Oh dear that was a frustrating race. I had high hopes for Laguna Seca. According to the stats website Alex linked to a while back, my best lap in practice (1:22.5) was well above my current ranking, but when does practice ever translate into the race…?
Qualified P5, couldn’t get into the 22s but not the worst thing in the world. Everyone was careful into T1 and off we went. Quickly passed a few to get into P3 and then it all unravelled. I spun at the second last turn (just before pit entry) - which I’d never done in practice - and rejoined at the back of the pack. Made my way through pretty quickly to P5 again and then spun AGAIN! Then I had caught up all over again and was battling P3 in the final few laps to get onto the podium and this guy was definitely from the Verstappen school likes yours Alex. He’d leave a gap on inside so I’d go for it then he’d close it on braking. After several of the moments we touched in the end but thankfully I came off better than he did.
The rear felt more loose compared to practice but if anything I expected the more to be more grip with significantly more cars on track…?
Any ideas why my participation credit hasn’t counted? I finished the race, incident count was below DQ limit, P3…. Does it take time to refresh?