Tough race, as expected. First part, up until the pitstops i was very relaxed. Myabe too much, almost took Vale out but he's old fox (it's a finnish phrase..) and left the inside open, i needed that extra 5-10m. Sorry mate, i brake there just like every lap but it just slid, i turned in to slow motion for a moment.... I was on the "wet" side, that should have really no matter if it is steady rain like it was today.
Long range battles but mostly alone. That was due to first pitstop being on lap 10. That was a mistake, not because tire conditions or tactic but i decreased fuel just a bit, on original calculations i had 10l extra.. Big mistake.. Had to pit on the last lap with 0.3l left.. Sean drive just a bit too fast (how much was left on the clock when you crossed the line on penultimate lap?) Pace was really good, i'm totally happy about this race. Sad it wasn't dry cause i felt that i could've held that 9th qualy position.
9th IN QUALY! Really great, a lot of that is due to help i got, thanks all and Sean in particular. And Reik, that setup made a huge difference this time. Was really looking for top10 finish but i had a HUGE minifreeze just 10 laps before the finish, really fortunate that no one was close by as i was in the racing line. Lost one place there. Spun after the picture came back, that took one position more.. Like always after a freeze, you just can't get in to the rhythm so couldn't keep up to regain that place. Tried to pressure April after her last pitstop but my last stint was going to be long from the get go and it was futile effort. My extra pitstop took yet another position, i really didn't have a good pitmenu preset for running out of fuel, that was not in the plan. Fuel consumption was higher than expected.. I even changed to dry tires on that last stop, such was my hurry to take the preset that was the shortest
Didn't even look what tires, just needed that fuel and that extra "what if it dryes up at some point" choice was selected..
I do need to think about pitmenu and how i handle that. Using keyboard is so tricky, i lose several seconds in each race trying to find the right keys (space, enter and arrow keys, should be the easiest but then again, i use ultra flat and compact keyboard, one of these (of course i have mods in it):
http://media.ldlc.com/ld/products/00/00/41/11/LD0000411115_2.jpg My WASD and other FPS keys are modded so that i can feel what key is what without looking plus other ergonomic changes but that arrow/shift/enter section is original.. It is the best gaming keyboard i've ever used.. For shooters, super fast action.