I f**ked it. Twice. At Parabolica. 'nuff said.
OK, maybe not quite.
Hristo's right, my mind wasn't totally on it. Not helped by dodgy speakers, pedals moving further and further backwards, and the hi-res version of Monza being just a bit frameskippy. Cup of tea helped though!
To qualify 3rd was impressive, especially with a Senna-esque last charge last lap in qualifying. I think I crossed the line with about 10 seconds or so left on the clock and just went for it, tyres warmed up, braking points sussed (well, except Lesmo), and it got me a high 1:28 for the 2nd row. Merci to the GH2 setup master!
Got a great start, breezed past a seemingly stationary Hristo into T1, tried vainly to go after Ken but it wasn't having any of it. He was in a class of his own, and after a few laps when I planned to go into the pits, I misjudged the braking at Parabolica and slid off. The car was still good, but it put me down the order since I had to struggle outta the kitty litter.
2nd time I misjudged braking at Parabolica it did so much damage to the engine it felt like a 65 car. I didn't realise how bad until after the 2nd pitstop. At that point, after a few laps more with struggling the car and doing 1:34s+ I'd had enough of going down the order and crashed it. I was enjoying it, until the car didn't feel like a Lotus 49 any more.
Not the best conditions to do a race. I will be working on getting my own ADSL connection for home, as I need it for the times I do races.
Congrats to Tim for the season, you just had the consistency needed. Shame I couldn't finish more races, I enjoyed the Lotus. I had the worst luck possible at Nurburgring though, 2 corners and the engine blew...... won't mention Albi despite being one of my best finishes. Congrats to the modders, we sure kept you busy at times!
As an aside, I would very much appreciate it, and I'm sure European racers would, if races were run at 8pm instead of 9pm. Especially the longer races like Amateurs and Interleague.