Brill race for me, a win I had to fight for from qually all the way to the finish. The start was good, notwithstanding the fact that this is one of those places where the polesitter cant see the flagman other than in side view! Had some good first couple of laps, but it is difficult to be consistent around here, so at the first (of many) brush of the wall, Juha was right behind me and passed me easily down the straight that leads to the slow Curva Florida. I have been a sitting duck all race there, either for my gearing or because of excessive cautiousness at the Carpentieri bend not sure, but who said this track is not for racing? It actually allows some nice counter pass down the two straights that follow the Florida corner, and I had some really close moments there figthing with Juha and Axel. Cookie got even so excited that he thought he was racing the Fonzie (it is Attilio, not Arturo, Axel
)!
When I regained the lead at the hairpin after Cookie's moment, I was able to put in some decent laps and build up a bit of a cushion, much needed as the lapping here is far from easy, especially with the identical liveries that obviously confuse people busy in their own battles! Wacked just about every wall and armco out there, and several times, but apparently they used to build them sturdy back in Maranello!
Very happy of having bagged this, I have gone since March without a win at UKGPL! Grats to podium, all finishers and especially Axel for being so annoyingly quick and resilient! Looking forward to January, when the real fun of the series commence with the 69Xs. Cheers guys, thanks for the racing, see you at the next one.
