SR4L F1 League Race Reports Rnd 7 Nurburgring Endurance

[Lecram]

Sooo,

Qualify went reasonable. Rikard was too quick for me, as expected and I was happy with my laptime and 2nd position but not so happy with the dirty side I would be starting from. Dj should have been just what, 5 tenths quicker and I wouldn't be complaining about dirty sides... : ;D

I had an okay start I thought but Dj got better grip and was alongside me so I let him go a bit, only to find Roland Haans coming alongside, where did he came from, I thought?? Again I was very cautious and let them have it while Gorka was right behind.
Roland and Dj had their battle and I was following them 2 secs behind but looking after my tires. Then Roland had made his move on Dj and I was able to close in on Dj, while pulling away from Gorka. Those 3 laps behind Dj flew by, I wasn't even watching my hud to see how many laps we had done. Until at the end of lap 5, I was about 4 tenths behind Dj coming on to the main straight. Dj did what he was supposed to do, keeping right for pit entry. I was trying to line up for a pass but I saw Dj slowing down just in time to let go off throttle and steer to the left to avoid him. :o That was very close ;D

So next lap my stop, as planned. Everything went great tho I saw Cosimo struggling to find his spot. Eventually he drove thru the barrier onto mainstraight, in wrong direction and cornered to enter pit, only to fail again. Crew was ready, I drove away but in my mirror I saw Cosimo accelerating and moving over to pass me. So I gave him room but went just a tiny little too far to the left and met a fence which was hard to see in the first place, but proved to be very hard to my suspension as well. I was yelling ''noooo'' in disbelief but got on my way, with serious damage.

Then just after the bridge I didn't keep it steady enough and touched the barrier again and at that moment, I though about giving it all up. Can't afford that really so I tried to finish the lap with all wheels and more bent. Still in fourth.
I managed to reach pit and got repaired but also another 55 liters of fuel so I had to be careful the last laps. The stop took so long my engine started smoking and I thought I had a button mapped to stop/start the engine so I desperately pushed some buttons and accidentally pressed one with a chat macro. My bad, very sorry.

So after a long time I got on my way with smoking engine. From what I saw smoke stopped after couple of corners and then I tried to manage the heavy car. I overtook George for 7th place and did my best to get up to Hector who struggled in the final laps. I got within a couple of seconds but not enough.

It was a great event, great first laps for me, Dj and me in a classic battle. Shame about the stop, seems the luck I had in Season 2 is completely missing... :-\

Very well done all, thanks for racing.