AL3 :- From the Cockpit - Round 9 - Germany

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Sorry that this has taken like 3 weeks haha, but been very busy with exams etc. So If you are reading this, I apologise..Plus Check out Ross' Column as it's far better than my own

So Germany was an interesting race. Once again...We did 1-shot quali due to people being a bit to eager but ah well. So quali was wet and since tyre wear didn't affect, nor strategy for the race, I decided to go for it. I took Pole by around 1.4 seconds which was surprising.

The race began on time and after a poor start, I found myself down to 3rd. Laps went by and I was doing well until I beached the car in the gravel. Lap 7 came and coming up to the chicane, Clatty and Brian had a coming together and resulted in Brian needing to pit and Clatty holding position until I was breathing down his neck. The stewards did confirm that he would take a 20 sec penalty. This proves that if you can record the race (I mean, I use my phone and it's fine) it does pay back as it helps the stewards take the right choice.

Pitstops came and went and as you can see, this will be short but Monza will be better This is kinda down to me not having the most exciting race until the end

So as I was swapping positions with Clatty, and then Lap 28 came. Round the Dunlop Hairpin I went to find Patty on the left of the track. Carrying the speed, I switched to the right to LAP him. As on my POV, you can clearly see he moves across and has a swipe. In Hindsight, that was quite lucky as I could easily of crashed into the barriers. I wasn't pleased and even though Moody who was stewarding did warn him that I was behind, I think that people should be more aware. On a controller, it's not difficult to quickly look behind you.

Moving on from my scare to lap 53. By this time, my strategy was frankly strange as I did 3 option stints to the end. The safety car however cut my lead. Jay managed to beach his Mclaren into the pit-lane wall. This meant that the 3 guys on the lead lap would pit for fresh rubber whilst I stayed out. The Safety car came in on Lap 55 and left a 5 lap sprint. I did manage to hold off the pack and would take a home grand prix win for Mercedes. With the absence of my team mate, it was a valuable 25 points.

No stats Today but I would like to say that Now I will be leaving W2WR at the end of this season. The title would be nice but winning Monaco and Silverstone will be great, as well as my favourite track If I can. I will be back but want to say that i've really enjoyed my time in AL3 and thanks to all that i've raced.