Well that was pretty hard work, but very satisfying to get to the end too
My session was fairly easy to be honest, with much of it lapping on my own. Most of the LMP2s were well behaved, partly because they were a lap down by the time I caught them, although one or 2 made it tricky. I had a half spin and stall trying to pass one while fending off a lapper (I wanted to let him past but not to comproise me too badly), but other than that things were fine. I had a bit of contact with Sidonio Moreira in an audi, but that was no surprise - he was a rolling roadblock on the practice servers and hit me several times. I was hoping near the end for the rain to come and give me a chance to catch the next LMP1, whic was only 40 secs up the road and might have needed another pitstop, but it was never enough - beacuse of the heat the track stayed dry despite the rain
I had a nightmare with the pitstops. The car would not restart without using the ignition, even though in practice it didn't need it. I also had a major problem pulling away as Busi's gearing was so high in 1st that with the limiter on you couldn't get enough revs on to slip the clutch easily. I probably lost at least as much in the pits as I did from driving mistakes, which is annoying.
We were always up against it after the 2 dropped sessions, but I think we can be proud that the only problems we had were not driving ones. I feel for both Mike and Oily, Don't beat yourseflf up over it Mike - I can see mysefl doing the same thing! And you must be so frustrated James to put in all the effort only to miss the boat
I do feel that we could learn a lesson or 2 from this though - something like having a 30 minute check-in, where if a driver is not on the server then a reserve gets ready to step in if necessary.
Hats off to the GT1 boys - fantastic job
Just goes to show that keeping it on the track and completing all the sessions goes a long way to a good result, although there were also some great drives in there, especially Jon's - 'man of the match' for me
Well done also to Legzy, who managed to race to the end while his wife was reporting the rate at which her contractions were arriving! - I don't think I could have got away with that, so well done m8 (or rather, well done missus Legzy!). Hope it all went well today
Looking forward to the next one now. LMP2 perhaps?
