Round 5 - 33e Grand Prix de Belgique [Mar 21st]
Mar 22, 2021 8:22:27 GMT
Jonatan Acerclinth, Ray Riddall, and 8 more like this
Post by Richard Coxon on Mar 22, 2021 8:22:27 GMT
Thank you all for the congrats, means alot.
A superb race for myself. Everything just "Worked" for the first time this year.
I made a good start and was able to gain a couple of positions straight away, but then it was into fuel saving mode (Lowest of 2 boost amounts we had assigned during the race, one could easily save fuel, the other could save fuel but needed more fuel saving techniques). Was biding my time and managing the gap to Hille as my car took a few laps to warm up, was starting to gain on him when he had his issues (Very unfortunate). I initially thought i had disco as i had disco issues in qualifying, to my relief i could still see Juha behind.
Took the lead then and it was all about managing my pace and fuel. Whenever Juha got too close i would just push a little bit more to maintain the gap, occasionally i would use the higher boost i mentioned before. Plan was to stop on lap 25, but i could see the time Gabriele was gaining on his fresh tires i though i best pit a lap earlier, luckily i came out ahead of Gabriele but only by a couple of seconds. Then it was time to use the higher boost as Gabriele was really pushing and we really created a gap to the cars behind us. Managed to maintain the gap to Gabriele while still managing to save fuel as i had switched back to the lower boost. Then i made a small mistake and Gabriele was within a second of me so i turned to the higher boost and drove a qualifying lap, that put about 3 seconds in between us, but i gather Gabriele had already slowed down his pace to save fuel.
From then on it was all about bringing the car home.
Feel like a weight has been lifted as i feel this win has been a long time coming.
Congrats to the podium and a massive thanks to the broadcast team. Superb as always.
See you all in Montreal.
A superb race for myself. Everything just "Worked" for the first time this year.
I made a good start and was able to gain a couple of positions straight away, but then it was into fuel saving mode (Lowest of 2 boost amounts we had assigned during the race, one could easily save fuel, the other could save fuel but needed more fuel saving techniques). Was biding my time and managing the gap to Hille as my car took a few laps to warm up, was starting to gain on him when he had his issues (Very unfortunate). I initially thought i had disco as i had disco issues in qualifying, to my relief i could still see Juha behind.
Took the lead then and it was all about managing my pace and fuel. Whenever Juha got too close i would just push a little bit more to maintain the gap, occasionally i would use the higher boost i mentioned before. Plan was to stop on lap 25, but i could see the time Gabriele was gaining on his fresh tires i though i best pit a lap earlier, luckily i came out ahead of Gabriele but only by a couple of seconds. Then it was time to use the higher boost as Gabriele was really pushing and we really created a gap to the cars behind us. Managed to maintain the gap to Gabriele while still managing to save fuel as i had switched back to the lower boost. Then i made a small mistake and Gabriele was within a second of me so i turned to the higher boost and drove a qualifying lap, that put about 3 seconds in between us, but i gather Gabriele had already slowed down his pace to save fuel.
From then on it was all about bringing the car home.
Feel like a weight has been lifted as i feel this win has been a long time coming.Congrats to the podium and a massive thanks to the broadcast team. Superb as always.
See you all in Montreal.
.
) and my car flew in Eau Rouge all the time without touch the curbs. 
(I did not know it until my pit stop) but the car felt good. A little nervous at the first laps because I was in a very amazing position fighting with people quicker than me and having good fun (sorry Thim for a sweet "kiss" in your tail 
, I missed the brake point in La source). 
, I saw the replay and I could not believe how I could pass through, sorry about your crash John, amazing race at this point)
and thanks to that I overtook Ray in his pit stop.
Glad you liked the broadcast! 
living in Gran Canaria island (Las Palmas). Un abrazo Alberto 
