Had a fun qually battle with FMG, I was able to get closer than I expected, but it wasn't enough.
Slotted behind FMG in race 1 and got an opportunity as he a bad exit out of turn 1. Tried to go round the outside at turn 2, but he pulled a Rosberg on me
. That also let Kai through, which was annoying at that point, as his car was lagging badly (due to server I see?). When I overtook him, it was me actually just steering around his warping car, so I was lucky it ended up with a successful overtake.
I got FMG when he ran a bit wide while entering the stadium. Had to keep looking behind till the end of the race.
Race 2 started messy for me. I was extremely cautious in turn 2, I braked earlier than anyone, so it was kinda ironic that it went south after that. I focussed on the exit and FMG and Kai were side by side. They scrubbed a bit which closed the gap and when FMG lifted to not run wide, I got caught out and nudged him. I then tried to go to his right, where Kai came back and I nudged him and then it all went sour:( .
It was fun battling back from that and was looking at the podium, when all of a sudden I was completely wiped out at turn 3. My car was absolutely wrecked and the damage indicator didn't disappear anymore with red damage at the rear. When I looked at the replay, it's something I've never seen before. The car behind me looked like he was rammed himself, but without any car around him. I don't know who said I needed to be taken out at the start, but that was some voodoo you send my way
.
Car was useless after that and I was not able to deliver a fight anymore.
Thanks MJ for this series, it was a lot of work putting this one together with the double format. Also thanks to Alexey for making the eye candy for this series with the different models
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Thanks for hosting and organising the series, but I do think we should always put Jeff at the back, makes it more entertaining for us and him!
It's the thing I liked most about this series, but these cars just suited me for some reason and it won't be that way in future series.