18-06-2019, 10:17 PM
For others it was lonely in the forest, but luckily there's always a bar open somewhere 
Now, at this point it's interesting to start talking strategy.
I was expecting to do a 3-stop with the Sauber. However, with slow refuel rates and tyre changes, a 2-stop could save up to 120 seconds. I dropped my boost to a low level to barely make this work. Meanwhile the leaders were storming off into the distance, and no way I could keep that pace. They must be on a 3-stop... they must be!
But no... they stopped the same lap as I did while being multiple seconds per lap quicker! It turns out this Sauber is just extremely thirsty.
To make up for some lost time, I double stint the tyres. This turned out to be another mistake, as by the end of the second stint I was suffering quite a bit. To make matters worse, the invisible bump in the curbs at Tertre Rouge made my car jump into the air...
This caused some damage, but I was able to continue.
If it weren't for 2 laps later, in the same corner, disaster struck...
But this is Le Mans damnit. I wasn't going to let it end here. Limping back to the pits for repairs I found myself dead last in... well... 3rd place
And after a very long night, the sun finally showed itself again.
Alas... this is Le Mans, and that doesn't mean we're there yet!
The terrible pain of losing positions when you're stuck in the pits
Yours truly was back into second position, one lap down on the leader.
After a quick splash and dash in the final lap... by tinkering with the boost a bit too much... the finish line for the three remaining cars in this amazing event
Now, at this point it's interesting to start talking strategy.
I was expecting to do a 3-stop with the Sauber. However, with slow refuel rates and tyre changes, a 2-stop could save up to 120 seconds. I dropped my boost to a low level to barely make this work. Meanwhile the leaders were storming off into the distance, and no way I could keep that pace. They must be on a 3-stop... they must be!
But no... they stopped the same lap as I did while being multiple seconds per lap quicker! It turns out this Sauber is just extremely thirsty.
To make up for some lost time, I double stint the tyres. This turned out to be another mistake, as by the end of the second stint I was suffering quite a bit. To make matters worse, the invisible bump in the curbs at Tertre Rouge made my car jump into the air...
This caused some damage, but I was able to continue.
If it weren't for 2 laps later, in the same corner, disaster struck...
But this is Le Mans damnit. I wasn't going to let it end here. Limping back to the pits for repairs I found myself dead last in... well... 3rd place
And after a very long night, the sun finally showed itself again.
Alas... this is Le Mans, and that doesn't mean we're there yet!
The terrible pain of losing positions when you're stuck in the pits
Yours truly was back into second position, one lap down on the leader.
After a quick splash and dash in the final lap... by tinkering with the boost a bit too much... the finish line for the three remaining cars in this amazing event