Got to say sorry to Geoff, was trying to stay out of the way at the start as I knew I had no pace and still tagged you. Really sorry to mess your race up like that.
No worries Pete, it made little difference, I was quite capable of making a mess of my race all on my own
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Not one of my best races, had 3 or 4 spins that were my own doing & twice had Mark spin right in front of me. First time I stood on the brakes but still hit him amid ships & the second time I just managed to avoid him. With all that I was well behind & last finisher.
I did however quite enjoy these cars, they are fun & rewarding to drive when you get it right. Watching a couple of the faster guys (Italians) in practice it seems I may have got my gearing wrong, I think they were using 1st for the tight sections whereas I was taking them in 2nd. It was too late to change gearing at that point but it seems I should have had a higher first gear & had the gears closer together.
Like Riccardo I used the soft tyres & although they went off near the end of the race & were a couple of seconds a lap slower, they were far from unmanageable.
Oh Matt another thing to learn from this race, you need to brake well early for the first braking zone after the start, the brakes don't work very well until they are warm. Seems nearly everyone overshot Village on lap 1!
Congrats to Riccardo, Matt & Frex.