Whoo hoo! my first ever divisional win. Came 5th overall and was more than pleased with that given the mixed div we're in. During the weeks leading up to last night I'd done three different full distance tests seeing if I could eek out a one-stopper. The questions remaining were RM -> RS or RS -> RM and could I actually get to lap 17 or 18 under race conditions.
Qualified in 7th and started on the softs, off we went. Managed to get up to 6th by turn three despite the squirrely start every one was having - lot's of tail happy cars in close proximity. Well done all for getting through it cleanly. The red mist was starting to descend and the competitive juices made me push a bit hard so that eventually @Tristan Jones passed me as I ran wide. I started to work on getting the place back but then the little voice said stick you your strategy. I did, dropped back to 9th or 8th but just cruised around cranking out clean mid 1:22 laps using my fuel saving strategy. I saw many pit around me and then huzaah!, saw that I could pit on lap 19. Came in, put on the mediums and 1.5 laps more fuel than I needed to finish then went off at full pace for the remainder of the race. A little bit of fuel saving on the last lap meant I finished with 0.4 laps of fuel left.
Last edited: May 20, 2019