And what a brilliant race it was!
I didn't know if Karstens fast lap in practice was on race fuel or not. I found out in Q that it was not.
Even if I had nailed my optimal lap I would have been just under a tenth short.
Good start to follow Karsten up the hill, we began to pull away from the rest fairly quickly. The first part of the race we were trading fastest laps, Karsten would pull away a bit and I would pull it back, then just as I was getting ready for my stop, he spun! Hustled it round to the pits and took my stop while I still had an advantage. Sure enough I had 4.5sec lead with 7 laps to go.
I was pushing really hard to try and stop the gap coming down, but slowly I was losing my lead. In the last 2 laps the car was getting unsettled and the rest of the gap evaporated within a few corners. Starting the last lap with only 0.5sec lead, my only hope was to prevent him passing into Les Combes, the defensive line was good, but he got round the outside into the corner and that was that.
Great move for the win Karsten, you had that bit more speed that I couldn't match here. Brilliant race
One puzzling thing was that after lap 2 I began getting huge stuttering. Connection seemed OK and it hadn't done it in practice or Q. Most odd...