Whoa that was a difficult race. Going into this race, I lacked testing cause of exams. I had about 15 hours to really test for this race, so I wasn't really expecting much.
Q1 manage to set my pb on my last run, got into top 10.
Q2 I didn't do a perfect lap but was good enough for 5th on the grid, much better than I hoped for.
Race.
Lined up on the grid for a pretty long time, watching the temps rise was not fun lol. As the race got underway, I got a pretty bad start. Going into T1, I saw a gap and went for it, but the tyres were cold and there was no traction so I was slow to exit the corner. Couple of cars took advantage of that and got on the inside of me for T2. I made things worse by running too wide and dropped even more places. Next corner, lost even more places and I got tapped bit by Alberts and almost lost it. Not really his fault, the cars ahead slowed so I had to do so too. I was down in 10-11 place.
Few laps gone by and already there were backmarkers and it was very difficult getting tru them. I got delayed badly a few times and lost 2-3 positions and got ran off the road once too. Was very difficult trying to get through. Note to the new guys, pick a side and stay on it until it's clear. Also please don't slow down mid corner. I had a collision with Petar. (Sorry dude, there was a bit of lag, the cars just disappeared and reappeared. I did yield the position in the following corner)
By now the engine was wearing too much and I had to back off and limit the boost. The race was pretty boring and lonely till 1 point I had a very brief battle with Linden. He got pass me no problems and I couldn't do anymore as my engine life was at a very low level. With 15 laps remaining, minimum boost and cruise to the line. Intentionally got lapped by Tusting in the end so I didn't have to finish the last lap. Ended with only 1.3% of engine left.
Oh and my pitstop was a disaster. Caught me off guard that I had the first box entering the pits.. Overshot it...
Overall, difficult race, but 8th wasn't too bad despite very limited testing.