Tbf, we were in the top 5 quickest times in the lead up to yesterday. We were both hot garbage at Interlagos last season, even when Rofl wasn't trying to kill me. I think your crystal ball's a bit cloudy.I predicted a podium each for us this weekend and that happened...
This season there's been a few trying to make it in the first couple laps, then the rest of the top guys have to follow suit. That's why we've had so many incidents in reverse grid races this season.
). Getting through the field quickly requires a lot of practice and how fast it can be done is entirely track dependent which is something you have to understand to not get impatient. Anyone who thinks that every track will allow you to get through the field in 2 laps is going to cause incidents, some tracks will allow it like Monza but some you'll struggle to get through before the half way point. Luck plays a big part as well, you can easily be caught up in someone else's incident or get shuffled back from being in the wrong place at the wrong time so it's not surprising some people get impatient through lack of experience in being a front runner.
I still got punted a fair bit, and I only got back to 2nd both times because of incidents in front of me at about the halfway point in both reverse grid races. I also think some people are realizing that mirror driving the faster guys especially early in the race slow themselves down just as much as it holds up the faster drivers
I think the primary factor making it difficult to pass is because this is the first week that the field as a whole was a lot more even. I think last in qualifying was still within a second of the pole time
What car are you driving again?
