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It was a disappointing race for me and my team mate @SillySausage. I had a good qualifying and made it into the top 10, so I set myself the target of a top 8 finish. On the opening lap I couldn't avoid a tagged @steveg200 exiting the 1st chicane, so was shuffled deep into the midfield straight away. I was stuck on the inside line approaching Ascari, and got my braking all kinds of wrong and went straight ahead through the gravel, back onto the exit curb, and then lost it on a gravel patch or bump and went into the barrier. I really hope nobody else was caught up in that, it could have been an almighty pileup with that many cars around. I waited for the main pack to go, and then rejoined towards the back with some damage.
I have to say, the 20+ cars battling together in one big pack ahead of me was such an awesome sight. There were cars everywhere, I've never seen a part of a track so busy during a race. Like @SillySausage I decided to pit early to try and undercut the huge midfield with our decent race pace. However I waited a few laps longer so I could brim the tank to take me to the end (thanks for the fuel tip @Cluck!). Sadly Silly pitted too early and ran out of fuel towards the end. It was fun to run with the leaders for a few laps, it was encouraging to see that my pace wasn't too far off theirs. For the rest of the race I tried to keep my head down to make the undercut work.
I had only 1 more incident after my stop when @CatchAGlimpse's lagging car/brake failure rear ended me in T1, giving me a lively rear end for the second half of the race. It didn't affect my ultimate pace too badly, but it affected my consistency and confidence in the car. Glimpse gave back the position, and later retired due to safety concerns, so there's no hard feelings. I eventually finished in P13, which wasn't too bad considering my rubbish first lap. I feel gutted for @SillySausage, as he was on for a strong finish before his fuel error. Hopefully my recent adventures in the VLMS will help us out in the next race, if only we had the Viper GTE car in this game...
Also, special shout out to @t0daY and @The Wayfaerer, the stream was brilliant! Very professional, and a big improvement over our previous attempts!
I have to say, the 20+ cars battling together in one big pack ahead of me was such an awesome sight. There were cars everywhere, I've never seen a part of a track so busy during a race. Like @SillySausage I decided to pit early to try and undercut the huge midfield with our decent race pace. However I waited a few laps longer so I could brim the tank to take me to the end (thanks for the fuel tip @Cluck!). Sadly Silly pitted too early and ran out of fuel towards the end. It was fun to run with the leaders for a few laps, it was encouraging to see that my pace wasn't too far off theirs. For the rest of the race I tried to keep my head down to make the undercut work.
I had only 1 more incident after my stop when @CatchAGlimpse's lagging car/brake failure rear ended me in T1, giving me a lively rear end for the second half of the race. It didn't affect my ultimate pace too badly, but it affected my consistency and confidence in the car. Glimpse gave back the position, and later retired due to safety concerns, so there's no hard feelings. I eventually finished in P13, which wasn't too bad considering my rubbish first lap. I feel gutted for @SillySausage, as he was on for a strong finish before his fuel error. Hopefully my recent adventures in the VLMS will help us out in the next race, if only we had the Viper GTE car in this game...
Also, special shout out to @t0daY and @The Wayfaerer, the stream was brilliant! Very professional, and a big improvement over our previous attempts!
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