Grats Tim, John and Rainer
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. Well done finishers, bad luck DNFs.
Best wishes to Robert, hope you get back up and running soon.
Revisiting this track was good and I got the setup working well and prequalification surprised.
The start of the race was good for me to get the wheels rolling, but I fumbled a bit further through the first corners and could see that the cars in front of me were quickly disappearing. The pace increased with the grip and had some faster laps under pressure from behind. I managed to keep Rainer behind me for a while, a good fight there to keep the distance.
I didn't brake well enough for Club and went into the barrier, luckily, I got away, don't think the damage to the car was big but went into the pit and made my stop with repairs, tires, and fuel. Afterwards it was quieter driving, wanted to save tyres. Overheating a tire can have a bigger impact, so finding a good rhythm helps a lot.
On a few laps I have gradually started to drive faster, enough to get close to Seb and was on the lookout for an overtaking opportunity. Had an opportunity but caught sight of the edge of the grass there and aborted the attempt, here I didn't have enough grip too, but a good fight with Seb. Afterwards Seb had a spin, so I passed.
Had many good laps in the race and was at the finish suddenly, overall nice to control the car and made less mistakes at the end of the race.
Thanks for race and for the administration, see you at Salzburg
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