21-12-2015, 10:30 AM
Qualy
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My pb had been in the 39s during practice days. Thanks to having more rubber on track and using a shorter second gear made me gain a lot of time in the first sector mainly. That put in me in the 37s, enough for 4th place.
Race 1
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Didn't do a very good start, released too much clutch pedal and lost a bit of engine torque. Luckily I didn't lose my 4th place. It was difficult holding Marcel pressing behind until Rikard made a couple of mistakes and got right behind Marcel who now had to take care at his mirrors. That brought me a bit of clean air behind.
Laps went by and by the end of lap 6 I saw in the mirrors Rik going for his pitstop, the undercut was very likely to happen. The next lap I went for my pitstop wit Dj ahead of me. He got really bad luck and found Nikos doing his pitstop sharing the same pitbox. My pit timer was already on 25 seconds when he was able to start pitting.
My pitstop was not too quick, 49 seconds so when I got out from the pits I had already lost position to Rik.
Virtually I was in third place but I had to take good care of Marcel who would be close behind. And so he was, the final 5 laps he was cutting time and I wasn't driving good laps. At last the final lap came, it was a bit of a scary lap having the lapped car of Tobias ahead with a high ping >600ms. Decided to keep behind as he wasn't being too slow and crossed the finish line in a podium finish.
Race 2
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Started carefully and gained some places during the first lap. Starting the second lap I was trying to outbrake David Coyne when I felt a hit behind that brought me straight into Marcel in front. That put me on the grass with a stalled engine. Took some ethernal seconds to restart and then get back on track. At that moment I realised my front right suspension was damaged. Car was still driveable but behave erratically. Anyway I decided not to repair to avoid losing extra time.
I overtook a couple of cars and by the end of lap 5 I went for an early pitstop to try to get some fresher tires and undercut the cars ahead. The final 10 laps were a nice battle with David Coyne. The final two laps I was really struggling with the tires and car's behaviour and in the final lap I went wide exitin turn 4 and spun losing my place to David. Finally it was a 5th place which wasn't that bad.
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My pb had been in the 39s during practice days. Thanks to having more rubber on track and using a shorter second gear made me gain a lot of time in the first sector mainly. That put in me in the 37s, enough for 4th place.
Race 1
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Didn't do a very good start, released too much clutch pedal and lost a bit of engine torque. Luckily I didn't lose my 4th place. It was difficult holding Marcel pressing behind until Rikard made a couple of mistakes and got right behind Marcel who now had to take care at his mirrors. That brought me a bit of clean air behind.
Laps went by and by the end of lap 6 I saw in the mirrors Rik going for his pitstop, the undercut was very likely to happen. The next lap I went for my pitstop wit Dj ahead of me. He got really bad luck and found Nikos doing his pitstop sharing the same pitbox. My pit timer was already on 25 seconds when he was able to start pitting.
My pitstop was not too quick, 49 seconds so when I got out from the pits I had already lost position to Rik.
Virtually I was in third place but I had to take good care of Marcel who would be close behind. And so he was, the final 5 laps he was cutting time and I wasn't driving good laps. At last the final lap came, it was a bit of a scary lap having the lapped car of Tobias ahead with a high ping >600ms. Decided to keep behind as he wasn't being too slow and crossed the finish line in a podium finish.
Race 2
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Started carefully and gained some places during the first lap. Starting the second lap I was trying to outbrake David Coyne when I felt a hit behind that brought me straight into Marcel in front. That put me on the grass with a stalled engine. Took some ethernal seconds to restart and then get back on track. At that moment I realised my front right suspension was damaged. Car was still driveable but behave erratically. Anyway I decided not to repair to avoid losing extra time.
I overtook a couple of cars and by the end of lap 5 I went for an early pitstop to try to get some fresher tires and undercut the cars ahead. The final 10 laps were a nice battle with David Coyne. The final two laps I was really struggling with the tires and car's behaviour and in the final lap I went wide exitin turn 4 and spun losing my place to David. Finally it was a 5th place which wasn't that bad.
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