Wow! Such a great two races once again.
For qualy 1 Geoffers was just faster taking the pole position. At the start i thought that he is behind me and i was close to blocking him because he was just left of me. Fortunately i was able to see him in time and there was no problems there. I was very close to make a false start. The clutch slip away from my finger and the car started just few thousands after the green lights. I was lucky and took the lead. But Geoff was just too fast and shortly overtake me.
After that i tried to stay in front of Erling and Daz as they were fighting for P3. Unfortunately for me they were able to catch me and with more power on the straights to overtake me. Here we started great battle with Daz as Coyote pulled away fast from us. At the end Daz was just smarter and took home the podium.
Congrats to Geoff, Coyote and Daz.
For race 2 i knew i must risk everything to stand a chance to fight with Geoffers. He was going to start from the back of the grid, so maybe half a second more could have given me the chance to fight with him before he eventually catch me. I knew the tires may not take it to the finish, but i didn't knew if the game can simulate tire punctures.
At the Q i was slower this time but was able to take the pole position.
The start was OK and i was still in P1 but very close behind me was Daz and Coyote made a great start as well.
I was making just a little bit of progress leading the race until 13-14 lap when the tires were totally terrible now. I had few moments close to lose the car because of too much sliding on the back. Daz had the same issues but was able to stay away from big trouble. After one big mistake and almost a slip the gap was now under 1 second and we started another great battle. It was so much fun as we gave everything there, we took so many risks and both were so close losing the car several times but somehow able to stay away from trouble. Here somewhere i made a terrible move attacking him on turn 1, braking way too late and bumping him. Fortunately we lost just few seconds and continue to battle.
At the final lap i knew if i want to retake the first position i lost few laps before i must try not to slide the car and carry as much as possible speed at the final 2 right corners and after that with my bigger straight speed and some slip stream to attack the win.
And this happen - i had brilliant exit from the first right corner and not so good apex on the last corner as the car slip a lot. But i was so close to Daz now, maybe half a second. I was quickly catching him as my heart started beating faster and faster. I knew it was going to be very close now... I started catching him after we made it into the final corner, Daz tried everything to prevent me from taking his slip stream but i had some great pace now... AND at the final stages or second of the race somehow i was able to take the victory away from his hands with just 3 hundreds of the second!
Again - Wow! Such a great two races, and this great battles with Daz - amazing.
Congrats to Daz and Erling for the podiums in Race 2.
Races replay with camera and commentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7ej2Fc08dQ&feature=youtu.be