Mixed feelings about last night. I qualified 2nd which was the best I could have expected with Poppin on pole. I then missed the start a little and that allowed Cola and half-byte to come up on each side of me at the first corner. I decided it was wiser to let them have the corner and see what happened after that, it is a long race after all. I settled into 4h place and managed to hold off an attempted pass by Moon. At the start of lap 4 Incey slipstreamed up beside me on the outside of turn 1. I had the inside line but missed the apex a little and was wide on the exit which put me on a narrow line for the entry to turn 2. Incey crossed across the back of me and attempted to pass me around the outside of turn two but there wasn't enough room and we touched and he went off track unfortunately. I was doing a two stop race and I believe everyone else did three stoppers. It was all going Ok until my final stint. Poppin of course was already way ahead despite stopping once more than me and in a race all of his own. For the strategy to work I had to conserve my tyres and maintain the cushion that my one less pit stop had given me over Incey and moon. It was all looking to be going to plan until I came across a couple of fiercely battling back markers and had to try and lap them. Their refusal to let me by held me up for about 4 laps, it also took more out of my tyres than planned so that I only just managed to come home ahead of Moon who was really flying home with full sails at the end.
Last edited: Mar 13, 2017