Hadn't practiced for this and just took my Brno setup with 2-1 wing
. Felt pretty good but was still understeery in the corners
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Mike and FreQ got infront at the end of qually. I knew FreQ would do that, as he always does his racelaps in qually as well, and only does quallylap near the end.
The first few laps Mike and FreQ had an increasing gap infront of me. But then Mike started attacking FreQ and I was gaining. Then I was gaining on Mike when he lost some speed, but soon after he drove away again and was right on FreQ's tail. When we met backmarkers he went off and I was behind FreQ. Surprisingly I was only 2,4s behind him, especially when he accidentically started on soft/med combo. His tyres were worn and the last laps of the first stint I was gaining fast on him and the gap was only 1,5s at the stop.
He went in and I knew I would have to go in asap then, so I pitted the nex lap. Came out behind him again, and also behind PR
. That's so funny, as 3 races now in this series for me, and 3 times the exact same thing happened. Me and FreQ ending up behind PR after our stops. How big are the odds
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He let us both past and I was following FreQ. I was slowly gaining on him and eventually had a 0,4s gap behind him at the straight. I then used the power and low drag of the Seat to power alongside and outbrake him.
After that I had to push hard to increase the gap as quickly as possible, as the Dunlops wear out 50% quicker than the Michelins. Last few laps I was teaking it carefull as the tyrewear was 25 at the front and it's easy to mess up a whole bunch of corners.
Grats SBG on the GT3 win
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