Sad to hear about Lawrence. Earlier today I stumbled upon a couple of mugshot wallpapers from the GBGTL and GBSim days. Only when I looked at the thread Tony linked to, did I realise they were done by Lawrence. (Knew at the time of course, but had forgotten in the 6 years passed since)
Did a lot of practice for this one, and like GT, I just couldn't make the tyre marks fit as the fastest line through some of the corners. Struggled to break below 1:20 in offline praccy - only managed it once, with a 1:19.9 lap. Thus outdid myself in qualy, with a 1:19.4, but completely demolished by GT's 1:18.7
Race itself quickly became a lonely affair. Looked like pure mayhem behind me in my mirrors at the start, with cars and bodyparts flying everywhere. GT was setting a blistering pace up front, quickly extending an ever growing gap between us. Gap to 3rd was growing quickly too, so soon was alone in my own little bubble. No hope of catching GT, and my 2nd place only threatened by my own stupidity, or possibly technical issues, meant the only exitement came from passing backmarkers. Had a moment when Bill had a moment, hitting the barrier and bouncing back on track in front of me. Couldn't decide whether to bet on left or right, and ended up on the grass, fortunately without losing control.
Had a bit of a scare when my pitstop approached. Realised my XD display had frozen on the litre display, no longer displaying the remaining laps with current fuel consumption. Have seen this happen before. Anyone know what causes it - and/or how to possibly remedy it in-race ?
Grats to GT on another convincing win, and impeccable consistency - only 1/1000 of a sec between his qualy time and fastest race lap..
Thanks to Tony for organising - and for the tribute to Lawrence!
Cheers,
Erling
