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Hi guys,
For this last race i'll follow a bit of PJ's example! And give a bit of insight in my experiences..
- The championship
What a championship it has been.. Ever since race 1 it was clear Skeng,
@aboe and myself were very balanced in terms of performance with respectively a Lexus, Subaru BRZ and my Silvergrey Mazda. So i was hoping for a nice battle all the way to the final race. Sadly Aboe had to leave the series so it was down to Skeng and myself. More and more people started joining after Logic's amazing recruiting skills which made it harder and harder to score good points with HP-penalties for Skeng and myself. The RX-7 might still have been fast, it was so annoyingly slow out of the corners with -20 and -30..
The last 2 tracks are 2 of my favourites. I was hoping to stay in front of Skeng during these to have some space in the standings towards Skeng and go relaxed to Le Mans. Amazingly Skeng won at Motegi coming back from 15th spot (performance of the season for me
) and i lost a place to Karsten in the final laps which meant i had to be at least 2 places in front of Skeng for the final race. Or win it with pole position and fastest lap, then Skeng even might have been 2nd.
On to the final race.. Le Mans really is my all time favourite track. I even was there the latest 24hours of Le Mans, an amazing experience! I decided to throw in some practice laps daily and calculate well the distance we would run. Unfortunately this was on the '13 layout and 2 hours before the race it became clear we were gonna race the 09-layout..
Started with 4.24s but it quickly went into the 22s if i can have fast laps on the limit (of which lap 6 during the race is a beautiful example!). I saw Skeng struggling during Free practice in the week so my hopes rose. I was scared of the Artas though cause having tested them they were about as fast. Knowing Vince as a very very capable driver he could ruin my chances.
- the championship qualy and race
"Let it be"
Didnt have the best qualy but still managed to get pole with a 23,6. One goal down 2 to go..
Initially had the perfect 1st lap leading into the porsche curves, didnt really notice strange things behind cause i was so focused.. RESTART!
The 2nd start didnt went perfect. Skeng was immediately up my rear, so i was defending fiercely.. Lil tab then another lil tab from chip, rear braking loose but still keeping it
Then 2 corners further i touch a bit of grass and go into a spin.. Nooooo.. Quickly pushed the pause button and must were able to pass through, except Vicars.. Sorry dude!
Turned around, got rid of the stress and started pushing like hell.. I quickly Caught up to the back of the pack, passing 3 people in the middle of the porsche curves (thanks for your fair racing Snake, Smiley and PJ i think). I had calculated we would do 21 laps cause there would still be about a minute spare after 20laps. Cause of my spin and losing time behind others this was only 14seconds.. But nonetheless my 2nd and last stint were as they should be and because of Vince's spin i think i managed to take the win. Would have been close otherwise!
It was an honor racing with you all cause this wouldnt mean anything without the fair, clean and competitive racing each one brought up!
Special thanks to Team Mazda Silvergrey and all the drivers!
Very special thanks to Karsten, Logic and Skeng for all the efforts you put into this series! It really was worth it!
Unfortunately i wont make next season cause i'll soon make the definit switch to pc. I would sincerely urge you all to make that switch as well, sooner or later. I'm always available for info and I will off course stay around and follow the next seasons!
Jona
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