Great race.
Had a race long duel with Birger,
shame Tony went off, could have been a superb 3 way.
First podium
(and first from the slower guys
)
Strange that after a terrible Mid-Ohio, now a great Spa (maybe the smell of home ground
). Had more time to find a race setup due to holiday (thx Martin for the setup, but was totally different than that i used yesterday, so sticked to my setup). First time with a slight difference in tire press. and camber for left and right and changed also the brake bias during race (if i didn't forget
)
For the race, sorry towards Andre for the confusing during the formation lap. But qualied 3th and didn't wathed the end of quali. Didn't payed attention during start and was surprised you where in front of me. Luckily i tooked 4th position
After two laps Andre spinned in the Piff Paff, and i came under pressure from Martin.
First after going a little wide in Pouhon i left room from Martin in the next turn to pass me, but Martin didn't risked it and stayed behind me. From that moment i defended my position
An intense moment 1/3th into the race, i think when Martin had a good run on the Raiddilon and tried to overtake me into Les Combes (Martin tried the right on Kemmel went also right and Martin switched to the left for a good position in to Les Combes. I stayed right and had a good braking zone and stayed in front). After that the battle went on because i went a little wide in Bruxeles and due to that we went two wide into no name or Jacky Ickx corner, stayed two wide in to Pouhon, where Martin backed off. Some laps later i had a lockdown into the bus-stop, but luckily Martin copied my mistake
. A little bit before halfway Martin passed me on the inside in La Source.
He had more pace and tooked 3sec on me, I pushed to stay close if he made a mistake i could overtake him back and yes after some laps a spinned Martin in Les Combes, and had directly a gap of 4sec.
During that moment i feeled that the front had some wear and pushed the TC 2 places up, to have more confidence in the car. stayed +/- 3sec in front of Martin untill the last two laps, and lost each round almost a second in the bus-stop. But was managing the gap.
Martin catched me in the last bus-stop corner and gap was only 0.4sec on the finish line.
Was slower than Martin and Andre, but didn't spinned and had almost consistent lap time's.
Thx for the fight, at my home ground!!!!