Went into this last round with a healthy lead over Geoffers. Main goal then to avoid him scoring more than 15 points more than me, to secure the Championship. What I hadn't realised at the time, was that the scoring system would rob me of 18 points, and him of none
In reality, I was behind him and the evenings results were a lot more critical than I thought. At least it meant that I didn't win just because he missed the first round, as that was in effect nullified.
Race 1 I got a good start, outdragging Dimitar and taking the lead. My luck that 3 of the fastest drivers took each other out on L1. Slowly stretched the gap to Clive, but he was soon replaced by Daz, making the gap go the wrong way. Took a lot of concentration to keep hammering out fast (for me) laps, to keep his gains as low as possible. Held to the finish fortunately.
Race 2 a mad scrap with other drivers from start to finish. Got past Fulvio & Clive early on, continuing a close battle with Geoffers. Let him past by running wide in the final corner, along with Clive, who proceeded to throw himself off at T1 the following lap. Dimitar caught up and got past at some point, and most of the 2nd half was a duel with Daz. Only the straight line speed of the Mazda kept me in the game, but thankfully held to the finish.
Race 3 bad start, losing a couple of places, but regaining them again when Geoffers & Daz went off. Stayed close to Matt & Dimi, but couldn't do anything about Daz when he caught up and got to exact some Mazda revenge. Most of the race a close battle with Ziu, who made his way through on the penultimate lap, only to throw it away again at T1 of the final lap.
Grats to winners & podiums, and to Geoffers for 2nd and Daz for 3rd in the Championship