18-03-2013, 10:49 AM
A nice weekend for me despite race 3 bad result. I was expecting a really difficult event as sparks were quick here and winged sparks unreachable. But things ended better than I feared.
Qualyfing
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I made my 52.8 in the early part of the session and got a CTD when returning to garage. Decided that time was enough, that was all I could take from my Eve car. I feared that time could bring me to 5th/6th place, but luckily it was enough for 3rd.
Race1
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Made a good start and for a moment I was ahead of DjC in second place but the distance to turn 1 is short and he had the inside line so there was no chance to get past him. The rest of the race's first half was a battle trying to cut some distance to DjC who was about 3-4seconds ahead. After pitstops I found myself in second place and David was 3 seconds behind me. I then witnessed for several laps the battle between Marcel and Jason. It was a fierce battle, Marcel trying to look for gaps but Jason was good defending his position. That allowed me to catch them and to David to approach me.
I once went wide at the turn before the jump and lost a lot of speed, David couldn't avoid me and gave me a little push from behind were he spun.
That left me for a secured place behind Marcel's battle with Jason. At a moment, after Marcel tried to pass him at the final curve they lost a lot of speed there. That put me right behind their slipstream. For a moment thought about attacking them at the straight but then though it better and decided a threesome had a big risk in ending in turn1 disaster, so I eased off and kept behind them.
Almost at the end of the race Jason went for his pitstop and that gave me second place in finish line.
Race 2
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Did a nice start from first row but DjC did better so we entered parallel to turn1. We did a little tire kiss and he took the worst part of it. As race settled Marcel was in his flying spark while I was trying to avoid Bryan to catch me. At lap 9 I was wide again at the turn before the jump and Bryan catched me, making a good inside move at the next curve and passing me. Then I went for my scheduled pitstop and after a couple of laps I saw Bryan was 16sec behind me (later he told he almost run out of fuel and lost a lot of time trying to get to pits). So that left me for a comfortable second half of the race and ending again in second place.
Race 3
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Start was difficult. for the first half of the first lap I had a very big drop of frames (too many cars in front in this track) then things went back to normal. After a few laps I found I was already in third place which surprised me (probably due to many incidents at first laps) behind DjC and Yerke who were out of my sight. I then received the visit of Marcel who wanted to pass me. We battled for a couple of laps and then saw him disappearing for an early pitstop. In order to defend my position I decided to pit early too (so I could try avoiding Marcel from overtaking me). I then found Marcel was already in pits (repairing?). As my 47sec pitstop started he left, so I knew I was about to leave pits some seconds ahead of him.
After my pitstop I also found Yerke had lost a lot of time somewhere and I found myself again in second place behind a far away DjC. I was happy about this, but happyness didn't last for long, as a couple of laps later lapping another driver I went wide at the curve, hitting a tire pyle and loosing my front left wheel. I then slowly went to pits in case my crew could repair that. They did, bit it took them 304 secs, so I just left the pits in time to do the final lap and at least take a couple of bonus points for finishing.
(sorry for the short speech ;D )
Qualyfing
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I made my 52.8 in the early part of the session and got a CTD when returning to garage. Decided that time was enough, that was all I could take from my Eve car. I feared that time could bring me to 5th/6th place, but luckily it was enough for 3rd.
Race1
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Made a good start and for a moment I was ahead of DjC in second place but the distance to turn 1 is short and he had the inside line so there was no chance to get past him. The rest of the race's first half was a battle trying to cut some distance to DjC who was about 3-4seconds ahead. After pitstops I found myself in second place and David was 3 seconds behind me. I then witnessed for several laps the battle between Marcel and Jason. It was a fierce battle, Marcel trying to look for gaps but Jason was good defending his position. That allowed me to catch them and to David to approach me.
I once went wide at the turn before the jump and lost a lot of speed, David couldn't avoid me and gave me a little push from behind were he spun.
That left me for a secured place behind Marcel's battle with Jason. At a moment, after Marcel tried to pass him at the final curve they lost a lot of speed there. That put me right behind their slipstream. For a moment thought about attacking them at the straight but then though it better and decided a threesome had a big risk in ending in turn1 disaster, so I eased off and kept behind them.
Almost at the end of the race Jason went for his pitstop and that gave me second place in finish line.
Race 2
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Did a nice start from first row but DjC did better so we entered parallel to turn1. We did a little tire kiss and he took the worst part of it. As race settled Marcel was in his flying spark while I was trying to avoid Bryan to catch me. At lap 9 I was wide again at the turn before the jump and Bryan catched me, making a good inside move at the next curve and passing me. Then I went for my scheduled pitstop and after a couple of laps I saw Bryan was 16sec behind me (later he told he almost run out of fuel and lost a lot of time trying to get to pits). So that left me for a comfortable second half of the race and ending again in second place.
Race 3
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Start was difficult. for the first half of the first lap I had a very big drop of frames (too many cars in front in this track) then things went back to normal. After a few laps I found I was already in third place which surprised me (probably due to many incidents at first laps) behind DjC and Yerke who were out of my sight. I then received the visit of Marcel who wanted to pass me. We battled for a couple of laps and then saw him disappearing for an early pitstop. In order to defend my position I decided to pit early too (so I could try avoiding Marcel from overtaking me). I then found Marcel was already in pits (repairing?). As my 47sec pitstop started he left, so I knew I was about to leave pits some seconds ahead of him.
After my pitstop I also found Yerke had lost a lot of time somewhere and I found myself again in second place behind a far away DjC. I was happy about this, but happyness didn't last for long, as a couple of laps later lapping another driver I went wide at the curve, hitting a tire pyle and loosing my front left wheel. I then slowly went to pits in case my crew could repair that. They did, bit it took them 304 secs, so I just left the pits in time to do the final lap and at least take a couple of bonus points for finishing.
(sorry for the short speech ;D )
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