I like this track (I already raced here with the Estonia 21) and my car was fantastic here, except on the internal kerbs that made her damn dangerous.
Qual: I made a fairly decent first lap, then I had the chance to improve it and take the pole-position, but I always made a few small mistakes at every lap. So I still qualified second behind Lorenzo also here.
Race 1: I started very well and took the lead but on fast left corner I touched the kerb and I was near to die, but I managed to control the car somehow, losing the 1st position. Then I followed Lorenzo for the whole race, one second behind. We had the same pace, so I was not able to close the distances.
Race 2: my start was good also this time, but I lost some positions and time for avoid a small mess at T2 during first lap. I was quite worried because at half race I was still in 11th position.
Then suddenly I saw the whole group of cars practically paired (like a group of cyclists). I imagined that this was a very dangerous situation. It just that at that time Tim was touched (not his fault) and has created a bordel.
At the end of the race I fought with Jari for the third position and we had a contact at last corner, an unfortunate race accident, which made us lose some time and a position. I finished 3rd.
I read that many complained about the many contacts, not that the TCR series was much better, perhaps they forgot about it. Certainly some contacts can be avoided, using greater caution (it's not just a matter of APPs and radar therefore). It should be considered that virtual racing takes away a bit of the "fear effect" and therefore a little of prudence.
In any case, I have not seen bad things, mostly unlucky cases, at least as far as I have seen, and I can say (after more than 100 races here) that the pilots in the top positions are really very correct.
I am not a fan of close battles, I prefer to fight against my car, more than with other pilots. This also as a spectator, and that's why I like the old F1.
People first want battles and then complain about them (see also current F1). People are strange.