Grats to Dean and the podium boys.
I was still developing my setup through qually and discovering ways to make these Can-Ams go quicker as I have not had a great deal of experience in these beasts, and when I have tried them the race has usually ended early with a disco!!
I was pleased that even with race fuel I was near the front of the grid in the early laps, but other drivers started posting faster times and I slid down the grid to about 8th...............I decided that was low enough to warrant a lap or two with reduced fuel to try and get nearer the front.
The difference between race fuel that I had been running and just enough for 4-5 laps was a real shock and I clipped about 2 secs of my previous best and found myself on pole
just beating Dean.
I got a good start, but was very aware of how fast Dean could be in that Mclaren, so I pushed hard on the first lap to try and build a small buffer.
The only problem with that was at the start of Lap 2 I pushed too a little too enthusiastically hard on the brakes entering T1 and my office chair shot back 150mm with predictable results LOL and I found myself being pummelled on the grass as the whole field went past. I needed a Shift-R to recover so that meant a SnG at the pits so I was going to have to battle for any points from here
The rest of the race was a battle with Sergio who defended every corner and frustrated my attempts to get past. I was definitely faster but just could not make any move stick!!
. Great dice Sergio
)
We passed a couple of cars as our battle went on and we caught poor Nicki who was running out of fuel on the last lap.
For me it was still a victory because I did not disco and I learned an awful lot about the handling of these monsters and how they can eat tyres if you push too hard...which I did frequently during the race lol.
Hope everyone else enjoyed the race as much as I did.