Well done to Rick for a clean sweep of pole, FL & the win - a great bit of driving coupled with a canny tactical move to take the Eagle put him in a league of his own.
I wasn't too lucky with traffic in quallie but even with a clear track & a following wind there was no way I'd have been troubling Rick & his extra-terrestrial 07's
but I was happy to grab a spot alongside him on the front row & complete a Clark-Hill 2-3-4 grid formation
. Rick seemed to get a bit of a tank-slapper at the flag but I thought trying to dive down the outside of the polo-infested turn 1 might not be too clever so I tucked in behind. Err & that was it... Rick started pulling away & there wasn't a lot I could do about it. I didn't help matters by dropping it at the bridge corner during the early laps - I rear-ended the haybale very hard & was really lucky not to get any damage or lose any places
. After that I tried to close the gap which was going OK in clear air but in traffic I just seemed to lose loads of time - that's not a gripe by the way as everyone I lapped was really helpful & gave me room when they could - probably just me being a little over-cautious.
Anyway congratulations to my teammate Bartosz for dragging the Cooper up onto the podium & to all the other finishers at this tricky little track. I must say I rather like the strategic dimension this token system adds - though I'm still not sure where I'll be playing my "trump cards" yet!