SR4L Fun Race Brianza Race Reports.

[Lecram]

Already at practise there were signs this was about to be between me and Gorka. I left the pit for my first run of the day and guess who is in front of me? So Gorka waited and let me by to get him a clear track and no Marcel on his tail.
Next time I go out, the same happens though this time I waited and gave him the track.

I struggled with my pace all evening. For some reason I wasn't able to get the times I got during testing.
Still 3rd on the grid which is front row so ok for me but I was worried for my race pace too since I had plans to use one tick longer 4th and 5th gear to be able to draft and overtake easier.

First race I took the first win of the new season after a cautious start, people fell off track and it ended up in a fight between David Cruickshank and me. I was able to slowly drive away from him, made my stop and got out in front of him. With 3 laps to go, a relatively easy but very unexpected win.

The smile on my face went even bigger when I saw Neela, my teammie, finishing 10th in her first SR4L F2 race!!! One hell of an amazing job!

Race 2 I got pole and on the grippy side of the track I had a good start. I was able to get way a bit untill Gorka got his nerves settled and found his rhythm. His laptimes made him look invincible and he came closer every sector but I knew I could hang on if I'd stay in his draft. After my stop the battle continued and I decided for the last lap to stay behind in Curva Grande, even though I could have overtaken him using his draft, all to have the latest possible out brake move entering Parabolica. But Gorka ain't dumb and he defended the inside so for a moment I was in doubt but I went for it, used his draft, and braked as late as possible on the outer but grippy side of Parabolica. I was almost convinced I had him, also because he appeared in my side-mirrors, until I felt a little nudge and had to let go of the throttle. I was not so happy afterwards but I see now for no reason and it was more or less a do or die move anyway : Great race!

So from the last row started the third race with cars flying everywhere, I managed to avoid all of it and had a lot of overtaking to do. Soon I saw Gorka (in my hud) coming up through the traffic too, so I knew I was in for a meet with him again. A 7 secs longer than normal pitstop meant that I saw Gorka flying past when I came out of the pit. Never got to see Paul Ceglia at all, very good drive Paul Gorka was ahead a bit and I tried to get his draft, saw the accident with Stefan and got hopes again for second place finish but I couldnt get it together. Seen all three steps of the podium, like Gorka, not too shabby.

Great event with a great turnout and as Gorka said earlier, im very curious to see what the rest of the season will bring.

Boo for runtime errors :-X