04-01-2016, 11:51 AM
Well, for the final race I could not make up my lack of talent with the usual overdose of extensive training, so I joined the race with only a handful of explorative laps, none of them without the odd mistake.
For qualifying I managed to do a medium banker lap, successive attempts resulted in close encounters with the armco, so I started in 10th place. The start went not as good as I had hoped, and I lost a few places right there. My plan to take the race slow but steady did not really work out, about every kilometer I made a mistake, either kissign the barriers or spinning. All other drivers seemed to stick to the "slow but steady" plan of mine, so I bumped my way through the first 5 lap stint. In the second stint, things settled down, I fell into a rhythm and even managed a lap without incident. Just before the second pitstop, I managed to bend my suspension due to another concentration error. Luckily, it did not cost too much time in the pits and I was on my way to the finish. In that last stint things went reasonably well, but the incident rate rised again. I did not lose places though and came in home in 8th place.
I really feel we all have accomplished something here, this is the longest race I have ever driven, and on the Nordschleife thats especially daunting. Congratulations to all involved, the whole season was a blast, looking forward to the next one.
For qualifying I managed to do a medium banker lap, successive attempts resulted in close encounters with the armco, so I started in 10th place. The start went not as good as I had hoped, and I lost a few places right there. My plan to take the race slow but steady did not really work out, about every kilometer I made a mistake, either kissign the barriers or spinning. All other drivers seemed to stick to the "slow but steady" plan of mine, so I bumped my way through the first 5 lap stint. In the second stint, things settled down, I fell into a rhythm and even managed a lap without incident. Just before the second pitstop, I managed to bend my suspension due to another concentration error. Luckily, it did not cost too much time in the pits and I was on my way to the finish. In that last stint things went reasonably well, but the incident rate rised again. I did not lose places though and came in home in 8th place.
I really feel we all have accomplished something here, this is the longest race I have ever driven, and on the Nordschleife thats especially daunting. Congratulations to all involved, the whole season was a blast, looking forward to the next one.