Well, that was one of the more tiring races recently. After my lucky lap in quali (I don't think I could do that laptime again
) I was quickly passed by Busi - didn't expect such a quick pace after your
in quali.
Freq had some more troubles with the car - must be the car, in every other series your 2 sec faster than me.
Busi then made a mistake and we were then very close together, swapping places, trying to stay away from eachother - I don't think we made any contact, did we? Good stuff!
That (and his great pace) allowed Dan Minton to close the gap and he passed us both. We made contact, me and Dan in the fast corner entrance. Didn't see the replay yet, but in my view the reason was the speed difference at the entry into the corner. Dan went sideways a bit and this slowed him down. I think he would have normaly made the corner - it's how the that crazy
xxxx drives. Anyway, we touched (lightly, just a breeze) and he spun. Sorry.
I wanted to stay close to Busi and if I'd wait for Dan, Busi would drive away. So I decided to drive on and let Dan by when he catches me again - I had no doubt that he will.
Pitting was a nightmare - rookie mistake caused changing tyres only and no fuel being added. I had to pit again just for fuel.
Came out of the second pitstop just behind Michael Boylan (linus27 - what's with the double name mess
) in his Elise. Not my fault, Mike, you were hasty. Elise is fast enough to keep Vertigo behind - if you don't spin under braking, that is.
Was about 13 seconds behind Dan Minton then, with 30 minutes 'till the end of the race. Chase was hideous - great driving, buddy. Gap was closing sloooooooowly - only got on his tail in the last 3 minutes. Wasn't really sure if I will try to pass (even if I could) 'cause of our previous contact - I just wanted to catch him.
Well, he made a mistake and went into sand - bad luck, buddy.
2nd place and still in the game for Championship title. Roll on to Road America - finaly, finaly a race at this great circuit.
Too bad it isn't Super Endurance. Well, I guess this is more a ViperCC teritory with the loooooong straights. Well, beemer also. And Elise, Nissan, Porsche. Hm, ok,
everything is faster on straight than Vertigo.
But we'll see how their tyres last.
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