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 đź‘Ť 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 đź‘Ť
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 đź‘Ť
