06-04-2020, 12:19 AM
Once again JPS and I were very close in qualifying. This time managing to get the pole. My first of the season 
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Sitting on the grid wishing I didn't as my car was on the none rubbed side. Looking over to JPS car, he was sat on the black stuff. For this, and as expected, he had the better start and got in the lead with me in tow.
I could keep up with him no problem, but to try to overtake was hard as the car just loses downforce when near the back of him. This was also the same when following backmarkers, which I will tell you about below.
After a number of laps he made a mistake in the last corners on the track. When I got close and try to go around him I spun the car. Lost 5 seconds., but lost no places. Tried to gain that time back but was keep finding backmarkers in the wrong parts of the track and the gap just was not getting smaller.
Did my first pit, all ok. Had to battle and overtake drivers that were only doing 1 pitstops. Lost more time on JP doing this.
Then disaster happened, I come across a backmarker going slow through the 1st corner not giving way to blue flags, I spun my car again. Lost lots of time, and had to re overtake all the cars that I had just overtook. I even had Ed behind me for company.
2nd pitstop, not so good. I locked up slowing down for my red box and overshot it. Lost 10 seconds finding it.
At this point I was now 18 seconds behind JPS, but still in 2nd place. It would ask a miracle to caught up now, but to my surprise, I was closing the gap slowly.
Then disaster again, I come around a fast corner and there is Tobias and Ricky in a cloud of tyre smoke, Tobias in the middle of the road. I try go through the gap left of him, but Tobias hits the gas peddle and drives where I was heading and takes my wheel off my car. Game over. Not happy feelings.
CU you all next time. Stay safe.
.Sitting on the grid wishing I didn't as my car was on the none rubbed side. Looking over to JPS car, he was sat on the black stuff. For this, and as expected, he had the better start and got in the lead with me in tow.
I could keep up with him no problem, but to try to overtake was hard as the car just loses downforce when near the back of him. This was also the same when following backmarkers, which I will tell you about below.
After a number of laps he made a mistake in the last corners on the track. When I got close and try to go around him I spun the car. Lost 5 seconds., but lost no places. Tried to gain that time back but was keep finding backmarkers in the wrong parts of the track and the gap just was not getting smaller.
Did my first pit, all ok. Had to battle and overtake drivers that were only doing 1 pitstops. Lost more time on JP doing this.
Then disaster happened, I come across a backmarker going slow through the 1st corner not giving way to blue flags, I spun my car again. Lost lots of time, and had to re overtake all the cars that I had just overtook. I even had Ed behind me for company.
2nd pitstop, not so good. I locked up slowing down for my red box and overshot it. Lost 10 seconds finding it.
At this point I was now 18 seconds behind JPS, but still in 2nd place. It would ask a miracle to caught up now, but to my surprise, I was closing the gap slowly.
Then disaster again, I come around a fast corner and there is Tobias and Ricky in a cloud of tyre smoke, Tobias in the middle of the road. I try go through the gap left of him, but Tobias hits the gas peddle and drives where I was heading and takes my wheel off my car. Game over. Not happy feelings.
CU you all next time. Stay safe.