My Race Report
I was looking forward to this one as I enjoy the challenges that come with a track that doesnt see much use online and wet weather.
My practice session went well, getting down in the to the 36s, ending the session with a 1:36.575 with a decent amount of fuel onboard.
I qualified in second with a 1:35.692, my fastest lap in the wet, pleased and suprised!
The race start saw Kaiser get past me on the inside at Turn 1, I was pushing hard for a couple laps, battling Hunt who then got past me on lap 3.
Turn 1 on Lap 7 saw me retake 2nd place as both Kaiser and Hunt has seperate incidents. A few more laps of battling closely with Kaiser including a bit of contact on lap 12, a gentle paint rub on the way into a the chicane as we both braked as late as possible.
Lap 13, Kaiser tapped by rear right as I turned into the second last corner, spinning me out, a light tap just at the wrong time. He waited so no harm, just good racing in tough conditions.
I dropped back to 3rd as Dahlgren took the advantage of our incident to get past us both.
I set off in pursuit with Kaiser close behind. We closed the gap before Kaiser got past me on Lap 21.
Lap 23, I caught the curb wrong at the chicane, span and hit Schroder whilst trying to collect it. No damage luckily but that dropped us both back to Nascentes. I spent a couple laps following them, getting back into the rythem before having a little tap on Nascentes at the hairpin.
They had both run wide and as I took the gap on the apex he cut back, closing it, I just think it was hard racing and he forgot I was close behind. Still no damage just a little more time lost as he got straightened out and we continued.
This time Johal got involved, having a battle with Nascentes and giving me a chance to get back past on lap 27.
From there it was a cruise to the end, a tough but enjoyable race and a 6th place after it all. So many people had a strong race pace in this one with the top 7 able to set 1:36s or faster!