Difficult race for me in the RB4. I was still in the garage when the race started, so I joined 22th on the grid instead of the 14th I should have been. I had a great start and first few laps, and by the end of lap 4 I was up to P8. But I must have been attacking too much, because by lap 10 my front tyres were red hot and I had a huge understeer that put me completely off the pace.
I made my pit stop on lap 21 and didn't change the tyres. I should have, because I got a puncture at the left front around lap 40. Thankfully it was in the right hander before the pit stop entry, but unfortunately my pit crew wasn't ready and it cost me a lot of time. And to make things worse, I broke the speed limit when exiting the pitlane and was rewarded with a drive through penalty. So finishing 15th, two laps down, was the best I could do.
It was still a very enjoyable race. Thanks to everybody and particularly to ATC!
I made my pit stop on lap 21 and didn't change the tyres. I should have, because I got a puncture at the left front around lap 40. Thankfully it was in the right hander before the pit stop entry, but unfortunately my pit crew wasn't ready and it cost me a lot of time. And to make things worse, I broke the speed limit when exiting the pitlane and was rewarded with a drive through penalty. So finishing 15th, two laps down, was the best I could do.
It was still a very enjoyable race. Thanks to everybody and particularly to ATC!