Recovering from the flu and hadn't done much testing. But was able to improve in each (practise) session online, but for the race.
Quali was close with Tris. Very happy to see him back, but also felt Attilio's forced absence...
Tris got the better getaway on the preferred raceline and as I had to enter tight he easily got the lead. We both had about the same pace and pulled away slightly from Sam. Mostly due to little mistakes by Tris who went sideways I got a few runs, but never enough to make a pass stick without risks. Were some close calls, also went sideways myself but gladly we didn't touch. At some point after halfway Tris went wide off the track and spun.
From then on ran my own pace, and set some fast laps. Great to have Tristan back, really enjoyed those first 20-25 laps, a bit of Zeltweg revisited. Happy to as well race for the win as to have to work for it.
Fun track with difficult corners, and a bit of a LF tireburner, I found out in the race. Had to be disciplined not entering too fast, but focussing on the exits, also to keep some balance. Really dislike understeer, but on the other hand the rear tires also were on the edge of spinning out. Made for a fun drive.
Well done Tris and Sam, commiserations to the DNF's
Thanks all for racing.