That was a rubbish race from a points perspective, as I made an unforced error at Parabolica to allow Dean and Doni past only a few laps after gaining 3rd and starting to generate a gap - I then cemented my failure with a lock up into Para (again!) while battling with Dean to re-claim 3rd a few laps later.
From a racing point of view it was brilliant though, I started practice at 8 o clock with absolutely no setup and nothing from a similar fast circuit to work from.
Given that I was struggling to get under 1:30 with the initial setup I was happy with the 1:28.xx that put me in 6th for the start, especially given how close the times around me were.
I definitely think there is more time in the Ferrari with some further tweeks, Although the question then is one of racability.
My 2nd off in the race while battling Dean was almost certainly caused by my decidedly one sided setup, so I would need something that reduced the requirement for passing under braking..
It felt great being in that massive train for the early laps, looks great on the replay too as there were no shunts I could see
I had some great battles with Robert early on before passing him, and also managed to luck into a few spots due to the misfortune of others.
After my trip to the beach I found myself in a great 3 way battle with Dean and Doni, Clive also joined the fun but managed to escape without slowing the field too much (I was hoping he would drop the entire group closer to me while fighting through it!).
Eventually Robert also got into the action again.
It was a big shame when Doni dropped out, at first I thought he had an accident because he vanished so quickly - A shame about the engine blowing as his Eagle was making it very hard to stay in front when ever I got past...
Well done to Iestyn and Tristian,and especially to Clive for an epic come back drive!
Well done to all finishers also
