2011 FiHS F1 World Championship
Round 1: Bahrain 46 laps
March 11, 2011
FULL RACE REPORT
A little controversy before the race as late entry Eleanor and the "Super-Subs" StevenM and Pete haggle for the remaining open seats. There are two absent drivers (MarkG and Brandon Gant) so the issue is settled with StevenM switching to the vacant Mclaren and Eleanor and Pete running the Force India cars. With JeffO getting disconnected just before race start, 22 drivers line-up for Round 1 of 2011 FiHS F1 World Championship in Sakhir, Bahrain.
Pete wins the season opener and it is also his second career win at FiHS. StevenM has gotta be the driver of the race with 20 places gained, starting 22nd and last and finishing 2nd. Bad luck for defending champion RacerScott as he got disconnected on lap 3. Plenty of fighting for the final points positions with J Kim securing third place.
Not a bad race for me I suppose; started 21st and finished 11th just outside the points. Some shaky laps when the car was heavy with fuel and some mistakes while trying to defend position, but I brought it home without a scratch. There is some work to do next round in Melbourne, and not just the lack of speed, but the excessive front tire wear issue as well.
Watching the replay, a strange sequence at the start with Captain Slow; it looks like I was aiming for him or something as we funnel into Turn 1. During the race I didn't see any of this happening because of lag, I just braked when it suddenly warped, blindly held my line and somehow didn't hit anything as the connection re-stabilized exiting the hairpin. I know it was clean because I have no incidents in the race report.
