Tough round; my wheel was rather hot after - must have been all that force-feedback work that was required...
Been here a couple of times in other series, but not in 65's. And after the race last night, I STILL don't know the wiggly bit on the way back too well.
I had downloaded a 'Solitude setup', but as I figured the track is maybe a bit like a condensed Nurburg [or maybe, that is an extended Solitude..?], tried someone else's Nurby setup too. The setup for the longer track won this time; but I wonder if things would have been different if I'd tried them in a different order...
Was happy with getting a PB during practice/qually session, but the chaps ahead looked way quicker. I figured I'd have to try to make as many places from the start & try to hang on as much as possible. Mostly worked too; up into 4th then 3rd & even 2nd for about 50 yards after using a tow from DR. Then I dropped it under braking at the hairpin near the hotel/restaurant(?). Maybe I was trying to leave a little too much room, but I was trying to be completely sure there would be no chance of a tangle with the stronger teammate.
A bit later, could have done without the nerf/reset and the stop&go; but that did get me fired-up.
In the late stages, I was lucky that JP must have had a couple of issues as he was getting ever nearer. Also, it seemed that MH must have been getting a bit ragged as I was able to make up a lot of ground in the last few laps. In the end, I just had to get as close as possible in case of any mishaps & there it was; at the hotel/restaurant [speciality pies maybe?].
Realistically, I should have finished behind MH & JP, [MH in particular who really seemed to be on a mission for the rest of the race] but I was lucky this time out.
Cheers all & thanks to Paul on the practice server; that close running helped somewhat come the race.
Dave.