13-03-2017, 07:32 PM
Viva SR4L! and thanks for a great season – especially to Paul, Gorka and Tim!
The race was a worthy season final: a splendid server performance, a numerous starting field, and a classic track over a full race distance.
Q – I managed a PB (1.20.3) which earned me P6 on the grid. Congrats to the top5 qualifiers like Harri.
R – I had a good start and survived Curva Grande and the Lesmos – task 1 accomplished. For the first lap or two I was challenging Gorka who obviously was on a no-pitstop-strategy. Since I was going for a stop I had to try and stay in front. I did, but only because Gorka went wide and lost some time. From then on I had Dan in front of me. It took a while but I managed to catch up with him and, after some draft dancing, I managed to pass him and to open a gap of a few seconds before going to the pits in P3.
After stopping for fuel and fresh tires I still was in front of Dan and Gorka, but I ran into quite some traffic. I was hoping to catch some draft while lapping, but timing was not on my side. Usually I was closing up just before the Lesmos and sometimes I ran into a battle for position. Ron and Tim had such a battle. I managed to lap them before Parabolica and – since we all were on overdrive reaching almost 310kph – I tried not to brake too late. Obviously Tim planned to brake later and we both spun through Parabolica (… thats racing). The car was still surprisingly drivable, only the tires were seriously offended. I found myself in P5 or 6 behind Dan and Gorka. Again I tried to keep up with Gorka, but after a few laps I had to let him go. Because Dan made a second pit stop (?) and DeeCee didn't cross the finish line (out of pure sportsmanship), I found myself again on the podium. Grats to DJ for winning the race and championship and also to Gorka for runner-up in both race and championship!
P3 in the final race and in the championship is more than I was hoping for. I am aware that my podium positions are due to the fact that DeeCee and the Hedlunds missed most of the races this season. However, as a team (RBR) Andi and I delivered a more than solid season ending up second in the team championship.
Looking forward to the F1 75 season!
The race was a worthy season final: a splendid server performance, a numerous starting field, and a classic track over a full race distance.
Q – I managed a PB (1.20.3) which earned me P6 on the grid. Congrats to the top5 qualifiers like Harri.
R – I had a good start and survived Curva Grande and the Lesmos – task 1 accomplished. For the first lap or two I was challenging Gorka who obviously was on a no-pitstop-strategy. Since I was going for a stop I had to try and stay in front. I did, but only because Gorka went wide and lost some time. From then on I had Dan in front of me. It took a while but I managed to catch up with him and, after some draft dancing, I managed to pass him and to open a gap of a few seconds before going to the pits in P3.
After stopping for fuel and fresh tires I still was in front of Dan and Gorka, but I ran into quite some traffic. I was hoping to catch some draft while lapping, but timing was not on my side. Usually I was closing up just before the Lesmos and sometimes I ran into a battle for position. Ron and Tim had such a battle. I managed to lap them before Parabolica and – since we all were on overdrive reaching almost 310kph – I tried not to brake too late. Obviously Tim planned to brake later and we both spun through Parabolica (… thats racing). The car was still surprisingly drivable, only the tires were seriously offended. I found myself in P5 or 6 behind Dan and Gorka. Again I tried to keep up with Gorka, but after a few laps I had to let him go. Because Dan made a second pit stop (?) and DeeCee didn't cross the finish line (out of pure sportsmanship), I found myself again on the podium. Grats to DJ for winning the race and championship and also to Gorka for runner-up in both race and championship!
P3 in the final race and in the championship is more than I was hoping for. I am aware that my podium positions are due to the fact that DeeCee and the Hedlunds missed most of the races this season. However, as a team (RBR) Andi and I delivered a more than solid season ending up second in the team championship.
Looking forward to the F1 75 season!