Well, the Aussie event just went on.
Pretty crowded I must say. There was Andrew Bridle who couldn't make it because of that mismatch. And then there was me, Kjell and Ferry.
Qually was excellent for me - I just sneak in the Top 3 at the grid. Wohoa ! Ferry took pole, but Kjell was just a half a blink behind him.
Race started awesome. Ehm, I mean for me that is. Ferry messed up the start a bit so Kjell overtook him. I tried to sneak in the 1st corner, but I tought it'll be best if I leave the big boys play. Up the left-rights thou, Ferry's back got a bit out of shape (no, I didn't helped his back step out of order) so I managed to squeeze in cleanly. I followed Kjell for a whole lap after that.
By the end of Lap 1 Ferry retired thou. Not sure what happened. It was me and Kjell only now. I tried to stay with him and for the first lap - I managed it. Then he stopped fooling around and stepped on the gas and I started slowly disappearing from his rear view mirrors. I tried keeping up by pushing harder, but that only spelled disaster for me. I had a slight off in lap 3 which dropped me down a bit. Then I tried just to keep my pace, but it wasn't meant to be. Around lap 5 I spun out again, on the same spot basically. That left me 30-35 seconds behind Kjell. Tires were beginning to stress, so I knew this wasn't the last time I'll be cutting the grass. So far no damage, but I knew it was comming.
Lap 8 I had an off, again - the same place. This time it was one of them "slow-motion" which ended up tapping the wall gently. I mean I thought it was a gentle tap. I've been surviving a lot harder bumps before. That one took out my front splitter and punctured my front right tire. Had to pit.
In the end I finished a lap behind the leader, but I was not lapped, even thou I pitted to repair my splitter and get some inflated tires.
Good race overall, but a bit ... overcrowded ? Not sure if that's exactly the word I was looking for.
See ya at the EU time zone race. Hopefully it won't be so messy for me.