This was fun. I tried the Merc after seeing how poorly I was doing in heavy-ish M6; it's was a completely different experience, the car was way more stable, a bit understeery, but manageable. I didn't shine in qualis, but there were really solid names on the grid, so I wasn't bothered by it.
Both races followed a similar scenario - punt in T1 resulting in spin (both times I was given back a position, so no hard feelings there, it's a club after all
), which meant chasing down the pack. R1 seen me overtaking 2 or 3 guys and I was closing in on Julien when I screwed up and went too tight in T1, spinning out. Then I got back to racing with Can - it was "slo-mo dicing", i.e. me spinning and being overtaken followed by Can kissing the guardrail and losing a position couple laps later.
R2 was a chase too, but I smacked my front left wheel badly on lap 3 and the car started pulling heavily to the left. Overall I spun twice because of my clumsiness. Finished 8th or 9th IIRC.
Overall it was fun, I've liked the Merc and I was constantly improving my sluggish pace in that car; I'm pretty sure I'll drive it some more in next club events. Thank all of you guys for nice, clean racing, even though a bit spread out on the lengthy track
.