No problem with the track here during the race. Got a couple of cut warnings at old hairpin during qual when pushing very hard and losing the back end slightly but that was it.
Was going to use a different car for this one but with no setup time had to take my trusty black 360 and use the same setup as in season 4 which went well. Really struggled with the cold track and managed to tweak the qual setup enough to qualify in the top 10 but well down on PB.
No time to tweak the race setup so decided just to go for a long first stint using slightly more fuel which would keep the pit stop time down and follow with a quicker final stint. Car was awful at the start was understeering all over the place guess due to the cold track. Couldn't keep it flat through Craner or at the left kink before Macleans. Brakes were pretty bad too. Slowly dropped back through the field but had some great battles especially with Darren initially who passed easily under braking and then Kerr (sorry about the tap into Melbourne mate completely outbraked myself). Towards the end of the stint the sun was beginning to rise and then car just got better. As I moved up the field due to pitstops (think up to 2nd) the car was handling great so stayed out as long as I could. Pit stop went well 45 secs or so and came out 10th in front of Dave? Was steady for a lap or so and then the car just took off! Guess the track had warmed up. Was catching Gomes and Zacari. I think Kerr had a spin and after the two in front got passed I did too. Zacari had a moment and I got by and began to chase down Gomes. Then just after the hanger straight Gomes' 911 warped and appeared right in front of me
We collided, well I kind of went straight through as still had foot to the floor
but it put me in a spin. No damage to my car either which is strange! I read what happened mate no worries at all not your fault for the drop to desktop. Zacari went back past but I was then in front of Gomes so nothing lost really. Finished 7th. Great fun.
