Well, that was in interesting race.
Only five of us, but it didn't surprise me that many drivers stayed away from this track.
Didn't qualify into 4th. At the start Fabri pulled to the side and I got the jump on Kimi, so I was second. Then I managed to hit the first wall you can hit after the start, around 4th corner. Crew chief reported I had a bent suspension, and the car was definitely more lively after that, but was still driveable. Then still on first lap I managed to scrape a fence, and crew chief this time reported I had some aero damage. It probably influenced my top speed, but the car felt the same. By this time Jari was all over me, and managed to pass me for second. After that I calmed down, and managed to avoid hitting stuff. I still went off somewhere at least once a lap, so no valid laps for the entire race
. At the front Tim was way ahead as expected, and Jari was pulling away as well. But then, on lap 3, I heard crew chief saying the leader was pitting. After the race I found out Tims gearbox blew up the engine. So I was now second, probable 20-30 seconds behind Jari and similar time ahead of Fabri. At some point on lap 4, I got the leader pitting message again. I guess Jari had a crash. So now I was leading with less then half the race to go. I kept improving my times, but that one-two smaller off was still going on. I got lap times down to 9 07, and on the last lap I was up on that as well. I had I think over a minute lead, and I kept pushing it, thinking I might be able to brake 9 minutes and with about 1km to go I crashed hard into one of those observation boxes on the side of the track. Not very smart. I blew out both front tires, and bent the suspension on both front wheels. But hey, I'm way ahead, let's try to get going. And going I did, with the wheel at about 90 degrees to the left to go straight. It was almost impossible to steer, but somehow I managed to get it through those last 4-5 turns and finish
No doubt a real lucky win, but I'm not complaining.
