First qualify first, then spin twice in a row on T5(?) and at some point slide off at "Deja Vu" and wreck front suspension. Wanted to try one more lap if I could survive with the suspension but spun again once I tried a slipstream overtake on someone. Going to the pits for repair, dropped in the back of the field (in 7th).
However, I just finished the race and took the 2nd place. xD Fastest lap (1:50.20) ftw.
Also, 3 different race winners now, wonder who will win next... xD
I had a really fun time this race, qualified last, but that's not to say I wasn't on pace. The whole field was only separated by ~3 seconds. So it was shaping up to be a really close race IMO.
But sadly it was anything but that, lol. We lost nearly half the field in the first 6 laps, I believe. I was running 4th at the time. I eventually made my way to 2nd until Toumas finally caught up to me. I didn't put up much of a fight since he was so quick. I think his pit-stop payed off somewhat, since he didn't have much falloff on his lap times due to worn tires and was able to run blazing laps the entire race.
After all was said and done, we had some more retirements, some for no reason it seemed. And I brought the Kart home to a 3rd place finish, out of 4 cars... Not a huge accomplishment when you think about it, but a podium is a podium. And I'll finally be in the standings. I also ran a faster lap during the race than in practice (1:52.84), which is the first time I've done that in the whole series.
I'll leave this weekend a happy man, excited for the rest of the season.
The pitstop had nothing to do with the worn tires. I could've easily continued on track with worn tyres but I had to make the pitstop because of the wrecked suspension. I was expecting those kind of laptimes anyway...