Complete nightmare.
Was practicing quite a lot, being on my favourite track, but to no avail. I knew my setup was seriously slow but at least semi-driveable.
Or so I thought.
Did a very very stupid thing prior to race start and changed few settings hoping for higher stability. Big mistake, result was 2 secs slower pace (compared to practice times).
Spun out at L'Eau Rouge (lap ONE, dammit, took the corner slowly in order not to mess up resulting in higher relative front end grip which spun me out. Sigh.), had to wait for everyone to get by for me to safely rejoin, then started to drive past GTC&co, extra careful stuff, did not want to force the issue, my race was ruined anyway, hence initial lap times were in 2.17-2.18+ territory (not to mention it was great fun watching battles in front of me, was waiting for the straights to pass them, interference would be risky and would ruin the fun
).
Caught up with Gizmo at the bus stop chicane and slammed into him after being torpedoed from the rear hence ruining his race too. Sorry mate, in Pedro's defence - he was aiming for the gap between us.
Anyway, it was boring as hell having no pace at all, not to mention lack of motivation and confidence in the car itself, fighting myself not to call it a day (and it showed, had 4-5 unforced errors in later stages of the race).
Bring on the sprint (and more practice prior to that. Must start building a setup from scratch, cause this one's Cul de sac).
Congrats to winners, way to go MJ!
And hey, CJ, you're insane.
edit: knew I forgot something. At the start of the quali session I've stopped at the end of the pitlane, pit lane lights were RED, didn't know we're suppose to ignore them (fearing a penalty of some sort). I am sorry for the pile up gents.