Coyote through no fault of his own got smashed by me when I came back down to the ground killing his day and race. I should of hit esc as soon as I was in the air Coyote and I apologize for ruining your race.
No worries Navin - it all happened very quickly, so don't blame you for it.
Disaster race for me too. Started rather well, with new pb in qualy. Navin made a slow start, so I was able to pass him. My own wasn't anything to write home about though, so John got past us both. Reclaimed the position through T1, when he stayed wide. Thought I was battling John, so surprised when Navin crept past on the inside at the start of L2. As he said, we then took turns slipstreaming past each other the following laps, eventually reeling in Ziu. Thus 3 cars towing each other. I'm uncomfortable running so close to cars in front, as I tend to get my lines wrong when I focus too much attention on the car ahead. On this circuit, it can be fatal, so dropped back a little (too much, as I lost the tow). Up ahead, Ziu & Navin still duked it out, and when they touched in T1, everything went tits up. Tried and tried and tried to predict where Navin's car would go, as he was crashing. Aimed for the gap on the right, as he was against the left barrier, but no. Just as I was about to pass him, he hit something hard and was catapulted across the track, right into my path. No way to avoid a violent collision.
When my car stopped somersaulting, it was upside down and facing the wrong way. Miraculously, none of the following cars hit me, and with difficulty I got the car turned around in this narrow section of track. Due to damage, it would no longer run as fast as before, and instead of 2:05 laps, the best I could do was 2:12s. Felt so much like quitting, but soldiered on to scrape as many Championship points as possible, in case any others lucked out. Did make up a couple of places that way, so not wasted, although any hopes regarding the Championship is thoroughly gone now. Didn't stop for repairs, as experience from last year showed me that it doesn't help with the lowered speed.
Grats to the podium and commiserations to the others who met with misfortune.
Cheers,
Erling