Was content with my 4th place in qually, behind some low powered cars.
That gave me hope for the start. Timed my limiter perfectly and could attack Joss at T1 and keep ahead. That was the worst time for him to be behind a Viper, 105L and cold tyres
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I had to keep him behind me for the whole 1st stint, and we pitted in the same lap. But the Viper lost a lot of time there.
Had some good battles in my 2nd stint and some nice moves. Also a 3rd fastest racepace, even faster than the winner
I think I had the record of most time worn messages....8
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Busi had a very quick stop, so I finished where I started
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I see some problems with the current ballasting.
IIRC the power of the Viper has been dumped down. Good for the balance, but with the fixed gearing, the car is dead. The straight at Suzuka is very long, but still I was never close to using 6th gear. The car lacks the power, or has too much drag. So maybe for the next pack give it a changeable gearbox, as giving a car only 5 usefull gears is a huge penalty.
Increasing the fueltank is good for the pits, however, there is a 35L difference between a Vertigo/350Z and Viper. That's almost 30kg difference, so they always start very light, whereas the Viper is heavier than normal.
Grats FreQ, guess I didn't slow you down enough.
And good to see Jon racing again
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