Haven't been so pleased with a result since the Dragon Trail win in S13 to be honest.
Made a good start but was a little cautious into T1, and was super lucky to avoid the same fate as
@Browneskiii as
@Delaney slid across the track. The first stint was very intense, battling with my team-mate
@yannikbrandt a lot as well as
@SolidNinjaSnake and
@leedamastr. Was some very fun racing and quite aggressive. I decided to go for the undercut 2-stop by coming in on L6, trying to get closer to
@jutngo ahead and overtake
@SolidNinjaSnake who was battling on the podium with someone I forget who it was now. Miraculously, the free-track and fresh tyres gained me so much that I emerged in P1 after the stop. Spent the rest of the race keeping it on the track and being wary of the alternate strategy from the recovering Browne and the impressive pace of Lee.
Made my second stop on my scheduled L17, adding a splash of fuel and coming out *just* behind Solid, John and Browne. I made a nice move at Kidney to pass the battling pair straight out the pits and quickly caught Browne who was on older tyres. Managed the race from that point, and took home a win I was thrilled with, after being so despondent yesterday.
Was definitely an unfortunate circumstance for Browneskii, and a blessing for me. I would of course have preferred to be battling for the win than drive off with it. (Although to say it was your win is a little harsh

I was pretty fast myself and I think it would have been close)
Sprint was exciting. Was getting caught up in the battling early on and could see a few guys getting away ahead as I was bottlenecked with a lot of other cars. Went super bold and decided to pit on L4, concluding that I'd rather jump everyone and have to defend on dead tyres than lose more and more time in the traffic. I had a couple of laps of clean air before I caught back up t the pack, passing Delaney and
@Heinehegn with a nice move. By Lap 7 the last cars were pitting (it seemed those who went for free track gained, as well as me on my undercut. Free air was the main ingredient for being fast, rather than tyres) and I slotted into a comfortable 3s lead. I had
@Ashracer2011 behind me who I feared would charge after me quickly on my dead tyres, but it never came and I even eased away slightly. Ended up as a suprisingly comfortable win.
Was really pleased with this result, I'd focused so much on being smooth in the practice leading up to the race today and it paid off. Made my tyres last to do the strategy the situation required in both races and didn't really put a foot wrong. Really happy to keep my (unusual) 100% record here at Brands since my return, I guess I just have a knack for FWD Gr.4 here and my usual eye for dealing with traffic definitely came in handy (I remember Lee exclaiming "How the hell are you in 5th already?!" after a few laps in the Feature race lol). Championship lead looking healthy as well, and another good chunk for the Team's as well.
Congrats to Browne, Ash and Lee on the podium finishes, looking forward to next week's race
