well, here we go. practised a bit a few hours prior to race to really nail the q, since i know im fast in the start. said and done, a pb +1 sec would have given me the second start position and +2 would have given me third. Well, rolled up and when i got into the chicane to build up speed the entire coffe machine started shaking. i mean, i have raced quite a lot folkrace when i was younger and i never got nervous, but online racing...shit! i was shaking, couldnt do anything. almost couldnt shift gears cuz my hands where shaking too much. made a q time 2.5 secs slower than PB...without any real errors.
wellwell, still shaking and in the 5th or 6th start position, and the start was good. managed to overtake a car and had a good shot to overtake noob too but i chickened out since i didnt wanna ruin something (hey, first race

). Followed noob around for a lap or two with roadrunner just behind me, and then i see noob spinning in the hairpin. I get so exited, and as i looked at the race standings on my steering weel with a smile i spun, after having that third place for about one second. stalled the engine, and there i was - 6 secs behind the two alredy mentÃoned and 15 secs in front of killa. So i just cruised around, drove like shit but it got better after like 6 laps when the nervousness went away.
It was about then i figured out that i didnt have a strategy for the pitsops at all, so i had to think some, look at the displays and try to figure out when to pit. did that for like 15 laps

, which led to at least 2-3 misstakes. Anyway, i decided to pit lap 20, did a drago and broke to late

, and ends up spinning and losing the rear wing in the pitlane (also making the car steer a bit as it wanted too

) . pit out, walking along, seeing drago behind almost not gaining at all on me i felt kind good. realized that someone was out of the race, and i was 4th. and as i looked at the steering wheel, trying to figure out who it was, i totally missed the first corner

, ending up in the sand. drago flyes pas, and then i have motherfucking killa only 5 secs behind me. felt it was time to get the act together and started driving normally, and managed to hold the raging killa who had picked up some speed (i know, but its actually true. he wasnt going THAT SLOW ;D ) at that distance. figured i had to stay out on the track as long as i could i decided to run as long as i could with my fuel, and to my relief (actually kinda expected this) killa messed up 10 secs, and then pitted, and then messed up again. So now it was just a matter of sticking on the road, and pray that noob would fuck up one minute ahead of me - which never happened. As i started to feel really lonely i cathed up drago, and it looked like he was going really slow. either he messed up, or just turned the engine power down. anyway, nice of you to stop by and chat some. stayed behind drago for a couple of laps, then he decided to go at his normal speed i guess and away he went. Finally, i saw a black and white flag in the corner of the screen, but i wasnt really sure if it was over

so i kept driving for another lap just to be on the safe side

, and whoa - 3rd - in the first race. so, im still annoyed about that first spin but the results would prolly have been the same anyway so... anyway, good race and lets hope for more ppl the next time, and contratz to drago for a solid effort. Now i've done all the noob misstakes, including kicking the pedals away from me due to nervousness, so it can only get better!

cya at interlagos!
and yes, this was a long one, but posting a race summary in the forum was one of the major reasons to race in the first place
