My F1Time Blogs

Two DQP changes in the last two races and everyone was expecting
the same with the 6th race of the F1Time season at Spa. But TaBu
surprised everyone by keeping the DQP of previous season. It was
time for me to score some points otherwise i would risk the chance
of relegation which i dont like to see.

Sow was determined to retain his Lead in his DC with a win in Spa.
But RC who was fresh from his last race win at France was not ready
to give way that easily. The WU was headed by sow followed by RC and
Rui Ferrera. Eld and Vitor followed them. Sow had a blistering pace
in the Qual and was more than Half a second faster than 'Pole Stealer'
Eld. RC was 4th more than a second off sow. But RC had different
strategy . HE went in for 2 Pits while the others tried 3 Pits. In
the End, the 2 Stops proved to be the winner . RC won the second race
in a row with Sow coming in second and Eld third. Sow, though with just
1 win in this season, still leads the DC positions. Vitor came in sixth
to add another 3 points to his tally. But RC closed the Gap with the
last two-in-two wins.

In our group, i was desperate to score some points this time. Since Spa
is a shorter race in terms of laps; just 44 laps; many guys didnt 'race'.
And that was a Boon for me. Well. I was 6th in WU, which was topped by
Stephen. L Mandler and Nezam was behind Stephen. The Top6 in the WU
stayed the same in Qual as well, though a couple of reshuffles happened.
Stephen was obviously planning for the Pole, but the Driver error
costed him the Pole Money. I was still 6th in the Grid. Though i gained
a posn in Lap1, i gave away that advantage in Lap5. I was on a 1 Stop
Meds strategy while most of the others were with 2 or more stops. In
Lap8, i lost another posn to JTix, who was on 2 Stop strategy. Everything
was looking good. atleast not bad if not exciting. Then came a damn spin
in Lap10, which put me down to 10th posn. I was behind Mikhail who too
was on a single pit strategy. And our Pitcrews were similar in timings
and that spin meant disaster to me. What i was hoping was a Spin to
Mikhail, but that never happened as his Driver was Full of Concentration.
That Spin also caused me a Lap wear before i pitted and that didnt help
either. Mikhail pitted a lap later than mine and when he came out there
was still a 2 sec advantage for him. With the second set of tyres, i was
faster than Mik, but he was not ready to give away. In the end, i had to
settle for the 6th posn. But if not for the spin and my Driver's
'reluctance' to overtake, i could have a posn higher. But still i am very
happy to score and i hope this is the start of many more this season. The
Race was won by Stephen with L Mandler and Kondrat settling for the other
Podium spots.