Yet another race where we seem to have some guys who don't know what a "Manual Formation Lap" is, which is clearly stated in the Series Notes. Instead of waiting for the car ahead to start, they either do a full racing start or just barge through the grid anyway grabbing several places and then not giving them back when they realize that others are not actually racing.

From my qualified 9th I didn't argue the case and remained in 12th on the formation lap. Following Barrett into the Chase Chicane on L2, I got T-Boned by a car from behind who didn't think that his brakes wouldn't be as good when he was missing a lot of bodywork and had other damage after hitting the wall at the top of the mountain. This pushed me into the gravel loosing nearly 30 secs on Barrett and the cars who passed me whilst stranded.

I had some good pace here and closed down on Sentola & Barrett, but was caught out by how much Alan braked going into the Sulman Park turn, causing me to run into him and hit the wall. After the necessary pit-stop I tried to make up the ground again, but after hitting the wall coming out of Sulman, I had to settle for 7th.

Well done to Umberto, Reinhard, Jules & Paul. You guys always amaze me with your speed & consistency over a race distance. Well done on a good race and to the BVR Team for getting 4 cars to the finish.

CYA all at Fuji for the final race of this series.