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Hi VisionRacer Fans!
Over the last fortnight I have been racing in Hockenhiem, Germany and Hungaroring, Hungary. There have been some highs and lows, which made for two eventful weekends. First of all at Hockenhiem we had a lot of rain on the Friday which includes practice and qualifying. In practice I was very pumped-up as I like the wet conditions as it’s more down to driving skill rather than the car’s set-up, unlike the dry. I finished free practice in 11th place which was more promising than any previous session this year. After this I was doing a rain dance for it to stay the same for qualifying as I knew I had a lot more left in myself. I was very happy when it stayed wet for qualifying later in the afternoon. I went out first and set the fastest lap initially. I was never lower than 4th for the first half of the session until unfortunately I spun. I kept the engine running, but couldn't manage to get it into first gear, so had to attempt to pull away in 4th. Sadly it stalled and I was wheeled back to the pits but not allowed to continue the session. I was truly gutted as I knew it was going to slightly dry up and people would go faster. Sure enough, in the last five minutes of the session I dropped from 4th place to 15th! Everyone was still impressed and told me not to be disheartened, but happy that I had the pace. The races over the following days were both dry and I didn't have the advantage as I did in the wet and I could only manage 19th and 16th place finishes in the feature and sprint races respectively. The following weekend we were racing in Hungary at the twisty Hungaroring circuit situated just outside of Budapest. In practice my pace was in the bottom half of the field, but I had never actually seen the circuit before. Luckily I was able to use the VisionRacer, or I probably would have been right at the back! |
 In qualifying on the first set of tyres I was 12th, which I was very happy with, but due to the circuit layout I got traffic on my next set of tyres and didn't improve, so I dropped dramatically down the order and ended up 23rd on the grid. In the races I was stuck in a group of slower drivers but didn't have enough pace to be able to overtake. Basically we were struggling for traction all weekend and that limited my results to 17th and 16th place. Next up for me is Spa and the Belgian Grand Prix. This is a circuit I know well from my years in Formula 3, so I’m hoping for better results there in two weeks time. Until next time keep lapping on the VR! Max |
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