rF2 - Belgium 66 - F2 EVE - Qualy Round 5 - SRO

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Mar 1, 2021 at 12:51 AM
Posted By Jos Ogos

I feel I did a great race yesterday with a substantial improvement on pace from the previous race with the F2 EVE qualifying second without draft (time 3:46.8) that I also achieved during the race.
The highlight of the race must be the save at Stavelot (40:17)... I could have blown it there but miraculously kept the car from decorating the wall with a wheel or two and my F2 suspension.
Maddie and Gert-Jan were chasing like hunting dogs after the T1 incident and I think I gave them a challenging pray to pursue, setting a manic pace for the three of us, especially Maddie that was soon doing low 46's and perhaps taking too many risks to catch up. Her accident and DNF, possibly aided by the damage in the T1 incident and her brutal pace, eased slightly the pressure but Gert-Jan was definitively gaining ground steadily...
My CrewChief had reported a bit earlier in the race that fuel would be tight. What!? It was OK in the previous race... But then I started to think that there was plenty of slipstream on that race and, yesterday, I was on my own and with a faster car and pace... Should I risk running out of fuel in the last lap and being overtaken by 5 cars... My head when spinning and the loss of concentration facilitated Gert-Jan catch that I had been successfully delaying in the first part of the race.
P2 would put me on quite safe grounds to win the overall championship in the next two races and I went conservative...
I didn't surrender altogether though. I'm happy I caught up again after Gert-Jan almost broke the draft on the penultimate lap. Shame I had that wobble in Eau Rouge in the last lap... I might have still given it a go... My CrewChief talked again, "only 2mins left". Now, after 58 mins driving like mad with the dangerous F2 EVE and all the previous messages about fuel, I hesitated for an instance... Is he talking about the fuel?? The last lap had just started and I had at least 3mins more of driving!! 2 mins of fuel is not enough!! Lifted the throttle and then realised it was 2 mins to the end of the 60mins time and, actually, I had plenty of fuel. Any attempt to retake Gert-Jan draft, which was already almost impossible after Eau Rouge, became unattainable. So settled for P2 and enhanced changes to take on the champ.
Enjoy!
Video of the race here:

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rF2 - Belgium 66 - F2 EVE - Qualy Round 5 - SRO