One of those epic battles at the front, Jeff vs me
Pre-race: I had been lapping in the Lambo here but not managing to lap any faster than in the mid 1:59's (always race setup). Then saw Gazza doing a middle 1:57 in the C6R and thought I had to give it a try. Had done very few laps in this car, but I soon managed to do a high 1:57 (race setup as well), so there came my assumption that the difference between both cars is huge. But as I said I'm gonna test them again in Valencia, see whats going on.
As we went into quali I was still thinking about using the Lambo for the race, but I saw mid 57's in quali and with a good lap that I did I had a mid 58 I think, so with Jeff at the front I thought I would need a better car to fight him - and I did want to fight him
so I finally took the C6R.
Race: Started in 4th which was 3rd after Gazza unluckily jumped the start I guess. I was behind Legzy who was keeping the pace nicely - soft tyres? shame about that mate, with meds you would've been there for more laps - and Jeff in the lead couldn't pull away in the Viper.
After a few laps we had a nice fight with Legzy, I took his place but then he retook 2nd. Then he went wide and let me by - cheers
Started the chase on Jeff, I did my fastest lap of the race, a high 57 as I had done in practice. I was soon over him but I knew that any overtaking attempt was gonna have to be in one of those complex corners, cause the top speed of the Viper is not possible to match.
I tried everything to put some pressure on him and even attempt to overtake in those long left handers around the outside, but the few times I was almost gonna do it Jeff covered the position perfectly. I had watched the real race a few hours earlier and I knew it was easy to hit him if I wasn't careful, just as a few real drivers did there. We are all better than them
On the last lap I went a bit more aggressive cause I was running out of corners, and unluckily tapped Jeff. Of course though I waited and he took victory. Gotta say congrats to you Jeff, defending the way you did in the Viper was amazing!
Good to see that good amount of drivers again. Hopefully we can keep it up in season 13