06-11-2016, 10:16 PM
So, 3rd on the grid.. that's okay but to be honest I aimed for pole. I was able to to 1:15 flat within the 30 first practice laps last week so I'd have expected to break into the 14's by now but I guess I would have needed a little more practice. Instead I was pretty much 4th on the grid (Coyne on the inside after all..).
Got a really good start and immediately got past DJ.. I thought I was second but suddenly realised I had Coyne by my side and had to back off a little.. That resulted in DJ overtook me again.. Grrrr.. 4th on a track like Monaco and I saw Gorka just sailing away in the lead. I realised it was going to be a tough evening. But to my surprise I was in 2nd place in only two laps! Got past DJ after the chicane simply because I had a lot higher speed, and then I managed to do the exactly same thing to Coyne the next lap. Suddenly it looked a lot more promising, and I started to chase Gorka who already had a couple of seconds. We had lots of traffic all the time and after the chicane I was going to lap Emery who probably had damage... He was driving slowly but he crashed into the wall and his car totally unrealistically flew out in the middle of the track and there I was... I thought the race was over as I had lost my front wheel.. But I wanted some points today and linked back to pits for a 2 minute+ repair. I entered the track between Gorka and DJ and that was lucky because that made my race a bit more interesting. I let DJ pass me and then followed them to watch their battle for 1st. I gained position after position too, and I was back in 7th when next disaster strucked... This time it was Gorka standing still in the chicane and I had no chance to avoid him. Car was heavy damaged AND fell into the water, so suddenly I lost 1 lap and that was when I gave up...
Bad luck today. It would be better if it was my own mistakes because it feels better to be angry with myself than someone else... Still no points this season.
Got a really good start and immediately got past DJ.. I thought I was second but suddenly realised I had Coyne by my side and had to back off a little.. That resulted in DJ overtook me again.. Grrrr.. 4th on a track like Monaco and I saw Gorka just sailing away in the lead. I realised it was going to be a tough evening. But to my surprise I was in 2nd place in only two laps! Got past DJ after the chicane simply because I had a lot higher speed, and then I managed to do the exactly same thing to Coyne the next lap. Suddenly it looked a lot more promising, and I started to chase Gorka who already had a couple of seconds. We had lots of traffic all the time and after the chicane I was going to lap Emery who probably had damage... He was driving slowly but he crashed into the wall and his car totally unrealistically flew out in the middle of the track and there I was... I thought the race was over as I had lost my front wheel.. But I wanted some points today and linked back to pits for a 2 minute+ repair. I entered the track between Gorka and DJ and that was lucky because that made my race a bit more interesting. I let DJ pass me and then followed them to watch their battle for 1st. I gained position after position too, and I was back in 7th when next disaster strucked... This time it was Gorka standing still in the chicane and I had no chance to avoid him. Car was heavy damaged AND fell into the water, so suddenly I lost 1 lap and that was when I gave up...
Bad luck today. It would be better if it was my own mistakes because it feels better to be angry with myself than someone else... Still no points this season.