I have to congratulate ghskilla on this win.
Before the caution, he pulled away from Melancholy once I caught up to him, and from then on used the clean racing line to widen that gap significantly, which is good on him. Even my medium stint to go on ahead didn't work, which shows the time he developed while Mel and I struggled to gain a solid hand on 2nd place. Usually I can deploy it and end up being half way through when everyone else is pitting.
After the caution, my plan backfired royally, and I ended up quite far behind. Damu was on a skype call with me, and he was stating much of the track usage that, since I was so far behind, I couldn't see. If I had gone for mediums, who knows, but the main thing is that ghs took the safer, smarter move whereas I tried something different and screw it up, AND fought Damu off til the end to win it.
I did use run-off areas a few times. Mine honestly were not intentional.