Qual: Pole Finish: 1st
My only thoughts were to get the power down good with minimal wheelspin and try and break away early,the plan went very well with a slightly high risk opening 2 laps,but it payed off,then i think the start of lap 4??,i braked a tad too late at T3(tight right),and clipped the wall a bit,that nice man on the radio informed "suspension damage",thankfully not serious as the car felt no different,but hard worked for gap was more or less gone,thats when it dawned on me i was actually going to have concentrate very hard for the whole 8 laps or else Jose Cesar was right there to take the win if i slipped again....i didnt :becky:,brought it home for a lovely G2 win.
Race2 from 8th i didnt really know what to expect,got off the line well and took a seat just before we do the first left then i fall happily in line for the "No Passing T2" and all goes well for me there,although i think i got lucky not to be collected by a car spearing right towards the wall,i think i fluked getting past there without losing any exit speed from T2 (big phew),i saw a Seat from behind coming in way way too hot for T3 so i pulled up a bit and let him head to the scene of his accident without me :wink:,then it gets a bit blurry....but now very early i am up to 3rd and chasing down Alex and Karl in the lead fight,Alex gets wide and taps the wall at T3 allowing me a run beside him for T4,Alex sees it all no probs and gives me just enough room to squeeze past to 2nd place,very nice awareness and driving Alex :thumb:.
Now i begin the pressure on Karl :evil:.....i get my first attempt to pass approaching the final turn and get about 80% beside Karl but he is prepared to defend hard squeezing me into the barriers all the way round final turn,all very good hard fair racing though,and good fun too :thumb:.
I keep applying pressure where ever possible,i get a good run out of T4 going up the hill and just get my front wing upside Karls rear right wing and hope he sees me,i know from previous races there is a bit of jutting out barrier not far ahead that will end your race in the blink of an eye...unfortunatly me and Karl contact so so slightly and the back of his bimmer comes round
,if i just had 20cm more space going up there we wouldnt touch m8,but ofcourse from then i knew i couldnt keep this stolen first place,i kept an eye on the gap between Karl in 2nd(so glad he kept that!!),when i seen the gap was safe to give Karl his lead back i done so on the final lap at T3,then i annoyed and pressured him as much as possible to the line :evil::evil:
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But Karl held his nerve and took his car over for a very deserved Win!!
What a perfect ending to this fine Series,these were 2 of the best rounds for me despite all the feelings of doom before hand :becky:.
Big Grats all podiums and especially Karl for somehow driving an E90 round Macau!!?? :thumb:.
Biggest grats to our new WTCC Championez' Rami Kaukola!!!
(Now back to the drawing board for some plans going on for the future in GTR-E) *Evil Mad Sceintist Laugh* Muuuuhahhahahaahaaaa~~~~~