rF2 - Long Beach - Tattus PM18 - Round 3b - SRO

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Feb 10, 2021 at 12:47 AM
Posted By Jos Ogos

Two bumpy races at Long Beach with the Tattus PM18 in rF2.

Race 1 (

) started with a rolling start due to a double-yellow flag in our first attempt... I managed to overtake Michal Mazurek at the end of the straight and open a gap to secure P4 in the first part of the race. In front and at a different pace, the three proper fast drivers of the day: Denis, Ricardo and Toni, were on their own race... I have a lonely race up until reaching some of the lapped drivers and ended up in a gifted P3 after Ricardo's fuel woes in the last few laps of the race.

Race 2 (here) was more eventful. I failed to secure P5 in qualy (as in race 1), starting in P7 after Kostas and Michal. the start was brilliant (great reaction time and clutch management). I was soon in front of Kostas (with a slight wheel to wheel touch but safe) and Michal. Ken also did a great start and was following closely. I reached T3 in 4th position after timidly challenging Toni and was hit on the back when braking at the roundabout. I sustained some important bodywork damage. My CrewChief advice was to get into the pits but I decided to ignore it. The car was loose and I had to adapt in the bumpy turns of Long Beach. I was in P4 behind 3 clearly faster drivers so, as long as I could keep this position, the crash hadn't significantly affected my race...
The shenanigans triggered by the T3 event had caused quite a delay in the back pack and lapped drivers started to appear very soon in the race. All was running smoothly with blue flags and easy overtakes until I got on the back of Ken Jagger that was strictly following the SRO rules (well done sir, it was fun) that establishes it is up to the faster (lapping) driver to overtake the lapped car. This added a bit of intensity to what, otherwise, would have been a relatively quiet second part of the race.
No fuel or crash issues (well done) with the drivers at front, so a P4 at the end of the race ending just behind Bjorn's car that I believe couldn't make the start and was running in 11th position.

All in all, two fun races although unhappy with the pace difference with the top 3...
Enjoy!

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rF2 - Long Beach - Tattus PM18 - Round 3b - SRO