P1 Qual
P1 Race
Something just don't change ey.
Well at first I couldn't understand why I couldn't choose a car I wanted, but ended up getting in a Lola first time in practice, what a horrendous car to drive, then tried to rejoin in a Porsche, but then I learned that they was a limit per car class.
So I ended up in an Acura.
Little bit of playing done with the setup meant I went a whole second quicker than everyone else in Qualifying.
Hadn't done any work on a race setup at all, so I made the dampers slightly more softer on the front to allow the mediums tyres to get decent grip, and I made the springs stiffer all round to compensate for the extra weight of a full tank.
Got off to go a good start but I got mugged by Enno at one point, came out of a corner a little wide and caught the gravel and by he went. I had the pace on him but couldn't find a way intially but I was much stronger than him in the last half of the track. Caught up to some traffic and he got a little wide on the exit of the hairpin and spun the rear slightly while trying to pass a GT2 car. So I shot through the middle and took the lead.
Now I knew I wasn't going to do this race on just 1 stop, no way. So I stopped at lap 24/25 I think it was, filled the tank, no tyres, and went out and did a further 8 laps, changed the tyres and then filled the tank again enough till the end. Now it was just a matter of catching those that where trying to make their fuel last on just 1 stop.
I came out of the pits wit 28 seconds to close down in just 21 laps. With fresh rubber I just kept putting in the 1:11's and 1:10's to close down Flip82 and Kimi, Kimi looked to of had an issue and peeled off on lap 39 and left me just 6 seconds to close down Flip 82 with 15 laps remaining. Kinda knew it was in the bag for me now, closed down Flip 82, who was surpassingly slightly difficult to overtake, I had tons more corner speed, but he had more top speed than me. Pressuring him into a slight mistake and my vast amounts of more grip than him mid corner meant I could get by and then extend my lead to over 20 seconds, constantly firing in the 1:11's and 1:10 laps right until the end.
Quite enjoyed the race, which is unusual as I hate LMP Cars normally.