Thx all mates for your kind words but... I only have to blame it on me!!
If the race would have only lasted 15 laps it would have been my best one with UKGPL but, unfortunately, it didn't...
First race of the year: a great track and a car that I didn't drive so much in the past.
Some rust to dust off during qualify but, in the end, I set my PB and I will start the race from the 5th time on the grid.
A bad race start, as usual since too much time, was compensated with a BIG luck so I wasn't involved at all on the crashes happening in front of me.
I finally found myself on 3rd place, with AA and Bob battling for the first place, only thinking about Ronnie behind me.
Then, BIG luck again, after one or two laps they crashed together and I found myself at 1st place!!
I suddenly get back down to earth, when I read on the board that H was just behind me
It took less than a lap and he was really close but I was good enough (thx BT11...
) to keep him behind me for nearly three laps then I went wide and he pass me.
I was really surprised that he didn't go away so easily as I expect (thx slipstream...) and it was helpful for me to follow his racing lines closely: a lot of fun indeed!!
Then, lap after lap, the gap from H slowly increased and, with Tommy nearly 15" behind my car, I began to loose my concentration
(the last five laps I was quite falling asleep
) so I made some mistakes... until the big one!!
On last lap, at the Schikane I spun and I found myself after the armco on the right side of the track...
I sadly recovered and I went straight to the pits, looking for the deepest hole to bury me in
Well done to H, Bob and AA, to everybody raced and to the race organization.
LONG LIVE GPL, LONG LIVE UKGPL!!