Sorry about the start
@Ad2mny, didn't mean to squeeze you out like that.
@Anthonyb got a blinder of a start and had the inside cut off, then
@VARDZ was directly in front of me and the only place I could see a gap was to the left, so started creeping that way trying to leave a car width for whoever was on my left.
That video from
@Bounty05 shows me trying to force you off, but that was never my intention.
Qualifying, thought I'd place around 6th or 7th but managed a low 55 on my last flying lap somehow to be best of the rest in 4th.
Before jumping on tonight, I figured a 5th or 6th place would be my target for the race. To get 3rd was a bonus (even if it was partly due to
@VARDZ misfortune.. ).
Once the first lap mayhem cleared, I found myself in 2nd.
@dj2ca in 3rd and eventually closing in on me.
Didn't put up much of a fight as I knew he had the pace on me and thought maybe he could drag me close to the front.
Managed to stick to his butt for a number of laps due to some uncharacteristic sloppy driving on his half, but he eventually settled down and started pulling away.
Sat lonely in 3rd for a bit until I could see
@Bounty05 in my rearview mirrors.
He put the pressure on me, but I was able to maintain composure and keep him behind while the gap see sawed up and down. Eventually he pitted and that gave me more of an idea on who was behind him and the gap I had.
Kept an eye on the minimap to try and gauge where Bounty came out and saw that he was fighting with a small pack, so did what I could to up the pace and then pitted a few laps from the end.
This worked out extremely well as I exited the pits about 3 seconds in front of
@webnomad with
@Bounty05 and
@Anthonyb all fighting for position.
Had a massive moment Curva Grande when I was hugging the inside line way too tight and the front right touched the grass.
Almost spat me out sideways but caught the slide and kept it planted.
All in all, a great 3rd place to cap off a great weekend.
Edit: Couldn't see any smoke from Col.
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