07-03-2016, 03:37 AM
Practice and Qualifying went well. Was able to improve my laptimes from the start to the end. Got 2nd position, again very close behind Rikard. 
Race 1- Good start. Was able to follow Rikard without any sort of problems. Overall, I'm happy with how clean and smooth the first stint was. Rik and I made our pitstops in same lap, but mine was about 27-28 sec. Not good. Also, I think I just wasn't quick enough especially into the pits and to the box, but also out. Need to work a bit more on this part in the future cause I'm sure I lost seconds there. Coming out of pits in 3rd I knew Rikard was far away, and I noticed Gorka made a successful undercut so I had to chase him some laps. He was driving good and it wasn't too easy to pass. I expected a battle between us until an incident at the start-finish straight, just beginning our 14th lap. It all started with Gorka braking hard and crashing into another guy, think it was Cook having blue flag there. Anyhow, I clearly noticed something was going wrong at this point, but still having the throttle to the floor (sounds like a maniac)? :o lol). With some luck I thought there could be a chance to avoid them but no. While their cars were out of control, one of them touched my right rear so I crashed into the right wall. Not a very bad crash though, but when I continued again I notice some damage to the suspension and tyres cause my steering wheel vibrated. Luckily I could go on and finish the race. Unfortunately for Gorka, I took over the 2nd place that he had before. If it wasn't because of the incident, I think we would've been able to fight towards the end.
Race 2- Starting from 9th knowing it's gonna be difficult to handle. Looked like a pretty nice and clean start for everyone in front of me. But in turn 3, 4 and after (the long left), something happened behind me. Yes I watched the replay and it didn't look so nice for many there, disaster! Meanwhile For me, it was going good enough, 8th place behind Rikard for a couple laps. Fighting with some drivers the first stint was a good experience so I could plan my decisions and overtakes and so on. I didn't expect to find more than 2 corners for overtaking, so I was surprised it worked well in others, in total maybe 4 or 5. 26 sec pitstop in lap 10 was ok, went out from pits again and knew I had to work hard for a victory. Was lucky to not have anyone in front of me this lap. Starting lap 11, Rik came out from the pits in front of me, so the battle could continue. But at the same time Minges arrived ahead of me. There was an incident between us (in turn 7 I think). I was going for the inside line there, and as he braked and same time moved I pushed him out by mistake. This was totally my fault cause I was too close and had no time to react. I'm sorry for what happened! A couple laps later, I took over the 2nd position from Rik in turn 1, because he braked late and went out wide, (was surprised cause I'm used to see him race without problems). ;D After that it turned out really well for me. Closed the gap to Cruickshank who was in the lead, and I did everything I could to go for it the last lap. Finished in 1st place!
Nice racing, Zandvoort was one of the best for me in this leauge so far.
Race 1- Good start. Was able to follow Rikard without any sort of problems. Overall, I'm happy with how clean and smooth the first stint was. Rik and I made our pitstops in same lap, but mine was about 27-28 sec. Not good. Also, I think I just wasn't quick enough especially into the pits and to the box, but also out. Need to work a bit more on this part in the future cause I'm sure I lost seconds there. Coming out of pits in 3rd I knew Rikard was far away, and I noticed Gorka made a successful undercut so I had to chase him some laps. He was driving good and it wasn't too easy to pass. I expected a battle between us until an incident at the start-finish straight, just beginning our 14th lap. It all started with Gorka braking hard and crashing into another guy, think it was Cook having blue flag there. Anyhow, I clearly noticed something was going wrong at this point, but still having the throttle to the floor (sounds like a maniac)? :o lol). With some luck I thought there could be a chance to avoid them but no. While their cars were out of control, one of them touched my right rear so I crashed into the right wall. Not a very bad crash though, but when I continued again I notice some damage to the suspension and tyres cause my steering wheel vibrated. Luckily I could go on and finish the race. Unfortunately for Gorka, I took over the 2nd place that he had before. If it wasn't because of the incident, I think we would've been able to fight towards the end.
Race 2- Starting from 9th knowing it's gonna be difficult to handle. Looked like a pretty nice and clean start for everyone in front of me. But in turn 3, 4 and after (the long left), something happened behind me. Yes I watched the replay and it didn't look so nice for many there, disaster! Meanwhile For me, it was going good enough, 8th place behind Rikard for a couple laps. Fighting with some drivers the first stint was a good experience so I could plan my decisions and overtakes and so on. I didn't expect to find more than 2 corners for overtaking, so I was surprised it worked well in others, in total maybe 4 or 5. 26 sec pitstop in lap 10 was ok, went out from pits again and knew I had to work hard for a victory. Was lucky to not have anyone in front of me this lap. Starting lap 11, Rik came out from the pits in front of me, so the battle could continue. But at the same time Minges arrived ahead of me. There was an incident between us (in turn 7 I think). I was going for the inside line there, and as he braked and same time moved I pushed him out by mistake. This was totally my fault cause I was too close and had no time to react. I'm sorry for what happened! A couple laps later, I took over the 2nd position from Rik in turn 1, because he braked late and went out wide, (was surprised cause I'm used to see him race without problems). ;D After that it turned out really well for me. Closed the gap to Cruickshank who was in the lead, and I did everything I could to go for it the last lap. Finished in 1st place!
Nice racing, Zandvoort was one of the best for me in this leauge so far.