Difficult combination the elise and rain. I spent the whole race struggling to 'feel' the car, something I've not had a problem with in any other car.
That was tough. Didn't start terribly high up the grid and then had a lightning starting only to have take to the grass when Shark pulled across in front of me to avoid Zacari's slow starting plastic tub and I couldn't possibly brake in time.
I'm rather embarrased to admit I was drinking when the lights went green!
I totally forgot the possibility I might be the last onto the grid, so when I got there I assumed there was still 20-30 seconds to go. Then suddenly I heard everyone's engines rev and disappear off into the distance!
Won't be making that mistake again
After that start I was almost last after qualifying 6th, after 10 laps or so I was back in 6th behind Darren and Paul R who were having a close battle for 4th. Had a great battle there for 10-15 laps, managed to squeeze past Darren and chased down Paul, only to get a huge wiggle coming out of the chicane joining the nat. layout to the GP circuit, and I slid off (very slowly) into the gravel. After that I was back in 6th, 10 seconds behind with not enough laps left to catch up. Tried to get into some sort of rhythm after that and I managed to set my fastest lap of the race on the penultimate lap
Happy with 6th in the end on my first race at Valencia, the wet was fine but the elise felt very odd compared to other cars in the same conditions.