How this track got on the favorites list is a mystery to me - it'll definitely never be on mine.
Thanks to Geoffers for the uploaded setup. Was a bit better than the KAD setup I had from earlier - which you may have had a hand in too incidently
Only thing I changed was to raise the ride height 0.5 cm. Have been paying attention to this lately. Instinct has always been to go for the lowest possible, but I find on bumpy and/or high curb tracks, giving the suspension a little room to work actually helps. Probably trivial to most of you, but has been a bit of an eye opener for myself.
Race was tough and mostly frustrating. Got a good start, getting ahead of Dimitar, but he reclaimed the position quickly. As expected, the leaders buggered off, and in a repeat of Monday's race, I once again had Matt chasing me. This time I was slowly pulling away, so felt a little more secure. Minding my own business, I suddenly spot a dust cloud and a recovering Daz. Maybe there were opportunities after all?
When he went off a 2nd time, I slipped past. Soon on my case, and being distracted by his presense, I hit the inner curb in the first chicane too hard. Car went on two wheels and of course the bloody thing had to roll. Took forever to right itself, by which time Matt and of course Daz were long past. Chased after Matt for many laps but eventually caught up. Dropped back again more than once, from having to back off too hard to avoid hitting him under braking. Matt finally made a mistake, running wide before the hairpin, allowing me to get past. What happened next? The one thing that couldn't, musn't, should not happen: I ran wide in that confounded double right hander on the back straight. Don't think I've ever done a race here without that 'feature' getting me sooner or later. By the time I had forced the car back on track, Matt was past again and I was back to square one.
The ensuing red mist among all the expletives made me lose all focus and rhythm, dropping me further back. Did eventually close the gap again, but mistakes on increasingly bad tyres - like locking up and ploughing straight into the barrier at chicane 2, didn't help at all. In racing however, as is so often proved, things can be turned on their head before you know it. Starting on the final lap, Matt ran wide in T1, bumping over the curb and letting me close the gap. Next what no doubt couldn't, shouldn't, must not happen for him, happened - he again ran wide before the hairpin. That let me past to claim an unexpected and not quite deserved 3rd place. Hadn't noticed passing Dimitar at all, but replay suggests he went to serve a S/G.
Grats to Hristo on the win & Daz for 2nd. Commiserations for all who met with misfortune of various kind.