13-05-2018, 09:39 PM
This track is all abut luck and survival.
Race 1 - Qualified P4 but some guys were a bit faster in practice than my qualy time so felt lucky to be there. Got thru Eau Rouge OK then glanced back at Malmady and saw an empty track so then felt really lucky to have missed whatever caused that. From there I raced alone for 8 laps except for Kris catching and passing me on about lap 2. Some bad luck by others gave me P3 at the finish. Woohoo, I'll take it.
Race 2 - My luck ran out. Started way back in the grid. That's Ok, we do what we have to do to move things along. But now I'm in more traffic than the first race. Got bumped off track on the Kemmel straight but no damage so no problem. Recovered and motored on only to look back again to see a nearly empty track behind me. Followed a couple of cars at about 50 yards and felt safe. (You're never safe at Spa!) But at Stavelot one of them wrecks and spins across the track. I make avoidance moves and get past him but my move rams me into the billboards. Wheel off. Game over.
But the P3 in race 1 soothes the pain of race 2.
Race 1 - Qualified P4 but some guys were a bit faster in practice than my qualy time so felt lucky to be there. Got thru Eau Rouge OK then glanced back at Malmady and saw an empty track so then felt really lucky to have missed whatever caused that. From there I raced alone for 8 laps except for Kris catching and passing me on about lap 2. Some bad luck by others gave me P3 at the finish. Woohoo, I'll take it.
Race 2 - My luck ran out. Started way back in the grid. That's Ok, we do what we have to do to move things along. But now I'm in more traffic than the first race. Got bumped off track on the Kemmel straight but no damage so no problem. Recovered and motored on only to look back again to see a nearly empty track behind me. Followed a couple of cars at about 50 yards and felt safe. (You're never safe at Spa!) But at Stavelot one of them wrecks and spins across the track. I make avoidance moves and get past him but my move rams me into the billboards. Wheel off. Game over.
But the P3 in race 1 soothes the pain of race 2.