Was VERY hard to drive at 100% for the hour and a bit of practice/race. I only hope it improves my concentration in the long run - at least I understand how Hristo crashes often even while leading now!
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Yeah, the BT7 takes a lot of effort if you want to keep up competitive for the whole race and that drains the life out of you. I had to lie down after yesterday's race as it was non-stop flat out in every single lap.
I was really happy with my Qualifying lap, but opted for a safer setup for the race, raising the suspension a couple of clicks to avoid bottoming out on full tanks down towards Moss. As it turned out, it was a good decision, though it made the car to understeer more and thus go slower.
I was relieved to see Natan bog down at the start because we always seem to have accidents whenever we race each other, so after a couple of laps and Jethro doing his usual thing, I had a comfortable lead in front.
To take Moss as fast as possible I had to keep sliding the car around a lot on the entry and exiting with opposite lock, so eventually that backfired and I spun when I had an 8 seconds lead on Goran. Thanks to that I still managed to continue JUST ahead of him, but it was very intense in the next 10 or so laps.
Goran was obviously very fast and the slipstream given from my car made him even faster, especially on the backstraight. I could gain some tenths here and there, but he would recover that in the last sector and put pressure on me. Each little mistake I did edged him closer and closer, so it was extremely important to get good exits out of Moss.
I could see he was easing off in places and probably timing his attack for the end of the race, but the off he had decided it in my favour. I still kept pushing just in case I have another problem and this allowed me to extend the lead over Natan and take the win.
Very good racing with Goran, but unfortunately (for him anyway
) it didn't unfold to the end. Maybe next time.
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