Silverstone weekend started good for me in first practise. From the first lap I saw that it was my kind of track. It's fast and flowing. I liked it and in the end of the training I took 5th place. For qualifying I knew everybody will go faster and it wasn't gonna be easy. I also needed slipstream because the wind was against on the long straight. I picked up my speed and then started to find good group. There was only one big group and I knew it was really hard to drive good laptime in the middle of that so I let some gap. On my fast lap I catched the group exactly on the starting straight and in this moment got second time. In the end of the session some more guys improved so i started from 4. in the grid. It was my best starting place this far and my hopes were high. My start was good but when I took a wider line for turn two many guys passed me and after the chicanes i didn't good speed to long straight. On first lap I lost many places. I tried as hard as i could to get back to the front of the group but every time I tried other line to get better speed out of the corner somebody passed me. It lasted like this for five laps and on sixth lap there was a big crash just in front of me in one slow chicane. I managed to avoid bikes laying on the ground but right after that there was red flag. Finally I got 13. place which was a big disappointment when you start from the second row. I have learn from this and try to do better in Nürburgring, which is the only track where I have driven before.
Sommu #38
