Going into this finale with fully 80 tokens in the bank. 

Bugger! 

I could possibly be persuaded into parting with some of my booty for 'future considerations'.  That or some used fivers in a plain brown envelope shoved under the door in the public lavs.  Not a bribe, per se, but rather more like undisclosed, pre-payments to assorted functionaries to assure a favourable result.  Nudge, nudge, wink, wink...

 Not sure why I was EXCLUDED ?? I did quit voluntarily but had used a S/R.

Grats to the podium places and all who finished this race and this season. I hope that you all enjoyed the racing and the fun.

Slowly I am regaining confidence in my Thrustmaster wheel and new pedals and the switch to H shifting. It has taken much longer than I expected, but then I am older and the fossilised brain cells are less active than they were years ago  

The F2 race at Snetterton felt like another step forward and I was a little more "on the pace" again, although there were some very irritating mistakes.
My old setups just did not feel right with the new rig and, again, it has taken time to find the right balance.

Qualifying was good and a nice start picked up a place and slotted me into 3rd spot, from where I could watch Tris and Leo battle up ahead.  
First stupid mistake ( watching mirrors instead of braking points ) and Yannick was through.
Tris has eased away and Yannick joined battle with Leo for 2nd spot....I was a spectator again  . I guess that there had been an "incident " back in the field because there was suddenly a large gap behind.
Leo and Yannick chose to test each other's crumple zones at the hairpin, and suddenly I was in 2nd spot!! Tris was approx 250 mtrs ahead  and I was able to keep pace ( the first time for a long time that I have done that!!).
Until yet another stupid error ..lack of concentration again!... required a S/R and allowed several cars to pass. I went from 2nd to 8th in about 2 laps  

Set off after Axel, Pete, Bastian and Tom? slowly closing the gap until I could squeeze some passes. One by one I picked them off with a couple of classic demon braking moves into the hairpin   I hope that I left enough room when I did.

Back up to 4th and easing away from Bastian who was behind me in the Lola BMW and......another momentary lapse of reason at the Esses put a wheel on the grass and dragged the car up onto the berm where it was beached ??!!
TBH I did not think that I deserved another reset after such a series of basic errors, so I headed for the bar in the paddock to drown my sorrows.

Another race missed by a bad flou since yesterday