OK well that was quite a race!
First of all I was really gutted to be taken out on the first corner.
After looking forward to this race ALL week, and to tackling one of the greatest circuits in the world with a bunch of great racers was really filling me with excitement....
at work today I was really looking forward to going home and having a good long race later on...
Then, to be removed from the equation from the very first corner was devastating! In fact, I had a decent start and was just about leading into the first corner when BANG out of nowhere I was crashed into from behind... Dowlin seriously misjudged his braking point, but I was struggling to see how as he had a clear road in front and was certain of holding his position. Arieracer was also taken out in the same incident...
It's just a shame that with the prospect of heavy damage, that the code at the start should have been to take it easy as the race is not won at the first corner, but can certainly be lost... So, that was effectively 22% of the field removed from the equation at the first bend of the race with mine and arieracer's cars completely knackered.
I pitted at the end of a VERY slow first lap to repair the damage, put a very small amount of fuel in and drove around for the first few laps feeling very angry
I had a really lonely first half of the race, gutting. What an anti-climax to the week, or so I thought at the time...
But once I started to get into a groove, my race started to get better. I was fairly consistent after the first third of the race onwards, and gradually made up places. I pitted on lap 20 and added a few litres of fuel, to me it looked like enough to finish the race but my inexperience showed and I did not put enough in, but did not realise this at the time
Still, I came out of the pits and put in some decent laps and made my way up to 2nd position after a hard fought scrap with fuelmyfire. I was pretty mad about the first lap and had a podium in sight so I REALLY wanted it. Then, with 5 laps to go I noticed the fuel situation did not look good. It distracted me and Dowlin was coming up behind me, and I braked really early into the final chicane which allowed him to get past. Then, my car duly conked out on the start finish straight so an almost certain podium 3rd place was thrown away. That was devastating especially when I knew I had tyres to get to the end of the race!
I was so amazed and happy that after my disastrous first lap my race had turned into a pretty certain podium until my inexperience led me to not filling my car up with enough fuel to finish the race
OK well sorry if I am coming across as a little grumpy, but a real mixture of emotions in that race... a real low in the first lap, then a proper high as the race progressed, followed by an utter low at the end of the race! Well this is just a game, so I really struggle to see how actual real racers cope!!!
Anyway, I look forward to the next race as always, but PLEASE if we have heavy damage again (or in any case!), can people be careful and mindful on that first lap.
Well done Geordie on the win BTW 👍
So we'll have fun from the back of the grid guys best of luck in the Finale guys.
ah well not alot I'll be able to do about where Geordie is, unless I slow down to find him 
