I'm just happy to have made the race
I knew it was going to be a bit challenging starting in the back, especially at Brands.
I saw a gap down the middle off the line, stuck my nose in, but then thought better of it and backed off. Rob gave me room down the inside of T2, so I was then in 9th. Sniper went off at T2 exit, moving me up to 8th. I then spun in T3, 10th. By the end of L1, I was in 8th again. On L2, sniper spun a little bit infront of me, I then spun the same way sniper did, almost killing Milan. TK, also spun behind me, and we hit wheels which have both of us damage.
In the L3 T3, I had a half spin. 9th place, 20 seconds back. By L15, I was 6 seconds away from Merlin in 1st. When I came in for my first pit on the end of L19, I was in 3rd, and 12 seconds back. I was pretty happy considering my start. On L23, I took 1st from Merlin. I kept gradually stretching my lead over Mike. The biggest it got was on L38 at 29.5 seconds. I came in to pit for mediums on L40, which gave Mike a 1.7 second lead. The battle with Mike continued to L45, by then I had stretched out a lead of a few seconds. On L49 I had contact with sniper, giving me damage. The damage cause me to crash heavily into the wall a few corners later, giving Mike the lead. After I exited the pits, I was 32 seconds back, and was catching Mike on worn tires and damage(?), by multiple seconds a lap. Mike pitted on L52. When he exited I was in 1st by 1.5 seconds. It was shaping up to be a 17 lap battle to the finish. Mike on fresh softs, me on freshish mediums. I knew I would to drive absolutely balls to the walls to keep up with Mike on RS. My lap times on mediums while chasing Mike, were similar to my RS times. On one of those laps, Mike got damage from sniper, slowing him down just enough for me to keep up. The battle continued. On L66, we were still neck and neck until this happened:
I escaped without damage, but Mike wasn't as lucky. From here on out it was a coast to the finish line for my first WGTC race win
It was an extremely exciting and action packed race for me. Especially the long battles with Mike. I'm so happy to get my first win
BTW, fastest lap was a 20.147 by Cain, then me with a 20.832, and then Mike with a 20.911(I don't know where you got 20.1 from Mike

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