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PART 2 - the final part
First lap – the rest of the first lap I was just trying to calm down and not make any silly mistake. Coming to finish the first lap I had a less than 2 secs gap to Pietr, unfortunately in the last corner at La Source I braked to late and lost over 1 sec and Pietr closed the gap to less than 1 sec.
Second lap started - it was an awesome lap for me I managed to run a 2:20.02 which was pretty quick and Pietr might have done in the mid 2:21- because the gap was approaching 3 secs. I think the second lap decided the race because Pietr knew he had to risk more and got faster but unfortunately after starting the 3rd lap he got a penalty at Eau Rouge. I saw that and just thought – ok I just have to keep it clean now the gap has gone to 11 secs so all I need to do is run in the 2:21s/2:22s even if he runs in the 2:20s he will get me only in the final laps – so this is how I started racing from lap 3. But theory is one thing and I was fighting myself trying to take Eau Rouge flat-out or braking at the last possible sec approaching the Bus Stop. Slowly I found the 1:21s/1:22s pace and when I saw that the gap was actually increasing I knew Pietr was over pushing his car trying to close the gap that also helped me.
The gap was increasing slightly every lap and that’s how things stayed until I started the last lap. I had 16 secs advantage but I just took it home in the last lap finishing 15.5 secs ahead of Pietr. It’s amazing how psychological this race was well at least for me I just imagine how things are for real ex. for F-1 drivers, it’s not all about speed but keeping your head in place and I see this with Piquet. He is an awesome driver undoubtedly the fastest Brazilian racer since the Senna Era but he’s still struggling in F1. I felt a lot of pressure and felt some weird feelings for the first couple of laps.
I want to thank first of all Mário for putting this championship together, every racer I raced and all those who took part.
First lap – the rest of the first lap I was just trying to calm down and not make any silly mistake. Coming to finish the first lap I had a less than 2 secs gap to Pietr, unfortunately in the last corner at La Source I braked to late and lost over 1 sec and Pietr closed the gap to less than 1 sec.
Second lap started - it was an awesome lap for me I managed to run a 2:20.02 which was pretty quick and Pietr might have done in the mid 2:21- because the gap was approaching 3 secs. I think the second lap decided the race because Pietr knew he had to risk more and got faster but unfortunately after starting the 3rd lap he got a penalty at Eau Rouge. I saw that and just thought – ok I just have to keep it clean now the gap has gone to 11 secs so all I need to do is run in the 2:21s/2:22s even if he runs in the 2:20s he will get me only in the final laps – so this is how I started racing from lap 3. But theory is one thing and I was fighting myself trying to take Eau Rouge flat-out or braking at the last possible sec approaching the Bus Stop. Slowly I found the 1:21s/1:22s pace and when I saw that the gap was actually increasing I knew Pietr was over pushing his car trying to close the gap that also helped me.
The gap was increasing slightly every lap and that’s how things stayed until I started the last lap. I had 16 secs advantage but I just took it home in the last lap finishing 15.5 secs ahead of Pietr. It’s amazing how psychological this race was well at least for me I just imagine how things are for real ex. for F-1 drivers, it’s not all about speed but keeping your head in place and I see this with Piquet. He is an awesome driver undoubtedly the fastest Brazilian racer since the Senna Era but he’s still struggling in F1. I felt a lot of pressure and felt some weird feelings for the first couple of laps.
I want to thank first of all Mário for putting this championship together, every racer I raced and all those who took part.
but speaking about the devil he just showed up 
