Wasn't going to be able to hold up both lanes and therefore gave Brian the chance to stay ahead of Jake. Sorry Jake.
Win or lose I never complain about a good battle and that’s what you set up between me and Brain 😁
You almost found a gap to get up into the top lane on that restart off of turn four, I’d just started to roll out of the throttle and cover the brake getting onto the front stretch when it looked like you were going to try to get up in front but you must have thought better of it and as soon as I was sure you weren’t coming up I grabbed full throttle again to make sure I had a nose to your outside on entry down into turn one 😝
I used you up a little on that last restart 😅 I knew I didn’t stand a chance unless I could at least get my right side tyres in the rubber of the top groove, didn’t leave you a lot to work with up there but there was just about a lane between myself and the marbles but being the (what I hoped to be) the final restart it was time to be selfish 🤑
I really enjoyed the long green flag run there and a lot of guys showed maturity and respect when being passed, I appreciate that a lot. Bristol being how it is passing cars on long green flag runs can get pretty chaotic, saved some stuff for a late run charge and managed to run Carsten and Maik back down from a straightaway back but unfortunate timing saw me get stuck behind a car making an opportunistic move to gain a position or two as the other cars cleared a lane for me, in 3 or 4 laps the chance to battle for the lead under green flag was gone.
Such a shame that the officiating bug screwed over most cars on the track, not to take away from my win, I’m still proud of it, but it’s never as much fun knowing the competition has been dwindled down in such a fashion.
Thanks for the fun racing!