Preparation was the key to this race! After figuring out the track after some practice laps I managed to dial in a tune that worked for me. Funnily enough having ballast added meant that the car dropped another 2mm and by stiffening up the suspension I was able to keep the pace, also kept it conservative on Toe and Camber so that I could save the tyres a bit. In the practice session I noticed I could just keep the tyres for 13-14 laps so for me one pit was the way to go.
Qualifying went well having a 0.07s advantage over Mael to start on Pole. Race started pretty clean from there and managed to pull away by 5 secs before babying the tyres. On lap 13 took to the pits and when I pulled out Shampwho was in front of me! Trying to keep up I overestimated the cold tyres and went off on the first corner. I then pushed to keep up with Shampwho and when he pit a couple laps after my tyres were already half worn. On the last 5 laps my pace slowed considerably losing 3-5 seconds per lap but luckily my gap was big enough and I didn't go off the track to still take it out. Wish the Div1 replay was saved, I'd definitely wanna watch that.
Thanks guys for the awesome racing and banter and congrats to Shamp and Mael for their podiums!
Big congratulations to KoAStR and Mael for taking out their respective championships!
Last edited: May 31, 2016