I was surprised as anyone to see how fast my fast lap was, compared to everyone else. My best practice lap was 1'10.1xx but as the race went on (only did one run) I kept beating my time. It got to the point where a 1'10.xxx was a bad lap. I hit quite a few 1'09.xxx and just got the 1'08.754 on the lap before my last pitstop. In fact, I had planned to pit, but stayed out because I knew I was going to make a new FL.
I spun a few times and missed my pit (unintentionally) once. I definitely had a shot at 1st place, but just wasn't consistent enough (The Internet 👍). My pits were 8,16,33,40,46,53 (8,8,9,7,6,7,7). I think the tighter pit schedule helped me get my FL because my tires were still decent when I was light on fuel (after 6-7 laps).
At auto-gear 18, I took Turn 1 (90-deg right) in gear 4. This let me get on the throttle early without worrying about the tires spinning (as they would in gear 3).
Turn 2 (90-deg left, opens): Ideally, I would take this in gear 5 without braking (just lift throttle and downshift from gear 6). But when I was coming in too fast to do that, I would tap the brake and use gear 4.
Turn 3 (easy right): Stay to the right but off the curb (to avoid wheelspin).
Turn 4 (wide right-hand 180-deg): I would roll into this, downshift from gear 7 to 6 and then power through the whole way. Careful to stay wide until the end b/c the inside wall kind of juts out at the exit. If I was off the line, I was either in danger of hitting the inside corner or sliding out into the wall, on the left.
Turn 5 (medium left): This was the toughest part of the track for me. I would find a line and be happy for a few laps but then I would seem to lose it and have to find a new way. My favorite way was to brake early and power through in gear 5. But that was tricky and sometimes slower than just gliding through in gear 6 (careful to carry high entry speed all the way through the turn).
Turn 6 (esses): Some people were reporting trouble here. I didn't have any. My trick was to stay off the rumble strips as they tend to upset the grip of the rear wheels. If you stay on the tarmac, with full throttle, the downforce puts the FGT on rails.
Turn 7 (easy right): Finding the right braking point was hard, for me. I ended up deciding to brake later than I originally thought (almost right at the top of the hill) and then power through in gear 6.
Turn 8 (easy right): If I took turn 7 correctly, I would just go full throttle in gear 6 (sometimes just clipping the curb, though I generally tried to stay clear of it).
Turn 9 (easy left): I was consistently impressed by the FGT when taking this corner. In the push for faster and faster laps, I kept taking this at slightly higher speeds. Unless I made an error, I could glide in, downshift to gear 6, and then full throttle through the turn and down the hill.
Turn 10 (square-hairpin, right): Braking and downshifting, I would take the first half in gear 3 (lift throttle in the high RPM to avoid wheelspin) then aggressively cut the curb as I shift to gear 4. If I did it right, I would be acclerating up the hill and emerge from the ramp just as the lap timer hit 0'58.000. Ten more seconds to the start/finish and there's my FL.
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i know im not on the podium, but, im curious to see how badly i did. 
Holy Crappola. Thats a fast lap there SOYFU, could be a record. My fastest was in the 1'10.xxx range (in practice) and that was a wild lap to boot, but a 1'08.xxx Geez!!! Did you even lift at all anywhere???? 
