Ring! Ring! Ring! Why don't you give me a caaaall? Yes wolks, Monday Madness at The Ring. Had no idea what a good time was. Had a peek at what the top 10 were doing and figured 5s off that should be about right. As already posted with the livery, first cab off the rank this week was the 4C. It's a cute little thing the way it skitters around the track. Very nicely balanced with just the right amount of tyre slip for my driving style. Not a good way to conserve tyres I know
. I was slated to start P11, but someone left and I was bumped up to P10/18 on a mostly DR/C grid with a few stray Bs. I was surprised to be that far up, cause I know I'm not particularly fast around NGP.
No epic race report this time, just short and sweet. There were a number of trophies on the grid. I reckon on NGP, the C4 erm 4C would be deadly in the right hands. I was fuel saving by short shifting and picking taller gears when I could get away with it. I was still able to keep up with the trophies, except in certain spots, but if I wasn't conserving fuel, I reckon it would be a match for the trophies.
Surprisingly the race was pretty clean..probably due to the lack of DR/Bs
. To be honest, I didn't notice the tyre wear, lap 1 felt the same as lap 9. I wasn't just rolling over for anyone, but if they managed to get along side me coming into a corner, I'd brake a little earlier and let them through, especially at the chicane. Sometimes they weren't expecting this and would overshoot because they thought I would defend... I'd rather stay on the track, and my fuel saving might have been holding them up
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People were pitting. I managed a no stopper with not much tyre wear despite me using the throttle to steer on most of the tight corners. I crossed the line in P5, with 0.7 laps of fuel left. Was almost P4, but the trophy passed me, but nearly lost it again
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SR blue, DR went up 700+ . Once again I can see the boarder gates for DR/B, but tomorrow is another day. People will have better qualifying times, and I will probably get matched with DR/Bs as the only token DR/C
. Another day on the DR/C journey
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