rF2 - Oulton Park - Palatov D4 - Round 3 - SRO

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Feb 15, 2021 at 1:03 AM
Posted By Jos Ogos

I had a very eventful race with the Palatov. My qualy wasn't great ending in P5 and with a sec deficit with pole but wasn't too worried as I believed there was more I could extract from the D4 during the race...
The start was fine until Toni lost control and pushed me out of the track but managed a prompt recovery although losing a couple of places. Surprised at the rate I recovered them and found myself chasing Toni and Kostas for P3.
It took me a while but after they lost some time in their battle and Toni made a mistake once he had overtaken Kostas, I managed to catch and launch my attack on Kostas successfully although I think the D4 doesn't favor that sort of track battles as you end up losing a lot of time compared with any other fast driver running on their own. I think we lost some good time here compared to Dino and John.
However, that wasn't my worst woe of the race... After getting a few secs gap with Kostas, I made the stupid mistake of the race. I think I lost there any chances for P2 or P3 in the race. It wouldn't be my only mistake of the race though...
The pitting maneuver! Having got damage from Toni's crash in L1, I knew I needed to configure the pit entry to avoid the body repairs... I lost a good couple of secs on the impossible Oulton Park track to fiddle with the pit settings whilst driving... And worst on, I had decided to reduce to 3 liters instead of 5 (as in previous races) trying to reduce pit time... (Great mistake!). Pitting wasn't particularly fast. I left after Kostas, John, Dino and Ricardo. There was another driver that hadn't yet pitted, so I was in P6 and 8 secs to P3 (John) which looked almost impossible to overcome.
Managed to catch Kostas again after an incident he had with Toni(?) and was planning to settle in P4 when a lapped driver appeared extremely slow in the fastest section of the track. With Kostas behind, I misjudged my overtaking action and converted the Palatov into a very fast lawnmower... Didn't lose much time though and I thought I still had time to attack again Kostas for P4...
But the fuel gauge didn't think the same... I was warned I wouldn't finish the race at that pace... Had to lift and time the final lap to avoid being overtaken by P6... So P5 (not great) but a very intense race as the Palatov always delivers...
Great racing with Kostas and congrats to Ricardo, Dino and John for their well deserved podium.

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rF2 - Oulton Park - Palatov D4 - Round 3 - SRO