06-05-2019, 07:04 PM
I had a reasonable qualifying, ending up in 6th. I was afraid for the start with such a tightly packed grid, but luckily all went well.
The first few laps were horrible; I jumped some curbs, went wide onto the grass, etc. No idea what was going on, but I couldn't get the car to work properly. In the second corner I already lost the place again to Bryan that I had gained at the start. I was happy when Anttii and Dave Coyne overtook me after a mistake, as there was no more pressure and I could focus on keeping the car on track. I sort of gave up trying to fight as there was nothing I could do, until around lap 15 the car changed completely. All of a sudden I could point the car where I wanted to and it became a pleasure to drive again.
Mistakes were made...
On lap 19 I had an awesome moment where I slipstreamed Dave Coyne who was slipstreaming J-P. On the back straight I managed to overtake both cars! That was just an awesome moment.
Very exciting racing.
At that point I thought "I can happily hit a wall now". Aaaaand probably jinxed it.
A few laps later, I was thinking about fuel and pitstops (or pitbabes?) and just lost focus for a second. Complete brainfart, and I can still slap myself on the head for it. Went almost full speed into the second corner and had a terrible crash, rolling the car multiple times. Sjeez, what an idiot I am. I still can't believe it.
I parked the car on the side of the track to avoid hogging up space in the pits and waited till the end watching a few exciting battles on track.
Congrats to DJ who was in a class of his own.
Bryan also did insanely well, where is that speed coming from? Perhaps the 4AM wake-up actually helps?
And happy to see Antti back in great shape, taking 2nd for our team.
Looking forward to the next race at Watkins Glen, and this time I'm determined to make it to the finish.
The first few laps were horrible; I jumped some curbs, went wide onto the grass, etc. No idea what was going on, but I couldn't get the car to work properly. In the second corner I already lost the place again to Bryan that I had gained at the start. I was happy when Anttii and Dave Coyne overtook me after a mistake, as there was no more pressure and I could focus on keeping the car on track. I sort of gave up trying to fight as there was nothing I could do, until around lap 15 the car changed completely. All of a sudden I could point the car where I wanted to and it became a pleasure to drive again.
Mistakes were made...
On lap 19 I had an awesome moment where I slipstreamed Dave Coyne who was slipstreaming J-P. On the back straight I managed to overtake both cars! That was just an awesome moment.
Very exciting racing.
At that point I thought "I can happily hit a wall now". Aaaaand probably jinxed it.
A few laps later, I was thinking about fuel and pitstops (or pitbabes?) and just lost focus for a second. Complete brainfart, and I can still slap myself on the head for it. Went almost full speed into the second corner and had a terrible crash, rolling the car multiple times. Sjeez, what an idiot I am. I still can't believe it.
I parked the car on the side of the track to avoid hogging up space in the pits and waited till the end watching a few exciting battles on track.
Congrats to DJ who was in a class of his own.
Bryan also did insanely well, where is that speed coming from? Perhaps the 4AM wake-up actually helps?
And happy to see Antti back in great shape, taking 2nd for our team.
Looking forward to the next race at Watkins Glen, and this time I'm determined to make it to the finish.