Despite a lazy day at home I managed to arrive late for race 1. So late in fact that the server was already "mutating" as I logged in without checking any settings, only to be placed directly on the grid in a Ferrari!!! Not only that but it was immedistely apparent that I had the wrong driver identity and the 60 fps patch activated!! The only thing I had right was the circuit!!
So I missed race 1.
Loitered around until race 2 kicked off and opted for the Matra, although to be honest I was getting near identical times in both cars offline.
Goran sneaked a stunning pole lap right at the end of qually and it looked all set for some close racing
. Maybe I should have broken my rule of doing qually on race fuel to pick up a few extra tenths, but it was too late anyway.
The start was clean and I was onto Goran's tail from the off, looking for a way past in the early laps, but could not quite find the gap. Then approaching Stowe I saw a car use my slipstream and dive for the inside so I stayed wide ( well I thought I did!) but got a crafty nudge that sent me into the wall on the outside
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I found a gap to rejoin in about 8th place in a cloud of red fog and set off after the leaders.
The first few cars I got past quite quickly but Natan proved a real road block lol. For about 3 laps I was losing a second a lap, which was to prove costly by the end of the race. Natan was driving very defensively but fairly, and I had to work hard to set up the pass.
Fulvio in second was next. I hunted him down and caught him at exactly the right place as we entered Hangar Straight...picked up the draft... down the inside to Stowe
........ Now for Goran who was in the lead.
I was helped on the penultimate lap when Goran lost a second with a backmarker and going into the final lap I was closing fast. Not close enough to have a go at Stowe on the final lap, but at Abbey I was right up his exhaust pipes with only Woodcote to go. The 3 secs I had lost behind Natan would have proved very valuable....but such is racing
These F2's are great fun and I am looking forward to season 23 and a full championship......maybe Goran has to take the Ferrari now that he has shown he can win races
?? hehehehehe