Good racing last night, and although silverstone is a great race track, it felt kinda lonely a lot of the time without a full field.
Enjoyed a good first half of the race battling with several others, including a 4 car scrap with some US beasts and Matts Fezza for a long while.
Made my stop when only 9 secs or so behind the front 4 and with Matt just ahead and thought about leaving the tyres on but for once didnt think they would last to the end as my braking zones were getting longer just before my pitstop. Opted for fuel and tyres, even sticking in a few extra gallons for good measure, but when i returned to the track i had dropped to 25+ secs behind the front boys
I had presumed they didnt take tyres so i drove like a man possessed for next 15mins or so doing regular 2:15's. Took about 15 secs out of alexvw and when i caught him, had intended to get by in the final sector under braking, but unfortunately his early braking on worn tyres really caught me out and i hit him, so big sorry for that mate. Chased hard after matt and Muttram? taking time out of them all the time but then when i saw Matt take what i thought was a splash and dash with 3 laps remaining, i noticed how low my fuel was!
I went straight into fuel save mode, driving pretty slowly for final 2 laps as had a good 20+ sec lead, and was lucky to cruise over the line with about 1.2L left...phew.
Was pleased to finish 5th, just couldnt keep up with the front 4 after losing so much time behind the pack of muscle cars early on.