That was a great fun race. I did my best in quali and got second, as good as i could expect as i knew Berger was faster on a single lap than me here anyway. At the start there was a bit of lag just when Berger released his limiter at the line and i hesitated, allowing SBG to get very close to me at the first turn. Luckily i had practiced the rolling start and knew exactly how late i could brake and kept the position. After that Berger gradually eased away and initially i was able to pull away from SBG and Busi - after a few laps they started to catch me and i began struggling with oversteer.
SBG was very close right up until he and Busi stopped, the gap was mostly around 0.4 with Busi right behind too, waiting to capitalize on any little mistakes. It was a really enjoyable first stint and great to race with mature guys who i knew wouldn't just "send one" up the inside when it wasn't really on
After Busi and SBG stopped i knew i needed to push on, my stop was two laps later and from the gaps i realized Busi hadn't changed tyres and SBG had. This was the point were i lost the race as i had two very scruffy laps, i nearly span out twice and lost several seconds as i pushed too hard and got the rear tyres too hot. Berger eased away some more to have a six second lead when i stopped. I exited the pits into a lot of traffic and some 22 secs down on Busi, SBG had just left the game for some reason so i never got see how that one would play out. Shame was it would have been a real thriller with both of us chasing down Berger and Busi whilst battling each other.
Another few scruffy laps in traffic initially stunted my progress before i found some rhythm and pace and really started closing the lead two down. I caught Busi and made my move into turn one straight away. I think we may have touched at the apex, but we were side to side and i couldn't see Busi's car. Sorry if we did bang doors Busi. After that i chased Berger as fast as i could but the gap was just too big and he won by four seconds.
Brilliant season opener and looing forward to the rest of the season!