20-03-2022, 10:28 PM
Made a setup change before qualifying that gave me more than a second more in pace, putting the Cooper into P8. Made all the right choices at the start and was P5 after the first few corners, and P3 after slipping past an incident in Moss Corner on lap 2. Was a bit scruffy those first three laps but then calmed down and drove smoothly to try to get good exits out of the slow corners and frustrate the much more powerful cars behind me for as long as possible.
Was still P5 when I went to pit a lap and a half after halfway, but had to wait about 10 or 12 seconds before I could enter my stall as another car was there (usually pitting later as I do this isn't a problem!). So I came out P9 out of touch with everyone. Inherited P8 when Santiago went off. I had gained three seconds on Gary and Tim ahead of me since leaving the pits, but with two laps to go the gap nevertheless was five seconds, so I abandoned the attack and just brought it home P8. Probably could have had P6 on pace if not for the pitstop delay.
Pleased with not making any errors all race and feeling like I was putting the Cooper a fair bit higher than where it deserves to be.
I thought this was going to be my last race with SR4L for the foreseeable future, as I'm taking over a full-time position from a retiring colleague who works Sunday through Thursday (that would mean no more ODS either), but the bosses, learning of my sim-racing hobby on Sundays and Mondays, say the one part-timer who's remaining is free to work those days and I can do Tuesday through Saturday. So you're stuck with me for a while longer, it seems!
Was still P5 when I went to pit a lap and a half after halfway, but had to wait about 10 or 12 seconds before I could enter my stall as another car was there (usually pitting later as I do this isn't a problem!). So I came out P9 out of touch with everyone. Inherited P8 when Santiago went off. I had gained three seconds on Gary and Tim ahead of me since leaving the pits, but with two laps to go the gap nevertheless was five seconds, so I abandoned the attack and just brought it home P8. Probably could have had P6 on pace if not for the pitstop delay.
Pleased with not making any errors all race and feeling like I was putting the Cooper a fair bit higher than where it deserves to be.
I thought this was going to be my last race with SR4L for the foreseeable future, as I'm taking over a full-time position from a retiring colleague who works Sunday through Thursday (that would mean no more ODS either), but the bosses, learning of my sim-racing hobby on Sundays and Mondays, say the one part-timer who's remaining is free to work those days and I can do Tuesday through Saturday. So you're stuck with me for a while longer, it seems!