For all pre-race days, i realized that Lotus 25 is very sensitive to setup, and a just change can make the car much faster. My friend Thomas helped me a lot in this. We managed to make a good setup that gave me a good lap-time. At the same time, i saw that we were at least 5 pilots very close in lap-times.
Considering the type of track it was predictable the formation of "trains", where the stress/pressure factor would be decisive.
During qualifying with surprise i checked that many pilots have had a further improvement in lap-times. I qualificated 4th.
I start well, but i'm passed on 2nd corner, so i'm fifth. I'm in a good position, as the last of train and then with less pressure. Meanwhile the laps go by and i realize that 30 minutes is not that much, the risk of not being able to do anything to reassemble. The pilots ahead of me, however, worn by a terrible pressure or trying to pushing over the limit, they start to make mistakes. I'm 3rd now, 1 second behind Felix. But i see that CrisR is catching up like a fury, and he passes me in the last lap. But he makes another mistake; i'm thinking about the podium, just when the penultimate curve Felix spun, and here's the second place.
My was a "waiting-race", never pushing too much.
Next stop, Salzburg, where i have never race, but it seems more suitable to my style. This time i will run with the knife between teeth!
I read some posts about H-shift or paddles. All life H-shift and three pedals, all manual!
Thanks for the fantastic championship you organized.