Unexpected outcome of this race. With Monza being the power circuit it is, I settled for either Corvette, TVR or Cobra. Wanted to see what the opposition was driving, and how fast, in praccy, before making the final choice. Initially tested with the Corvette. Manfred was posting some ridiculous laptimes in the TVR, so no chance of competing with him in that car or the Corvette. When I lost connection to the server, I rejoined with the Cobra and stayed with it, as it looked like I could at least fight for the podium with it.
Knocked over a second off my pb in qual, but still surprised to run away with pole. Cobra seemed to have an advantage early on, which I tried to make the most of - fully expected to be in trouble later, when the tyres wore. Thus hadn't expected to have the lonely race I did, but surprisingly the gap continued growing all through the race. Looks like DD & Manfred had a great battle, so maybe their tyres suffered as a result. Lonely or not, it still took a lot of concentration - getting through Parabolica 24 times without screwing up is a feat all in itself
Grats to DD & Manfred for their podiums, and commiserations to those that retired early.
