08-06-2014, 08:55 PM
I don't know what the hell was going on with my pits, 50+ seconds for tires and fuel.
I had overbudgeted fuel by about 20L but didn't think much. Had a good start from pole and comfy lead, just managing tires and having a slightly scary moment with a supremely slow backmarker (who got in the way in one of my qualifying laps, following the lap where Steve was in front of me and messed up the chicane killing my first would-be pole).
Anyway, just past the 30-minute marker I organize things to pit and find out I can't put in less fuel than scheduled. Ok. I come in slowly, lose about 5s on entry to avoid a penalty (also first time ever running this track as a race on rF2), I stop at the wrong stall as there's an arrow flashing for me. I lose about 4s again. Anyway, to my disbelief I see Steve take out 30s on that one lap I pitted and take the lead. I come out 25s behind.
I don't know what happened but near the end of the race I was dissatisfied. Maybe it was my pitstop that from entry to exit took well over a minute. But with perhaps 15 minutes or less to go I decided there was no point. I skipped pool, lunch, and F1 for this. I'm off to eat now.
I had overbudgeted fuel by about 20L but didn't think much. Had a good start from pole and comfy lead, just managing tires and having a slightly scary moment with a supremely slow backmarker (who got in the way in one of my qualifying laps, following the lap where Steve was in front of me and messed up the chicane killing my first would-be pole).
Anyway, just past the 30-minute marker I organize things to pit and find out I can't put in less fuel than scheduled. Ok. I come in slowly, lose about 5s on entry to avoid a penalty (also first time ever running this track as a race on rF2), I stop at the wrong stall as there's an arrow flashing for me. I lose about 4s again. Anyway, to my disbelief I see Steve take out 30s on that one lap I pitted and take the lead. I come out 25s behind.
I don't know what happened but near the end of the race I was dissatisfied. Maybe it was my pitstop that from entry to exit took well over a minute. But with perhaps 15 minutes or less to go I decided there was no point. I skipped pool, lunch, and F1 for this. I'm off to eat now.