Just a thought i just got...
Very simplified one could argue that a setup is somewhere on the
"easy to drive and slower" or "hard to drive and faster" line, if you know what I mean. (I believe it has to do with extreme values on camber, toe in/out and also rear stiffness.)
Reik's setup can probably be placed somewhere to the right on that line (i.e. more fast and hard than slow and easy) while mine probably belongs further to the left. I think Reik has said this himself, that his setup is hard to drive but fast.
Everybody chooses their own setup, but remember, it does not help to be super-fast if one do not complete the race. This is of course only ment as constructive advice, nothing else
The reason I mention this is that I see the same with most new drivers, they seem to start in the wrong end; First getting a quick qual pace (least important), then getting a good race pace (medium important) and in the end the challenge is to last the whole race (super important).
Personally I start in the other end, after a handfull laps to (re)learn the track (maybe 10 minutes) I start my stint practice, trying to be consistant throughout the whole stint. When i master this I try to improve my race pace (which kind of happens at the same time as trying to be consistant), and in the end, if there is time (and there rearly is) I might do some qual practice, but usually I would rather do another stint and more or less do the qual without any tailor made practice fat all.
The only reason you see me on the 5-laps server is because it is more often "crowded" and I join there to be social. But it does not take long before I move over to the stint server again
For me it would be great to have more people to practice stints with, makes it more fun, even though I find it entertaining to push every lap and try to acheive "the perfect" stint on my own.
To summarize my post:
a) stint practice is of more value for most relative to qual practice
b) when choosing setup, ask yourself "will this get me through the race without mistakes?" before focusing on race pace.