Knutstorp Camaro Cup 1

Could have been so much better.

Can't remember what lap it was, but I spun the car and nosed it into the barrier, puncturing the left front tire. Then, as I was getting into the pits, the computer froze and started looping the last bit of audio. I thought it was game over, but somehow it fixed itself and I was able to get into the pits for repair.

Finished the race, barely.

Congrats to Troy and the rest of the podium.

Qualified P2, got a great start, but touched Jon into T1 and got in the gravel.

Rejoined 5th, then later in the lap I went on the inside of Ryan Ansoon into a right hander - and knocked him wide. In replay it looks like my front was longside the driver, strictly speaking OK to be there, but I wasn't happy either way and slowed on the s/f line to let him back through.

At one stage I dropped to 8th out of 12, but others seemed to be having problems too, and I slowly moved up the order (not making any more mistakes). P4 to Troy's P1, with Alvarez and Eugeni P2 and 3, we battled like that for quite a few laps. Alberto was slower but it's so difficult to pass here! This let Jon and Silvino latch onto our tales!

Then there was an incident into T1 - Alberto got sideways, Xavier lost it trying to avoid, I hit him hard as he span in the middle of the track, Jon got by us both, Silvino span in sympathy at the rear - LOL!!!

Caught Jon up and battled for P3 - slight touch semi turned him, so waited for him and we finished in the same position anyway.

Lot of fun, these big lumbering powerful cars on a Mickey-mouse circuit with undulations akin to a Tsunami! P4 in the end.

It is prety ironic that Knutsorp, the track i like the least among the STCC tracks gave me a pole position, I was happy to be the only one going under 1 minute in lap time.

This time around my start was not bad either, held of Andy's charge from outside line and kept P1. I knew I had a conservative setup -with minimal tire wear- to be still fast towards the end. Any hard charger would give me a haard time and sure enough Silvino came through passing several guys and on lap 3 he passed me on T3 when I missed the fast apex.
Settled for P2 behind him and pushed hard within my setups limit, sure enough on lap5 after the first effects of tire wear hit, he started to slide and I was faster on sector 1. Lap7, and he was struggling under braking into T1, I thought he left the door open (at least halfway) and went for it but it was just too narrow of a gap and he closed it too quickly and my left front touched his right side causing him to spin.

Wasn't sure if I was completely at fault or not, I continued and started to monitor his position,was P4 now, hoping he would come through again but I was very upset with the incident and was trying to go slower, I spun going down on T8, so I waited for P2-P5 to pass through (incl. Silvino). Sorry about all this Silvino, I think I was mostly upset that I messed up both of our chances of winning the race.

At the end, others misfortunes put me in P3 from P6, Not so happy podium for me I say...

What an incredible races! Enjoyed a lot, always had the feeling to put the car to the limit. Lost a podium chance on the first race, drove just concentrating on pressing the front drivers waiting for a mistake, as going out off the line to overtake was really too risky.
An amazing circuit, well suited for these beasts.
See you again on Jyllandsamdajkdjp...can't make any other grrr
Grats for this series, Andy.