Really rotten luck for me
. Quallied well, had a good start & was trailing Rick which was what I needed to do to win the championship. As I approached Curva Grande I saw Bartosz going wide & he ran into the armco... usually that results in the car staying wide & railriding the barrier so I decided to take a tight inside line, but Bart's car suddenly spun back across the track right into my path! Not only that but it now looked as if it was rolling back to the outside line again
- by this time I'd run out of options & slammed on the brakes which pitched me into the armco & took off a wheel. (Sorry if anyone ran into me after that). Watching the replay, if I'd held the inside line, I might have just made it through as Bart swiftly pulled off track as soon as he regained control but that would have meant heading straight for a sideways car & hoping for the best
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Not your fault Bart - just one of those things. A shame to end like that, but considering what a remarkably incident-free season I've had I really shouldn't complain. And looking at Bernie's laptimes in the Lotus, I seriously doubt I'd have held onto second place anyway. WD Bernie & Steve for the podium.
So it all boiled down to the best out of 8 races & in any other season I should think 4 x wins, 3 x 2nds & 1 x 3rd would be enough but Rick was such a fierce competitor that it simply wasn't! Well done Rick - great job this race & all season
. I was punching above my weight really - pushed hard mid-season & in pursuing Rick I managed to slice 20 seconds off my GPL Rank time
You'll be rid of me next season as I'm off to join the Works boys but thanks to all for providing such good clean racing.