Sorry Roland für den Dreher in der Boxengasse. War mein Fehler.
On the accident in lap 85 or something like that there were 2 cars at the top of the track but I saw only one car and a lot of smoke. The car I saw went down the track and I thought I could go high to avoid him and was totally surprised to go straight into the#28.
Sorry Jalberillo Garcia for that accident that ended your race. Totally my fault.
And sorry for the pack especcially Erik van Spijker who was first in that moment around lap 50-60. I was following 2 other cars and we were about to be lapped. The 2 guys in front went up high and i followed but it was very late. Glad nothing happend.
@chirtopherconin In order to fulfill the penalty I recommend that you pit on all yellow flag laps and start last, so you can pit on the same lap as the start as long as the simulator has given the green flag. With 35 or 40 cars the most logical thing is that you can enter the pit and if there is an accident and you are inside the pit, the penalty is already counted and you take it off.
Ok, I thought that a penalty has to be served under green, so I was doomed. I was on the inside every time and I wanted to serve it immediately but the yellows always came before I could enter the pits.
What a desaster that was for me. Lap 2 I got loose and spun around. Unfortunately Erik van Spijker hit me. Sorry Erik for that, I just lost it. After that I was super cautious with the throttle and was very slow.
Then I got touched slightly from behind and hit the wall with wheel damage.
I pitted to repair it and when I was at pit exit the green flag for the restart fell. In front of me was a relatively slow car and I wasn't sure if I had to wait until the start-finish-line to overtake. I overtook on the inside which resulted in a black flag.
Ok, shit happens, it's still a long way to go and if I lose a lap I can get that lap back. So I wanted to come in for the pass through but 3 times in a row there was a caution in the first lap after the restart so I could not come in for the penalty. When I did finally serve the penalty I was disqualified because I waited to long to serve it.
Has someone experience with this problem? Can you serve the penalty under yellow to avoid waiting too long?
What a race! I qualified in P12 which is very good for me and I was able to overtake some guys and was running in P10. I never expected that because normally I am around P25. But I had good pace and I was happy. Later I got overtaken and ran in P11. And then around lap 50 my smoke detector in another room started to make some noise. 1 or 2 laps I was asking myself what this noise was but finally I decided that it would be better to have a look. I don't know what was in my mind because I was very calm and didn't leave the car instantly but I drove into the pits even to my pitststall and then I went to look what was going on. Fortunately there was no fire, there was nothing. Then I resumed the race bein 6 laps down in P41. I didn't expect anything. Luckily when you're so much behind you have enough time to brake when there is an accident. At the very end after 5 lucky dogs and one wave-around I was in the lead lap but only for the GWC-finish and in 2 laps you cannot do much even with newer tires. At the end P22 is very ok after being 6 laps down. But it was a shame having to give up such a good track position. Could have been a really good result for me.
@ Kim Strohmann: Sorry für den Dreher. Der Wagen vor dir war einfach so langsam in T1 und das habe ich überhaupt nicht erwartet. Ich habe an meinem normalen Bremspunkt gebremst und dass es so langsam würde, konnte man da noch nicht sehen, deshalb konnte ich nicht mehr reagieren.
Racing at Superspeedways is so frustrating. You drive well for 90 laps and then you're out because of an incident that just can happen. I think nobody made a severe mistake there.
It was really fun to drive. I stayed on the outside while more and more drivers that were in front of me changed to the inside and shortly before the green flag stop I competed for the lead. When the leaders came in I had my first lead lap in VO in my third race.
Then I was driving comfortably in a pack but the more you come to the end of the race the more you feel the nervousness in the field and that mad me feel very uncomfortable. The something happens way in front of me. I saw Jeroen Anema sliding on the grass of the backstretch. I slowed down a bit and everyone in that pack knew that he could not slow down and that he will come back on the track hitting someone and everybody was hoping not to be the one getting hit. Unfortunately I was the one and my race was over. Very unlucky for me who is fighting for a top 30 spot to be automatically qualified, but it's just what happens on Superspeedways.
