Epic race for me. The Porsche in qualifying trim is a bit of a handful and I couldn't find the balance to nail the rear through the first corner and Spoon. 13th place. The race though....completely different. The Porsche transforms on full fuel and I was almost 2s a lap quicker throughout the race that my fastest qualifying lap.
The race was a blend of eating away at those in front, pulling off a few nice passes and then stabilising the pace to keep the position. One tiny off as I locked up coming into the hairpin the only real mistake I made all race long. I did run wide briefly on another lap, but that was when an effing huge spider crawled across the wall in my line of sight - nearly died in real life, never mind binning it in the virtual world (dont think that happens in real racing...at least I hope not!!).
I was catching 4th towards the end, but my front tyres let go with 3 laps to spare, temps dropping off a few degrees and blue creeping into the temp indicator...I backed off to secure the finish. Not sure I would have passed as there was only a 10th in it between us in ultimate pace, but by gosh it was fun to try and get the best finish I have had here a RD!!
In summary, climbing up to 5th from 13th by the end was my reward for consistent lapping.
Roll on tomorrow!
