Had a splitting headache all night (still have now in fact) so probably shouldn't have raced. But decided to anyway.
Had done plenty of practice, culminating in a 25.7 on medium tyres and race fuel, so I was pretty confident. Qualifying saw a relatively clean run for once, and my first pole position for ages, 3 tenths off my PB though.
Race started, and Shark nearly drilled me into T2 - I had to come off the brakes to prevent him hitting me. Sorry if I braked a bit early. A lap later, Jon got past, and was right on me. Had a struggle getting past a backmarker, and after that we were together. Then Jon spun.
2 laps later though, I found I couldn't see Jamera, in much the same way I couldn't see Tyf at Barcelona (when I ended up hitting him). It definitely wasn't the number of cars displayed this time, that was at 24. Just a bug. Was trying to decide the safest way to pass when for some reason (I think I braked late) I washed out with understeer at 4, spinning into the gravel. Couldn't get out again, and 50 certain points were down the drain. Headache now worse than ever, I went to bed for a couple of hours.
Was totally my own fault, I don't normally make mistakes like that, but I was really beginning to struggle with my concentration, having pushed hard the first few laps. With such a headache, it's nearly impossible to concentrate for long periods.
Once again my championship chances are in big, big trouble. I'm now relying on mistakes from Jon
Well done SBG, great result for you and the team