Not driven the GT40 much and will be driving it even less after this series is over.....horrible car!
hah, that was my exact opinion after doing some brief pre-season test with all cars at 3 tracks to gauge relative performance.
All I can say is I was definitely wrong, it has a sweet spot and if you can hit it then its an absolute peach, although it still has sudden death with the tyres which happened to me just before half distance, they hit a wall and the grip goes even though they are all still showing green...
The Race:
Was quite a fun if generally lonely race for me, I outqualified Watty which was a surprise, and then managed a nice start almost passing Geoffers too, but having learnt from the last race its not worth to fight a ferrari in a slow car I opted to back out and let him take the position into T2, then set about building a gap, helped in the first laps by a fast starting Kimi who held Lorenzo and Watty up nicely with what looked like a good battle
Watty eventually passed them and cruised up behind me and again the sensible option was just to let him by down the back straight and then try and keep as close as possible till the pitstops hoping to jump him. I'm gonna say that worked nicely, though I'm sure he had some horrible pitstop or mistake at the same time as he was much further back than expected after pitting - allowing me to not quite to cruise, but drive sensibly to the flag.
With 10 laps or so to go I had some horrid cramp in my left foot (might have to make a foot rest over that side, as it was fine when pressing the clutch but horrible the 97% of the lap I wasn't), and I was honestly glad to see Tim growing closer in the mirror so he could lap me and I could finish sooner LOL
cya all at Le Mans!
