Man, what a long ass race. Never have i driven anything remotely this long. I found it quite tedious towards the end, jesus, i even found myself getting fed up for a couple laps somewhere around lap 50, haha.
My eyes began to hurt, my ass hurt, lol...
Iain drove a flawless race and was more consistent than me.
We stuck together for the majority of the 1st stint, but then i began to struggle with the reduced grip and a backmarker also took 2s seconds of time. Going into the pits i was trailing by ca. 6s.
I thought i did a great pit procedure, really focusing to do as good as i possibly could , but Iain apparently did just as good, because coming out of the pits the gap remained the same.
At the beginning of the 2nd stint i had all sorts of problems adapting to the fresh tires/grip, couldn't find the correct braking spots, rhythm and drove a couple of very bad laps, which allowed the gap to grow to 10+. Once i got into the groove, i managed to somewhat stabilize the gap. Towards the end i made many little mistakes, but nothing major. Ended ca.20s as P2.
Quite a unique racing experience, such a long race.
I'm glad i made it to the end without a spin or accident. That was also may main ambition at the start - to experience a long hardcore race like this from start to end and possibly keep it clean.
