 2
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Starting tenth everybody around started fine and we all went safe through the first turn. By then I found myself on 6th place behind David. He was fighting hard to find a way past Rick Naumann but he was defending really well. On the penultimate corner I took advantage of their battle and passed David.
A couple of laps later, braking for turn 1 the car on third place did a very wierd sideways braking taking the car ahead of him in a nasty crash (lost of connection???).
It was really hard trying to overtake Rick, he was defending very well making no mistakes. Finally I was able to overtake when he went wide braking after the backstraight. Then I battled with John Cook who was struggling a bit with his tires.
Finally overtook him and a lap later, lap 7th, I took an early pitstop as tires had taken a lot of effort in all these battles.
After everybody pitted I found myself on the lead with a comfortable lead so I drove again carefull to bring the car to the finish line and for the second win of the night.
Imola coming next, that won't be as easy as today.
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I was surprised by the high grip on track compared to other days I practiced online.
On my first flying lap I got a 1.46.1 and a 1.45.9 (which wasn't a legal laptime as I cutted the chicane).
That first flying lap was enough for pole position.
Race 1
-------
Starting on the dirty side of the main straight I lost first position to David.
I then decided to take it easy and let laps go and see when I could try to attack him. But a bit later David did a mistake at the chicane and lost the speed, enough for me to overtake him (fortunately as he had a lower wing setup which made it difficult to approach him).
Now in the lead I pushed hard to get a bit of a gap and then manage it. At lap 8 I went for my pitstop and from then I drived fast but carefull to bring the car to the finish line for the race win.
Race 2
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Starting tenth everybody around started fine and we all went safe through the first turn. By then I found myself on 6th place behind David. He was fighting hard to find a way past Rick Naumann but he was defending really well. On the penultimate corner I took advantage of their battle and passed David.
A couple of laps later, braking for turn 1 the car on third place did a very wierd sideways braking taking the car ahead of him in a nasty crash (lost of connection???).
It was really hard trying to overtake Rick, he was defending very well making no mistakes. Finally I was able to overtake when he went wide braking after the backstraight. Then I battled with John Cook who was struggling a bit with his tires.
Finally overtook him and a lap later, lap 7th, I took an early pitstop as tires had taken a lot of effort in all these battles.
After everybody pitted I found myself on the lead with a comfortable lead so I drove again carefull to bring the car to the finish line and for the second win of the night.
Imola coming next, that won't be as easy as today.
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