27-01-2014, 07:23 AM
Well practice is everything and that is something I'm not having these last months. This has paid off in crashing in both races. :'(
Qualy
Couldn't find the time to work on a quick and stable setup and 5 minutes to qualy I was still doing changes to the car. Only reached to find a quick enough one that brought me to 3:20.X in but alongside it was unstable.
Race 1
Start was clean, the leading pack going safe through Eau Reuge. As turns went by I saw Marcel struggle a little at a couple of turns, probably the smokie wheels from the car ahead didn't help at all. That helped me to catch his slipstream and overtake him. Later I saw at the HUD David being behind me and I thought he somehow had also overtaken Marcel too.
It was lap 3 and even though I was feeling quite confident, not nervous at all but on the same time battling my own car (David was 6 sec behind and the guys in front were fighting for position, anything could happen to them).
But when car is not stable in this track sooner or later you will crash and that is what happened in lap 4. :-[
Race 2
Started carefully from the back. I was well on the left avoiding unnecesary trouble but the car on my right didn't leave any room and headed to turn 1 using the whole track and give me a little push. I was able not to lose the car but unlucky to have some slight damage on the right front. Approaching the end of the lap I lost the car and hit the barrier with the rear side just enought to being thrown to the barbed wired barriers destroying the car. Race over.
Qualy
Couldn't find the time to work on a quick and stable setup and 5 minutes to qualy I was still doing changes to the car. Only reached to find a quick enough one that brought me to 3:20.X in but alongside it was unstable.
Race 1
Start was clean, the leading pack going safe through Eau Reuge. As turns went by I saw Marcel struggle a little at a couple of turns, probably the smokie wheels from the car ahead didn't help at all. That helped me to catch his slipstream and overtake him. Later I saw at the HUD David being behind me and I thought he somehow had also overtaken Marcel too.
It was lap 3 and even though I was feeling quite confident, not nervous at all but on the same time battling my own car (David was 6 sec behind and the guys in front were fighting for position, anything could happen to them).
But when car is not stable in this track sooner or later you will crash and that is what happened in lap 4. :-[
Race 2
Started carefully from the back. I was well on the left avoiding unnecesary trouble but the car on my right didn't leave any room and headed to turn 1 using the whole track and give me a little push. I was able not to lose the car but unlucky to have some slight damage on the right front. Approaching the end of the lap I lost the car and hit the barrier with the rear side just enought to being thrown to the barbed wired barriers destroying the car. Race over.
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