That was a very busy race.
The track is awesome and I felt quite comfortable there. I set a new PB in the practice session and I was very confident for the race. Qualified P2 behind Maikel, who also found some tenths, since I wasn't able to replicate my practice lap from earlier on.
Start was ok, but at turn one someone came across the grass and collided with Maikel (just watched the replay and there I noticed that it was Denis who had a little touch with me right at the start). I was able to avoid both cars, but Alexey passed all of us on the inside line and went into the lead
As I already mentioned before, Alexey and me also collided the lap after and Simon went into the lead.
After that the race settled down a bit and I found myself in a nice group with Simon and Denis, closely battling for P1.
After passing Simon I had the lead for exactly one lap
I went too wide at the downhill section right before the oak tree corner and spun on the grass. I entered the track after the oak tree corner on the back straight, but I had the feeling that I even gained a few tenths there to the guys behind, so I decided to wait and let the leading trio go by.
After that I just tried to follow Maikel, had some more battling with Simon and finished P2 in the end.
Now off to Bathurst, which will probably be the most challenging race this season
Personally I prefer not to have the car snatched away under AI control as soon as the race ends. I