Couple of Race As in the Trueno yesterday afternoon, and they went very differently.
First race I went in with my poor quali lap from the other day and started 8th, generally a pretty smooth race, got stuck behind a pack I was quicker than, got past a couple, but cut T2 by a hair (seemed identical to my other laps!!) and ended up back in P8. Got stuck there until I was back at the straight where with penalties for others, and going 3-wide into T1 and coming off best, I went from P8 to P3. The top 2 were way ahead by this point, so finished 3rd, although with the clear track, picked up my first ever fastest lap after about 180 races!!!
Had time for one quali lap, and took 2.5s off my other lap, which put me 3rd for the next race. Hugged the inside of T1, and got into P1, but then P2 got alongside into not-the-chicane, bumped doors on the exit trying to give space, and P3 tapped me from behind, spinning me off, and when I reset and got going, I was 11th, P12 must have spun somewhere else. Started moving back up and was right on someone's tail out of T3/4 into the hairpin when they swerved left, revealing a much slower car. I was already on the brakes, tried to swerve, but couldn't avoid and punted him to oblivion, and got a 3s penalty. That dropped me back again, made up a couple more places, and started the final lap P6 behind another Brit who already had a 0.5s penalty. Stayed right on his tail and eventually got past in the last couple of corners, the Russian in P4 then braked before the line (finished last, tanking his DR?), and P3 had a 3s penalty on the line, which I was close enough for, so 1st>11th>3rd, two 3rd places from very different races.
Third place smashed him off and I lead from there.
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