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Picked McLaren as the Manu even before the BoP update so I was pleased to see that it held up to some of the Nerfs. Despite being able to do a 1:48.06 in practice, my quali time was closer to a 49.0 because the two clowns in front of me decided they wanted to fight and race rather than qualify, and eventually I caught up to them. I expect better from an all A+ group but I digress. Anyway, still good enough for Q4 which really surprised me based on the lobby.
Lap one, everyone in my “group” survived T1, the esses, and the hairpin. Leader must’ve clipped the dirt coming out of the hairpin and spun; now in P3.
Had a “heart-in-the-throat” moment on lap two in S2 where I must’ve braked too hard or something and the back of the car got loose. Had to wrestle the wheel but ultimately didn’t spin. Lost probably .500” but didn’t lose the car.
Next few laps was me gaining and losing time to the AMG in front all the while the now leader was inching away. Eventually I’d get a run on the AMG and we’d go side-by-side down the main straight into T1 where I was able to pull off a pass.
Now sitting on P2 I was trying to hold off said AMG while trying to real in P1, who was about two seconds up. Nothing much changed from there, was able to get P1 within like 1.5 seconds but got a pen on lap nine going thru the chicane so that’s all she wrote for even thinking about a win. By the time I served my pen on the last lap I was ~1.0 to the leader but I made up a lot of ground on the last lap so I feel like he was just taking it easy to bring it home, especially since I had that pen. I was able to serve the pen and hold on to P2 by ~.600”.
I think that’s all I could’ve done given the circumstances and will take the points to the bank. GGs to all involved, it was a clean race with no real drama which is all we can ask for!
Oh, and I got the fast lap on lap nine with no help from slip. So I guess I got that going for me.
Picked McLaren as the Manu even before the BoP update so I was pleased to see that it held up to some of the Nerfs. Despite being able to do a 1:48.06 in practice, my quali time was closer to a 49.0 because the two clowns in front of me decided they wanted to fight and race rather than qualify, and eventually I caught up to them. I expect better from an all A+ group but I digress. Anyway, still good enough for Q4 which really surprised me based on the lobby.
Lap one, everyone in my “group” survived T1, the esses, and the hairpin. Leader must’ve clipped the dirt coming out of the hairpin and spun; now in P3.
Had a “heart-in-the-throat” moment on lap two in S2 where I must’ve braked too hard or something and the back of the car got loose. Had to wrestle the wheel but ultimately didn’t spin. Lost probably .500” but didn’t lose the car.
Next few laps was me gaining and losing time to the AMG in front all the while the now leader was inching away. Eventually I’d get a run on the AMG and we’d go side-by-side down the main straight into T1 where I was able to pull off a pass.
Now sitting on P2 I was trying to hold off said AMG while trying to real in P1, who was about two seconds up. Nothing much changed from there, was able to get P1 within like 1.5 seconds but got a pen on lap nine going thru the chicane so that’s all she wrote for even thinking about a win. By the time I served my pen on the last lap I was ~1.0 to the leader but I made up a lot of ground on the last lap so I feel like he was just taking it easy to bring it home, especially since I had that pen. I was able to serve the pen and hold on to P2 by ~.600”.
I think that’s all I could’ve done given the circumstances and will take the points to the bank. GGs to all involved, it was a clean race with no real drama which is all we can ask for!
Oh, and I got the fast lap on lap nine with no help from slip. So I guess I got that going for me.
. I was procrastinating since Monday if I wanted to do this race. I didn't feel great with the Alpine on Race Hards. Was in a decent points lobby and luckily I had a Porsche ahead of me to grab a tow down the straights in qualy, one of this car's main weaknesses. I managed to qualify 6th, which probably were the car deserved to be given Grand Valley is more of a high speed circuit, at least the main areas to pass. Picked two cars off by the end of the first lap. Then I had a Mecca in front. Figured better to help then to fight since I was in a clear straight line disadvantage. Thought we could catch up to 2nd but collectively, we were not quick enough, so I bided my time until the last lap to grab 3rd. Had a good battle throughout the first sector. Ever so slightly carried too much speed and inadvertedly pulled a F1 type box out at the apex. Luckily we didn't cost each other too much time. But once I got by the 3rd place Mecca we were in the twisty part and I was gone. This car really excels in the twisty stuff! My fear was after the chicane they would take me to Gapplebee's down the straight, but a second in hand was more than enough to secure 3rd. A win in my book given this car's characteristics and a hefty 291 points. Deep Forest is out, probably a good thing since that has more straights than Grand Valley, so next one for me will be Bathurst, man what's with all these mile long straights 😅😭
And, best finish of 4 AMGs in the lobby. So, I'll take it! Now, just gott keep 
Congrats again.
I'm also happy to see that I am the only driver in Canada to sign with VW, which should make it pretty easy to clinch the domestic/local gold.
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