Hi guys
It was an interesting race for me. Qualified 2nd behind Gazza I tried to keep his pace, and I was succesful in the first 10 laps or so. Than I did my first mistake, followed by another one, and I've lost 10 seconds circa. After these mistakes I replaced the gap a bit to Gazza, gaining approximately 5 seconds before the lap in which he pitted.
When I pitted, I tried my usual strategy, without changing tyres, and it was a good strategy. I came back with 18 seconds of advantage on Gazza, and I was losing approximately 1.5-2 secs per lap by him with fresh tyres.
Unfortunately a couple of laps later than my pit, my car spun on the curbs of the eau rouge, and I damaged a suspention and the aero of the car that became too unstable to drive. So to avoid another pit, I just tried to go on until the end without repairing it.
Gazza passed me after my mistake, and H@l was gaining too much time per lap, and I knew that he would come back in time for the last lap.
At the last lap, I wasn't able to keep my position, going wide at the exit of Stavelot, and giving to H@l a strongly desired and deserved 2nd position. I paid my mistakes... the next time I should be more careful
Grats to Gazza and H@l for the podium and to all the finishers. Seems that H@l found the right car for him in this season, and I hope in some close racing as this one, especially during the first half. With another good driver as Gazza on the grid, I bet in some very good and close races in the future. Back to visit us more often mate
I hope that some drivers would like to add to the fun, even to understand better the prototypes for the next GTWEB 24h, in which we will probably be "enemies".
See you for the next
