27-05-2013, 12:12 PM
Qualy:
My PB before qualy was 1:13:5XX, I didn't even dream about getting that lap time because in my last two nights of practicing I hardly went below 1:14 a couple of times.
About 5 minutes left, my best time was 1:13:9XX, 14th on the grid. After a thousand of laps of practice that was the best I could do :'(
But then, I remember Mel's advice: "I gained .5 seconds slowing down"
I went out again and did an amazing unexpected 1:13:20X ... 7th in the grid!
That was pretty exciting and scary too, because I had some guys clearly faster than me behind...
Races:
I was lucky, did 3 good starts 8) and avoided almost all accidents in all races.
1rst and 2nd races were almost the same, tried to hold fast guys behind until my pit stop (49secs) in ninth lap, getting out in 14th from pits but without traffic and no accidents, reached the 8th position.
3rd race was spectacular for me, good start from 15th, gained a lot of positions in firsts corners due to mistakes made by drivers in front and reached 2nd place in 3rd lap.
I got hit and I loose a position and some time, but surprisingly, I reached 1rst position (lot of accidents and early stops I guess) before my pit stop.
I got out from pits in 7th and even reached 6th but then, JP Campmajo caught me, I hold him for a couple of laps but he was quite faster than me. Robert Hedlund joined us and I watching them fighting on my mirrors, thinking that it might be my chance to get away from them...when I miss the entry of the last turn, went out of the track and they overtook me.
Thanks a lot to SR4L for this great racing evening and also my admiration for those using clutch in this track, that looks really impossible thing to me.
I would like to remark too, the nice and sportmanship driving of JP Campmajo, I hold him for some important laps in first and last race, slowing him down a lot I think, however he didn't loose his nerves and didn't event touch me once (maybe once) the hundred times he tried to overtake me, even getting side by side. Thanks JP.
My PB before qualy was 1:13:5XX, I didn't even dream about getting that lap time because in my last two nights of practicing I hardly went below 1:14 a couple of times.
About 5 minutes left, my best time was 1:13:9XX, 14th on the grid. After a thousand of laps of practice that was the best I could do :'(
But then, I remember Mel's advice: "I gained .5 seconds slowing down"
I went out again and did an amazing unexpected 1:13:20X ... 7th in the grid!That was pretty exciting and scary too, because I had some guys clearly faster than me behind...
Races:
I was lucky, did 3 good starts 8) and avoided almost all accidents in all races.
1rst and 2nd races were almost the same, tried to hold fast guys behind until my pit stop (49secs) in ninth lap, getting out in 14th from pits but without traffic and no accidents, reached the 8th position.
3rd race was spectacular for me, good start from 15th, gained a lot of positions in firsts corners due to mistakes made by drivers in front and reached 2nd place in 3rd lap.
I got hit and I loose a position and some time, but surprisingly, I reached 1rst position (lot of accidents and early stops I guess) before my pit stop.
I got out from pits in 7th and even reached 6th but then, JP Campmajo caught me, I hold him for a couple of laps but he was quite faster than me. Robert Hedlund joined us and I watching them fighting on my mirrors, thinking that it might be my chance to get away from them...when I miss the entry of the last turn, went out of the track and they overtook me.
Thanks a lot to SR4L for this great racing evening and also my admiration for those using clutch in this track, that looks really impossible thing to me.
I would like to remark too, the nice and sportmanship driving of JP Campmajo, I hold him for some important laps in first and last race, slowing him down a lot I think, however he didn't loose his nerves and didn't event touch me once (maybe once) the hundred times he tried to overtake me, even getting side by side. Thanks JP.