[Donnchadh MacGarry]

When the race settled after those two crashes at the front in the first two laps it was an absolutely amazing race again. The fight for P2-P8 was completely equal and got totally intense in the last two laps.

But what happenened to you Donnchadh? You were in a pretty safe P1 until really late into the race, weren't you?

Yep, and I'm absolutely disgusted at myself. I messed up in my preparation as for some reason I thought the race would be 12 laps long and not 13, I must have rounded down in my calculation for some stupid reason. Quite often I am a bit cautious and give myself enough fuel for one extra lap, but for this race I decided to be aggressive as I felt I was going to have good pace and used 41L which was enough for 12.4 laps on the setup I was using (mostly based off the one you put up which I must thank you very much for). When I crossed the line with 3:30 remaining, I realised my mistake and knew I had under-fueled. I started to panic, lost concentration while trying to think what could I do, so I messed up my approach over the part with the big hump sending me off track and got huge damage on my car that made it undrivable.

Since I under-fueled my race was done already, so the crash didn't really matter to me. I don't think I could have coasted to stretch 2.4 laps of fuel into 3 laps and seeing as I was on for the win, I would have been just as disappointed if I had pitted for 1 lap of fuel and came out in 7th or wherever. It was definitely a case of "if you're not 1st, you're last" for me in this race considering the circumstances. I don't think I would have made that mistake for the crash if I hadn't got distracted. I was happy with my pace/consistency, wasn't overly pushing since I had a bit of a lead and since I was on hard tyres, the grip/performance I had was still really good. This makes me feel even worse for the under-fueling. Why can't I make a mistake like that in the races where I've crashed out in the first lap so I can't win anyway? Typical.

I must say though, that car and track combination is insanely fun. Going side by side through T1, T2 is something else. There was no room for mistakes on the track due to no run off and just touching the grass can send you spinning which kept it intense throughout. I imagine the race at Bridgehampton was like that too so its a pity I missed that one. I haven't been great at Barcelona in previous season's with other cars so I'm not expecting to be running as good next week. If I get the fuel load correct that is an improvement at least.