Something a bit different in terms of cars to select and this version of Mugello felt a little tighter than others we have driven, or maybe it was a wider car ??
Grats to Team BMW for the top 4 places, it would appear that the BMW was the car to have, whereas no-one was as stupid as that lone loon who opted for the Pantera??
In my defence, I did quickly try the other cars ( very quickly
) and the Pantera simply felt the most comfortable to drive. Tony's warning about fuel consumption was puzzling for me, as from the first practice laps the predicted range appeared very close to 30 laps. Maybe I was not driving it hard enough, but it felt like I was extracting as much as my meagre talent would allow, or perhaps my gearing was higher than optimal.
TBH I think I screwed my economy run during the first few laps, when I was sucked into a multi lap battle with Tony and it was destroyed towards the end of the race with a SnG and defending against Paw. I was about 0.5 galls short of finishing the race and at half distance I had been one lap below the target, so a more conservative early race would have seen me to the flag.
Thoroughly enjoyed wrestling the Pantera even with worn tyres and looking forward to the rest of the season.