Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Oschersleben



Oschersleben was quite good, but i was so close to podium. In friday practice i felt really good with the bike but the times were not so good. In first qualifying were very difficult weather conditions, it was wet but the line was dry. Every lap the line went wider and wider so every lap times got better and better. In the end some 8 minutes before finish i went wide and to a wet place. It was slippery and i fell. Nothing happened but i  lost much time and i hadn't enaugh time to get some more fast laps so many guys drove faster times and i was eighth. It was in second row and this was important. Second qualifying was full wet so it was only for testing in case sunday would have been wet. Luckily it wasn't wet. It was exactly like first QP, maybe more dry. My start was good and first laps i could stay with front guys but then they got away a little bit. The group i was in was in a great fight and some passings were very tough. At some point i was alone because the group got away a little bit but then i could catch them. In last lap i was able to pass Rofner in the corner before last but there were yellow flags so i had to slow down and so my last corner were also not so good and Gerstacker could pass me in the finish line. I was disappointed because third place was so close but maybe next time in Nürburgring.