That was a brilliant race, I would happily do it again, and I'd be down for any championship/series that comes out of it
It was just great battling Wardez throughout the whole 70 laps, such a thrill as the car was always on edge but it just glided through the corners, absolutely relished it 👍 In the race me and Wardez were always within 12 seconds of each other at the most until the end, and mid-way through we were down to a second between each other, until I got into his dirty air coming out of Bus Stop and span out, a frustrating moment as the car felt quite stable on exit, but it definitely didn't take the fun out of the race.
At the beginning of the race a few people either dc'd or span out in front of me, eventually resulting in me being a few seconds behind Wardez. We both gained distance from the rest of the LMPs, and after 1-2 pitstops, I found my pace and started closing in on him by small amounts of time. Eventually, at one pitstop, he slid on the grass in the exit lane and I overtook him. I felt bad for him but at the same time I felt quite lucky. From then on I tried to create some distance between us but I only made small advances, the pressure being immense as I knew he wouldn't let up. At another pitstop, I had to refuel quite a lot, so he just go in front of me, and I started chasing him down again, eventually reaching his draft. That draft was horrible for me though, because it felt like I had little grip on the corners, and eventually I paid the price for it on what I think was Lap 41. I had to pit a lap earlier than usual because of damage, but I wasn't too far off him when we both pitted. However, I didn't have the same concentration as before, and I was making more mistakes, which would be my downfall later on. Regardless, I kept pushing and pushing, until the last lap, where I did a lap extra on the tires, where the grip was very low. I saw Wardez had slowed down a lot though, and guessed that his fuel was almost empty, so I floored a bit too much and ended up spinning on one of the corners, killing any chance of stealing a win at the line. Incredibly happy to finish so close in 2nd place however, just chasing Wardez for the whole race was a joy, so a big congrats to him, deserved it more than me 👍
Anyway, thanks to Watson for the race, it was brilliant, and also thanks to the GT racers for the easy passes, especially Tony, I was sloppy with the braking going into Bus Stop and didn't give you any choice but to yield, thanks for that. Quality race guys 👍
