Just had a look at the server replay cap. Great job, Pete!
Thanks, Doni. I benefited from others' mistakes. With about three or four laps remaining I could see that Ziu and Axel were having a battle 1.5 miles ahead of me. Then the numbers on Prib seemed to tell me that they had come together somehow. By the time I caught them, it looked as though Axel was waiting for Ziu to pass, so I can only imagine that Cookie was being a gent and letting Ziu re-take a place. I followed closely for a lap, deciding to hang back as I could see that they were racing hard. On the way into Blanchimont, Axel over-cooked it and fell off the track. This seemed to unsettle Ziu so I was able to pass him later whilst he was re-composing himself. All I had to do then was keep it smooth for the last two laps. It felt very good to take the chequered flag.
Earlier I had fun with Tris, narrowly avoiding his "off" on L7. On L5 or 6 (I can't remember which) he was much quicker than me up the hill into Blanchimont so I let him go. No point in holding up a quicker driver - he was going to pass me at some point anyway.
I'm not the fastest of drivers but I was rewarded in this race by playing it safe; keeping my distance and taking no risks. I'm really happy to have driven 14 pretty faultless laps without any resets. Hats off to Cookie who was still 3 seconds a lap quicker than us mere mortals. These cars are so rewarding to drive - slow and smooth seems to be the key and GENTLE on the throttle. See you all next time