I had no pracitce before the race, so no race setup at all.
Although that fact, I was happy with 3rd place, but completely outgunned by Kit-Kat and jonM.
In the first part of the race I could follow the two quite well, but I then realised I had the wrong gearing. I lowered maximum revs down by 300rpm, but I didn't change the gearing, so I was reaching max revs halfway down the straight. I saw the water temp go up to 88 degrees, which isn't extremely high, but in the long run might become hazardous.
After I lost the two infront, my race went into "dodge-the-spinning-NGT-car"-mode
. I can't even remember how many NGT cars spun infront of me, but I need more than my own hands to count them on
.
Sorry Alex that I spun you first time I lapped you. I saw you far infront of me, and I wanted to overtake on the inside. I was already braking while approaching you, cause I know your situation. I picked the inside and was halfway there, when you wanted to make room, but didn't realise I was there. I saw you coming so I braked, but it wasn't enough and we collided.
Another scary moment was when BigG was damaged at the straight after Eau Rouge. He was all the way to the right, and I was to the left, when I saw his car clip right due to the damage, and all of a sudden shoot straight over the track coming dangerously close to me
. That cost me a boxer
.
Halfway down the race, Kit Kat spun and I came close, but shortly after he drove away again. But few laps later I could overtake him and claim 2nd place. I forgot where the pitentrance was at this version of Spa, so I went through the blocks, and put the limiter on, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too early
, and I lost many seconds of my lead to Kit-Kat who was very close to me in the pitlane. My stop was a bit faster so I gained a few tenths in the lane.
Just 3 laps before the finish, I saw that Jon went off at the worst corner to do that, and I was very surprised to be in 1st after that. I felt like James May. Captain slow winning an event
.
At the busstop a car spun and I had to approach the corner slowly to prevent making it worst, just to overtaken by a backmarker at high speed
. Kit-Kat came withing 3 seconds after that, and the pressure was on again, after already 70 minutes of racing
. Luckily for me, he spun, which gave me a 10 seconds lead.
Even in the last 2 laps I was afraid to blow my engine...wouldn't have been the first time
My win was undeserved, cause I was 2s slower that Jon and Kit-Kat, and I had no influence on any fights for positions. So to be honoust, Jon deserved this last race more than me. That doesn't however mean, that you can beat me in the Elise cup and win that championship
Grats Paul for the NGT win.