Race 1:
Started 7th, scared out of my wits. Fantastic start, no incidents in my field of view, great job guys.👍
Pretty uneventful overall, I was in no hope of passing anyone without them passing right back, so I just hung around, Tony managed to snake away while Brosif and Pag were doing a little more then needed battling in the early laps, but we managed to stay trouble free, when Paginas pit on lap 11 it gave me some breathing room, Brosif lost draft and seemed to have tire trouble, so I managed a nice 5 second gap or so before pitting on lap 16, in 3rd?!?!?
Don't know how or when it happened, but it breathed new life into me, coming out of pits in 7th, knowing quite a few guys were on 2 stoppers, slow and steady she goes, Pag was behind but just out of my draft for a few laps, and then Welsh came out, I stuck with for 1-2 laps, but then I took chicane 1 to casually, and he got away.
Right behind him, up came Litchi, powering down through in the uber bannana, I also lost his draft quickly as well.
So it was just me, cruising home to take fifth, which I decided I was quite content with, considering my condition, and as luck (for me) would have it, Litchi and Dennis got tangled only a few seconds in front of me. Soared past them both like they were standing still (because they were almost) and cruised home to the flag in a solid third.
Couldn't have played out better for me.
Edit: The slowest "fast lap" of
anyone finishing the race.
The turtle beat the hare today.
Race 2:
Started 5th, just wanted to avoid trouble and keep 8th or better, but completely forgot about pitting early on, and raced behind the pack, which slowed me down for 4 laps, and then Dennis appeared to lose it, eventually hitting the immovable brake markers in Lesmo. Red caught him a bit I think, and I slammed in full force, total damage, gimping along, I caught an outside wheel in the grass entering Ascari, took a vacation at the beach, and cruised home (pushing) to a not-so-solid dead last.
I ran 2 great races today, so I have to be happy, good points for losing ballast, have to leave Monza with a smile.
This was as clean as I've seen a Monza race, so everyone pat yourselves on the back, awesome formation laps, no hiccups, and pretty close to damage free racing as Monza gets.
Hopefully the replay doesn't make this sound stupid.
But from wat I saw, seriously, makes me glad to be racing in this group, very well done guys.
Edit 2: Big congrats to Nige, Rees, and Litchi, great job out there today guys.👍
Tough break award: Dennis, Eddie. Sucks guys, sure you'll both do better at the relaxing Spa next week.👍