You know what Axel? I think we may have fallen foul of being so used to that rule, that it wasn't actually written down for this series - I've just had a look through the various relevant threads and pages and switching cars in qually isn't expressly forbidden, unless I've missed a page somewhere.
As for the race I'm chuffed with a win - I'd plumped for the Lola as a best of both worlds type of car. It's relatively nimble while still being fast and having a decent number of gears.
It's only downside is how fragile the engine is...
It rapidly became clear in the race how Tris had out qualified me by so much - I was driving to limits I'd learnt about the hard way regarding revs in the Lola. Tris was driving his car as though it was a Ferrari or Porsche
The race turned into a simple Tortoise Vs Hare race from then on. With Tris flinging himself around the track as as fast as he could go (with the odd off to prove it) while I went as fast as I dared to push the motor.
About 3 or 4 laps from the end Tristan's engine finally gave up the ghost (In full sim difficulty I'd have given it about 3 laps total before imploding at that pace
) and I comfortably cruised past him.
As no-one was close to the 2 of us I was able to carry on without really pushing until the line.
It's a shame Axel crashed out on the first lap - I'm not entirely sure what caused that as the mirrors are so poor in these - but it could have made the race a bit more exciting with a 3 way fight to the end.
Well done to all finishers, Bathurst is always hard