Didn´t had time to post yesterday, my thoughts on the three races:
Monaco:
Practice time with Niks and Gutterboy on friday had made me feel good about the race. Had a 49´3 with some time left to get, but in qualify i couldn´t get anywhere close to it. Niks beat me to the pole a la Schumacher, in the last minute.
In the race things were going great. Gutterboy and Niks were class acts, we ran together in the first few laps and everything went great.
Then came the middle of the race, and i thought i had to pit, but i wasn´t sure. Instead of waiting to see, i decided to pit early to get faster laptimes. Let me just make this clear here that this is totaly on me.
There are no if´s in racing, and Gutterboy totaly deserved the win. I don´t want to pass the impression that "i would do this and that if this had happened", because that´s not the spirit. He won, and it was a great drive.
Anyways, i came out of the pits and i did had some overtaking to do, manage to get close to the leaders, got impacient and tried a BS overtaking on Ashk on a place where there was not really much room. I slowed down, we didn´t get hurt and went on to cross the finish line. Consolation prize was the best lap i think.
Rome:
I was afraid of the reverse grid, and it showed. People should be more careful on that first turn, specially with a delicate car. Somebody spun in front of me and i brake checked, got hit from behind and ended up in a 512BB sandwich. Had to engage reverse, cooked the tires, was terribad. Started in last place with Gutterboy a few places ahead of me.
I noticed we started to move up, one by one. I felt like i used up a lot of tires to make some overtakes, so in the end i was in a position where i couldn´t do much. Couldn´t get anywhere close to the 18´6 ran in friday practice, and it was just a eventful race.
One mistake i remember was when i tried to go by Angst, and i tried to overtake on a place where it was almost impossible. We banged cars, i got some damage, but i think it was nothing to serious for him.
Rome was interesting because there isn´t really a lot of room for overtaking, and the reverse grid + accidents made a lot of people impatient, i know it wasn´t just me because i saw many battles.
Maybe courses like that should have some sort of overtaking zones, kinda like the DRS on F1, because overtakes on exquisite places usually end up in a mess. I know and i done two bonehead attempts yesterday that i know were a bit careless. (Ashk on monaco and Angst in Rome).
Madrid:
First race was a wreck fest, i was a bit bummed because i started almost last and was leading before the end of the first lap. Went on avoiding wrecks all the way.
Second race i got a great start, jumped ahead of Gutterboy and somebody else, but then i got sandwchided again, on the first turn on a crazy wreck that put me in the back of the field.
In such a short race i thought i was done, but i was able to overtake some cars and take advantage of some rage quits (specially when i saw the leader, Ashk crashing as i was getting closer).
Went on the finally win one in a race that i think had 7 quits, which is a record i think.
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Great races, overall i loved, Monaco was a lot of fun.
For next week i guess i vote for the Silvia, because the Golf in stock power is just too weak to be fun.
Also, what´s up with the rage against racing softs? They are great. I just hope since we are racing race cars that we use racing hards at least.
Looking foward to nex week.
