Race was more interesting than I expected, based on my difficulties in practice. Surprised I could find no affiliation between Tilke & the track, as all those endless, slow hairpins seemed just like something he might have concocted. Always find it frustrating when I'm handed a fast car, and the track then forces me to drive it in 2nd gear for what seems like most of the lap.
Like others, I find the car very difficult to drive, and really struggled at Silverstone. Thus 4th on grid, behind the aliens was the best I could hope for, so pleased with that. Things got turned a bit upside down at T1 however, when Dimitar spun. After the dust had settled, I found myself 3rd, chasing after Dan in the lead & Tony behind him. Tony spun, giving me 2nd, and with the fast guys still some way back, I could focus on chasing Dan. Didn't take long for Hristo to join me though, and soon after, Dan waved us past (not necessary). Held off Hristo a couple laps more, but a mistake on a curb and he was past like a flash. Geoffers had a go, sending me wide. I just wanted him to go, but as he didn't accelerate, I had to do it, or lose another place. One lap later a new knock sent me spinning. Again I just wanted Geoffers to follow the other aliens, but before I could try to communicate that, he had left
Dimitar had gone past as I spun, so now in a lonely 3rd, with him some 6-7 secs ahead, dropping to 4-5 occationally. Cars behind were steadily dropping back each lap, so no immediate threats. Little over mid-race, I found Dimitar in the kitty litter, and Hristo apparently waiting. For the next many laps, I was the meat in a Bulgarian sandwich. Could never quite work out if we were actually racing, or if they were just toying with me. Had the impression Hristo could just speed off if he wanted to, while Dimitar took some laps to get closer, so maybe my race with him was real.
Late in the race, with tyre wear creeping in, the car finally succeded in mugging me, when I spun at T1. If the rear breaks lose upon corner entry, it seems no force in the known universe can prevent it from going round. Chased after Dimitar as hard as I could, but the race ended too soon to tell if I could have closed the distance or not.
Grats to Hristo & Dimitar & commiserations to those with unfortune or problems.
Clive, you may have been the victim of a bug or glitch. Something similar happened to me 2018. Qualified perfectly normal, but when the countdown started, I was DQ'ed and couldn't join the grid:
https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=14693.45Tony suggests hitting Escape key might fix it, but (thankfully) haven't had another chance to test it (And had forgotten about it to be honest..
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