24/25 August 2009
Hi my friends late, but Its a bit needed a chill out, after all what happend. It all started great on the testing days, and I felt directly good with the new Intrepid chassis, and just needed some changes on seat and steering column, so we could start with set up. We had two days of test on the Sarno circuit, one week before the event, and all the best drivers were also there.
The two days were very hot and humid, and all drivers and mechanics were really suffering in these conditions, with temperatures reached more than 40?. But after all we did all good a good work on testing.
3/4/5/6 September 2009
Finally started the World cup KF3. I looked really forward to this event, and had a lot of confidence to make a great result. On the free training sessions on thursday and Friday and got with the top four best times, and it looked all really good for me. On friday was the first of two official chrono, and we decided to stay in and wait for the second chrono, as many others did of my group. Just to save tyres for next days heats.
But the disaster started as a big cloud, two and an half hours later with the second chrono passed over the circuit, and it started to rain!
This didnt look good for us, as some drivers in other groups had there official times on a dry circuit, and we had to do it on a wet circuit!
After all I took a 24th spot in the official chrono due to a what they call a 101% timing.
I had to start the heats from outside on a 12th spot on grid, and had to make my move forward in the next heats. I had to start the first heat of the day, and it was a bit of a chaotic start from some of the drivers, which made me hold in, to not crash. First heat I finished in a disapointing 16th spot. The following heats I finished 3rd, 4th and 6th.
This was enough to get through the last 34 drivers, who were going to dispute the World cup, and had a 12th spot on grid in the pre-final.
In the pre-final the start was again chaotic, and had to be done twice times over. After all we were started, and I lost some places (5) in the first corner, as I was on an outside position. But afterall I worked myself up to a 9th place finish, wich was giving me the perfect inside position for the final.
The start of the final was great for me, and took directly two places at the first corner. Coming up to the next corner, which is a slow long corner, I had to stay behind a driver, and at the same time I tought “hope they are not gone hit me from the back” And what you think? It happend, some dude, just hit me full in the back, which took me out, and the driver in front of me.
A big Shame, but I had a great weekend with a great mechanic and great team, only the result could have been better, Next Time!!
