Found myself surprisingly well on the pace last night. Qualified 3rd
On the grid, Tims car disapeared from in front of me leaving a clear run down to T1. Fabri attacked from the start but i held it cleanly and was through in 2nd behind Lorenzo. The top 4 were in a long battle with each other for quite a while, each having a nibble/closing up at certain corners but maintaining position. Then i saw Fabri lose a spot behind me to Jos. I kept Jos behind me for a few laps until he got a better run on me down the back straight to T1, saw he was half alongside and gave space and slotted back in alongside between T1-T3. However on the run back up the hill in T3 we were side by side with me on the inside. I considered this part of the track fair game for two cars running beside each other but Jos cut across my nose and span me round into the path of a fast charging Fabri. I suffered front and rear end damage and dropped 3 places
In my opinion, Jos should have given racing room to a car on the inside of a left hand turn but i'll leave it to the stewards to decide (Tim?) - it might look different on a replay and know Jos isnt a dirty racer.
So now down in 5th i had Fabri and Kimi ahead of me. We had a fantastic 3 way battle until the very end of the race, dicing with and attacking each other the whole time without a hint of contact.
Alas because i had damage, i kept dropping 3-5/10ths down the back straight, whereas earlier in the race my gearing had always gained me a few tenths over Fabri. So i had to work doubly hard to stay with and attack them, had a proper sweat on by the end!
but it was excellent fun
Overall, felt robbed of a podium but it was a cracking race.