I've had the worst race ever! Crashes? No. Damage? No, not that either. I've only experienced the powerlessness of a wrong tactic (for my driving style).
I tried to make it a 14-28-42-52... what a huge mistake it was. Of course, winning was not a possible goal today if nobody made a big mistake. But if I had stuck to the strategy the first drivers had, I could have been 4th today. Instead, I had to sweat blood in order to make it until the end of each stint. And on my last one I even had to run two laps without front tyres, losing at least 10 seconds and 20 seconds on each of those. I know I'm not good at tyre management, but today was just depressing; because it was my decision to do it like this, and it didn't work.
At least I drop 20kg ballast, although it won't matter that much at Monza, and my car won't be the top car there anyway (just as Daytona, too). My goal was to win a race this season. I'll admit that goal is dropped now. I will just keep going and try to get the best possible result in every race. Maybe even a top 4 in the championship if I'm lucky. Simply assuming a win is out of reach!
Oh well, hard work without talent can only take you so far.