I can't say I'm a fan of this track, but it went better than expected despite having my first race with ballast and a hangover.
I had a poor start - from 9th - I was pretty slow reacting when the lights went green, allowing Dadge to pull up along side me and pass at T1. However, I took that position back and gained another after Dadge and Kamo had a small coming together at T1 a lap later.
I decided to go for a pit early on rather than get into a fight with the pack ahead or behind me. I came out in last, 14 seconds behind Jokelainen. Shortly after Kamo pitted and came out a worrying 4 seconds behind me.
He eventually caught up on lap 23 after I got the chicane slightly wrong whilst trying to follow Jokelainen through it and he passed at the following corner.
After several failed passes from half-arsed attempts, I eventually passed Jokelainen on lap 28.
From there I was just waiting for others ahead of me to pit and climb up. Only Darra came out of the pits close to me, but towards the end of the race we were both lapping fairly quick and consistently, so the gap stayed 3-4 seconds for most of it.
I nearly stole 3rd place from Kamo after he ran out of fuel just after the last turn, unfortunately he coasted over the line just 3 seconds ahead of me.
Looking forward to AS3 next week, but not with an even higher ballast...