The second round in Sentul was a bit of a disaster for us in terms of results. The track conditions created some of the most difficult driving conditions in GP2 history, due to a mixture of the surface breaking up and heavy rain showers. The car was quick in all conditions but I got messed around fighting with people who were slower than us in both races, and ended up in the gravel both times which really frustrated me and the team.
In the feature race there was a problem with the pit wall monitors when the safety car came out, so the first the team knew I was coming in was when I appeared in the pit-lane! It wasn’t their fault that the information wasn’t on the screen when it should have been, but it was really unfortunate for us as it made a mess of the strategy.
After that I made five places in two laps, but then two cars braked ridiculously early in turn three and it caught me out. I had a choice of picking one of three cars to hit, or spinning to avoid them. As soon as you get off-line and lock-up there, you spin anyway. I got stuck in the gravel, and that was it. Then I was taken out in the sprint race too.
It was a terribly frustrating weekend. I had front-running pace again, just like in Dubai, but it was running in the slower traffic that really cost me points in Indonesia in both races. If they hadn’t messed me about, I’m sure I would have scored good points again.
It was a real empty feeling to go through a weekend where the weather and track surface was creating havoc and come away with no points. The only thing that kept me positive was that we proved again to be quick enough to be a real contender at the front – it would be worse to be slow and score no points!
After qualifying on the front row again in Sepang, my ECU lapsed into ‘safe mode’ at the start, which meant the engine would only rev to 3,600rpm when I needed at least 5,000rpm to pull away for the warm-up lap. It just left me stranded, looking stupid like I had stalled or something, but there was nothing I could do about it.
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