Tuesday, July 9, 2013

First points in Imola

Hello all

I'm back from Imola and very happy. From the first practise I loved the track and found some places where I could be fast. In qualifying I knew that I had to find some fast group to drive a fast time because I didn't know the track so well. I didn't find a right group the whole qualifying and when there was five minutes left I decided to try to do my best alone. Finally the last lap was fastest and it put me to the eight place on the grid. Third row meant I had a good chance to go with the first group. The start wasn't very good for me but I could make some places back with the first corner. From the first lap I came on the eight place and held on to the group. As the laps passed I was having a great fight. There were also many crashes and some of them were right in front of me. When Pittet and Lewis crashed in the last chicane I lost some time and places and dropped to 14. I had to push very hard to get myself back into the group and on the penultimate lap I made the fastest lap. I was back on the eight position and was ready to pass for seventh when Zanella crashed in front of me and his bike stayed on the ideal line. I had no time to go anywhere so I crashed straight to the bike but somehow managed to jump over it. Actually I'm not sure how but when I landed I broke my left steering and had to finish the lap with one hand. I lost to places with all that action but I was very lucky to stay on bike. With all the crashes on the last lap I finished 8.  with the fastest lap on my name. These are my first points of the year so I'm very happy. Thanks to my team PZ Motorsport, auto24ring, Honda baltic for the training opportunity at home and all others who support me. Now we continue working this way and try to improve in Silverstone. See you there.


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