No track/server/connection problems at all, aside from Andreas blinking once or twice in the laps coming up to where I lapped him (no more/less than normal).
Surprised at my dominance in qual, then looked and yeah Rob wasn't here.
Race plan was hope for a clean start, then disappear
. Cookie stuck with me for longer than I was expecting, even with Doni apparently hounding him. Then Doni and he disconnected (separately I think), leaving a dozen seconds back to Clive, who was showing a lot more pace than in qual. Trying to build on that gap to prevent him closing for a late charge, I half-spun in T1 losing 2 seconds, got that back but lost it working past Andreas, then trying to build it back up (even though I think Clive spun just then, adding ~10 seconds to my lead), locked up going into T3 and stuffed it heavily into those sticky haybales. Hit Esc instead of shift-r, so grats to whoever hung on.
If we use this track on Sunday, I propose that the Ams do not take a S&G after a shift-r. The pitlane here is just too punishing, and it will add to the amount of lapped traffic (that my crystal ball says
may be an issue here
).
edit after watching replay: Doni blinks once per lap or so and vanishes from my replay for several seconds on lap 3 before lap 6 terminal, everyone else was relatively solid