Well done, Legends!
Not enough for a championship, but all the same, we were ok.
Seems like we did our homework for the last race - I guess lack of time caused Shark to be left without a setup
(good move, Pops!). I qualified 3rd, after Paul968 and Leuven. I mean - AFTER! Great time for both of you!
Was expecting you both to sail away but Leuven made a mistake early on which enabled me to go past. About a 1/3 into the race Leuven closed the gap, but at the time GTs were lapping us. I was a bit nervous as I didn't want Leuven to slip by in the GT tow, so I added a bit too much throttle in the right bend and my a$$ started to move outward. Corrected it, but lost speed which caused a touch with Leuven and he bounced off the wall - fortunately back onto the track. Sorry, was not intentional. I set M3 to be a bit oversteary throughout the race which meant it was a bit too much at the begining.
Anyway, I managed to stay in 2nd place (saw in the replay that Leuven had three offs in the first half of the race
) and the gap was about 17 seconds when I pitted. Had 67 l of fuel at the start, all meds. Did the same in the pitstop, not lost anytime messing in the pits, just pressed "enter". When I came out I was sure I was in front of Leuven, only to see I was wrong. Did you take any fuel, Leuven? Your pitstop was certainly quick (must work on tactics, must work on tactics, must work on tactics
). I guess we need to Ross Brawn.
I pushed for a while, but since the gap didn't close fast enough and I couldn't get into pace with GT obstacles
I decided to conserve tyres and went to bring in 3rd place in the race and 2nd in the NGT championship. Even if I did catch and overtake Leuven it would not mean anything for the championship. I might have made a mistake and lose everything I worked for.
What is NOT nice to see is lose the NGT team championship for the measly 3 points.
But congrats to sneaky Team Shark all the same.
Was nice to have direct duels on-line, it adds volumes to racing and the purpose keeps you going. Well done, Shark(s)!
I guess we were all a bit nervous in the race, as to not interfere with the outcome outside of our class. I hope I was letting GTs by ok, though I was sometimes unsure when to do it. I know this coin has two sides, Jure. I guess this is unsolvable situation, we'll just have to be patient and cautious.
Congrats to Leuven for NGT championship - the board says it all, you deserved it. Must say I learned a lot in this season and I'm glad I came close enough to you aliens to snif your ...
... exhaust. Great pace, Paul, uncatchable.
Nice, close battles in GT class as well, even the fastest former Peunguin Jon_M was not quick enough. Good season for CJ and Ruskus, grats to both, respectively. And Team Shark, of course.
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