25-11-2013, 12:29 AM
Mixed feelings about this event for me. Of course I am very happy for pole position and my Race 1 win. But I'm so disappointed I missed out on the action in Race 2 :'( I've been looking forward to this, because I've had some great fights in Race 2 before, with Marcel, Djc and Gorka etc... :'(
[big]QUALI[/big]
Went better than expected. I knew I was fast enough for front row if I just could manage to do a clean, fast lap, but I expected Marcel to take pole because I was sure he had more speed over one lap. With only minutes left of the quali, I was 2nd behind him, and tried to improve my mid 2.05 laptime. For several laps in a row, I had really good pace and was close to my best time but could not improve! But suddenly I did 2.05.2 which gave me pole! Really pleased with that, because I feared the dirty side.
[big]RACE 1[/big]
I did not get off the line as good as I usually do. Marcel was quick off the line on the dirty side, so he was close behind me through the first corners where he managed to hold Djc behind. After a few laps I was still in the lead with Marcel in my tail. We had opened up a gap to Djc in 3rd. After 5 laps I managed to open up a small gap to Marcel too, and I had quite good pace. I lost most of the gap when I was going to lap Peter in the first corner on lap 6 or 7... It looked like he was going to let me pass, but when I was beside him, he suddenly swerved to the inside and touched my rear wheel with his front wheel. It was a very light contact, but watching the replay, it was so close that this race ended in disaster there... But no harm, so I continued one more lap and did my pitstop at the end of lap 7 and so did Marcel. I had a good stop, 47 seconds. When all drivers had done their pitstops, I was in the lead, and I could not see Marcel in my mirrors anymore. Won the race and that felt great 8)
[big]RACE 2[/big]
My worst race ever. I had been looking forward to this race but I was a victim of the start grid incident. The crash happened on the left side of the track, so I thought that I could make it through on the dirty side. But suddenly I was hit by something and flew through the air and landed upside down.... (I was hit by a flying car, according to replay, but I did not see it when it happened because of some bad lag). Damage was extreme... I had to keep my wheel 90° to the right but still it was impossible to keep the car straight. It took me very long time to reach the pits for repair (308 seconds). I was sure I had lost a whee because the car was really unstable at low speed, but apparently not. I finished the race 14th or something like that, 3-4 laps behind >
I've been so lucky in previous events and never had damage like this before. But now I was hit by a flying car that I could not see. I guess it was my turn... Race 2 is all about luck. You are never safe, even if you are really careful. (Btw, I'm still of the opinion that only top 10 should be reversed in race 2)
Overall... I'm happy for my pole and win, but overall I'm disappointed, to be honest.
[big]QUALI[/big]
Went better than expected. I knew I was fast enough for front row if I just could manage to do a clean, fast lap, but I expected Marcel to take pole because I was sure he had more speed over one lap. With only minutes left of the quali, I was 2nd behind him, and tried to improve my mid 2.05 laptime. For several laps in a row, I had really good pace and was close to my best time but could not improve! But suddenly I did 2.05.2 which gave me pole! Really pleased with that, because I feared the dirty side.
[big]RACE 1[/big]
I did not get off the line as good as I usually do. Marcel was quick off the line on the dirty side, so he was close behind me through the first corners where he managed to hold Djc behind. After a few laps I was still in the lead with Marcel in my tail. We had opened up a gap to Djc in 3rd. After 5 laps I managed to open up a small gap to Marcel too, and I had quite good pace. I lost most of the gap when I was going to lap Peter in the first corner on lap 6 or 7... It looked like he was going to let me pass, but when I was beside him, he suddenly swerved to the inside and touched my rear wheel with his front wheel. It was a very light contact, but watching the replay, it was so close that this race ended in disaster there... But no harm, so I continued one more lap and did my pitstop at the end of lap 7 and so did Marcel. I had a good stop, 47 seconds. When all drivers had done their pitstops, I was in the lead, and I could not see Marcel in my mirrors anymore. Won the race and that felt great 8)
[big]RACE 2[/big]
My worst race ever. I had been looking forward to this race but I was a victim of the start grid incident. The crash happened on the left side of the track, so I thought that I could make it through on the dirty side. But suddenly I was hit by something and flew through the air and landed upside down.... (I was hit by a flying car, according to replay, but I did not see it when it happened because of some bad lag). Damage was extreme... I had to keep my wheel 90° to the right but still it was impossible to keep the car straight. It took me very long time to reach the pits for repair (308 seconds). I was sure I had lost a whee because the car was really unstable at low speed, but apparently not. I finished the race 14th or something like that, 3-4 laps behind >
I've been so lucky in previous events and never had damage like this before. But now I was hit by a flying car that I could not see. I guess it was my turn... Race 2 is all about luck. You are never safe, even if you are really careful. (Btw, I'm still of the opinion that only top 10 should be reversed in race 2)
Overall... I'm happy for my pole and win, but overall I'm disappointed, to be honest.