18-02-2013, 10:15 AM
I was quite lucky on this event (overall having quite luck in all 3 league events we've had... hope it lasts),I got away off any trouble and made no serious mistakes.
Qualy
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My fastest lap was the best I could give in a single lap, no way of being able to hold that pace for several laps without a mistake. Marcel's time was unreachable. So I felt happy to be second and have a clear road ahead at race start.
Race 1
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To much wheelspin and checking mirrors made me go to the right wall and kiss it. Screen showed There was damage but it wasn't noticeable. Made it safe to second place after turn1 and expected Marcel to pull away quickly. But somehow I was able to hold the pace losing just a few tenths per lap. As he said at lap 7 he found traffic at turn 4 (probably the worst place to be held in traffic, such a quick angle curve) so the 2 seconds we had in distance flew away and put me on his tail. We were at the same strategy and entered together to the pits that very lap. When my pit was about to end I saw (Vittorio?) coming to pits and calculated I had to wait for him to pass and therefore lose some more time to Marcel. But then I saw his pit box was before mine and Marcel had to wait for him to pass so I could get away with a 3.x second advantage to Marcel. The remaining 7 laps I knew I had to drive to the limit. I kept well concentrated and was able to lap fast and constantly keeping the distance to him. Final lap I took less risks and manage the time distance (That was a sweaty second half race)
Race 2
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Starting from pole I got a good reaction at start but released too much the cluth pedal and my car lost a lot of revs losing first place to Marcel. It was a great battle triangle for a couple of laps, Marcel, DjC and me until they touched at turn 1. It was a scary moment trying to avoid them. The rest of the laps was a short distance battle with David until I went for my pitstop at the end of lap 7. Then I found Vittorio was already pitting in the same pit box I had to stop. So I stopped parallel to him. I saw seconds going by but Vittorio pitstop was taking too long. I tried then to change cameras to see if I could get out of there straight or should I reverse my car to avoid contact, but logically server doesn't allow the driving view to be changed. Pitstop ended and tried to leave straight but our rear tires were touching so I went for reverse gear and went out of there as quick as I could.
After my pitstop I had no hopes to have battle with David but when he came from pits he was only 5 seconds ahead (his pitstop took longer than expected). I tried to give it all but just could gain a few tenths per lap so I resigned second place was good enough. 3 laps to the end surprisely saw Rob M coming out of pits right behind David. That really didn't look logical as gaps between cars and pitstop minumun times didn't match. Finally ended third right Behind Rob.
Race 3
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I was really cautious at start. No unnecesary risks and busy traffic battles ahead kept me in second last for almost the full first lap. As things were settling down I started pushing harder. After the severe crash ahead at turn two I found myself in a 5 car battle for the lead. This ended up having DjC and me in front just before my pistop. After we both pitted we met again and battled for a couple of laps until I was able to early catch David's Slipstream at the straight and was able to pass him. I then pushed all I could and was able to open a confortable gap to him.
Now back to Montecarlo.... I really fear that chicane
Qualy
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My fastest lap was the best I could give in a single lap, no way of being able to hold that pace for several laps without a mistake. Marcel's time was unreachable. So I felt happy to be second and have a clear road ahead at race start.
Race 1
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To much wheelspin and checking mirrors made me go to the right wall and kiss it. Screen showed There was damage but it wasn't noticeable. Made it safe to second place after turn1 and expected Marcel to pull away quickly. But somehow I was able to hold the pace losing just a few tenths per lap. As he said at lap 7 he found traffic at turn 4 (probably the worst place to be held in traffic, such a quick angle curve) so the 2 seconds we had in distance flew away and put me on his tail. We were at the same strategy and entered together to the pits that very lap. When my pit was about to end I saw (Vittorio?) coming to pits and calculated I had to wait for him to pass and therefore lose some more time to Marcel. But then I saw his pit box was before mine and Marcel had to wait for him to pass so I could get away with a 3.x second advantage to Marcel. The remaining 7 laps I knew I had to drive to the limit. I kept well concentrated and was able to lap fast and constantly keeping the distance to him. Final lap I took less risks and manage the time distance (That was a sweaty second half race)
Race 2
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Starting from pole I got a good reaction at start but released too much the cluth pedal and my car lost a lot of revs losing first place to Marcel. It was a great battle triangle for a couple of laps, Marcel, DjC and me until they touched at turn 1. It was a scary moment trying to avoid them. The rest of the laps was a short distance battle with David until I went for my pitstop at the end of lap 7. Then I found Vittorio was already pitting in the same pit box I had to stop. So I stopped parallel to him. I saw seconds going by but Vittorio pitstop was taking too long. I tried then to change cameras to see if I could get out of there straight or should I reverse my car to avoid contact, but logically server doesn't allow the driving view to be changed. Pitstop ended and tried to leave straight but our rear tires were touching so I went for reverse gear and went out of there as quick as I could.
After my pitstop I had no hopes to have battle with David but when he came from pits he was only 5 seconds ahead (his pitstop took longer than expected). I tried to give it all but just could gain a few tenths per lap so I resigned second place was good enough. 3 laps to the end surprisely saw Rob M coming out of pits right behind David. That really didn't look logical as gaps between cars and pitstop minumun times didn't match. Finally ended third right Behind Rob.
Race 3
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I was really cautious at start. No unnecesary risks and busy traffic battles ahead kept me in second last for almost the full first lap. As things were settling down I started pushing harder. After the severe crash ahead at turn two I found myself in a 5 car battle for the lead. This ended up having DjC and me in front just before my pistop. After we both pitted we met again and battled for a couple of laps until I was able to early catch David's Slipstream at the straight and was able to pass him. I then pushed all I could and was able to open a confortable gap to him.
Now back to Montecarlo.... I really fear that chicane
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