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- Bristol, UK
- OJBrit
Loving Suzuka, such a satisfying and rewarding track if you can get it right.
Had a pretty terrible first half of this race but a great second half.
Starting I. The medium in P2 again, I was ok for 2 laps but then I made a few errors which lead to 4 cars passing me. Went deep at spoon and then hit the wall in 130R and got a nice 1.5 penalty punishment too for my troubles. After my stop I was 1 second behind P4 but still had my 1.5 to serve. Now 4 seconds back with 3 to go. Lap 8 & 9 I didn’t really make up ground but then the last gap I gained 2.5 seconds, and then the run up to 130R I had P4 on my front bumper. Managed to undercut P4 in 130R (with a slight shortcut maybe) and then hang the car round the outside into the chicane. Went on to get P4.
In the race I thought this was a great overtake, but after seeing the replays back was I a bit too aggressive into the chicane. Looks I was turning into the AMG for the right hander.
Seems fine to me.
If you hadn't backed out into 130R they wouldn't have left you space if you tried around the outside. (A good bit of driving/ foresight from you there.)
They squeezed you into the Casio Triangle which failed. They got too rattled and spun out themselves. You could do nothing different to make the overtake better.