Well that was pretty disappointing. I did the GR.1 Fuji race, didn't qualify (was eating dinner waiting for the actual race to start) and started in 18th as 2 had lost connection already before race start. I did the 15 minute practice beforehand, didn't get under 1:30 lap time.
The race starts, my Audi R18 makes up some places on the straight plus someone crashed in T1 of course. So we're coming up on Dunlop, the car behind me has a 2 bar connection, either doesn't brake on time on lags into me and punts me into the car in front of me. Then in the corner he lags into me again. Then I notice my car is pulling slightly to the right, very annoying on a controller. The same car then touches grass and rams me from the side in T2. I notice that front and rear bumper and left wheel are all blinking on the display....
I try to drive the car yet it's just going much slower now so in lap 3 I go into the pit. 10 sec repair break for aero and suspension. Now I'm in dead last where I stay. I pit again in lap 8 for fresh tires and get the blue flag in lap 11. I move aside and brake early for T1 to let first through. Then go wide through T7 to let 2nd and 3rd pass safely. I stay ahead of 4th before I finish 1 lap down. I finish 16th since 2 cars disconnected including the car that hit me 3 times.
Yup, much better with damage. not.
Oh and the post race chat was some of the angriest I have seen in the game. Everyone had a blue rating, very few penalties, yet tempers were very hot. Good thing it closes after a few minutes!
Next up Brand's hatch.
For some reason I picked Jaguar when checking the races last Wednesday so now I'm stuck driving the F-Type. I practice for 15 boring minutes then get matched with mostly DR.A+ and DR.S again. There is only one other DR.A in the room. My punishment for doing well last week on the Nordschleife.
Qualifying starts, people are letting me pass on the outlap, then when I try to do my quali lap I get bumped off 3 times. The second quali lap goes better yet I notice my tires are quite worn already. I go in to change to soft tires as that seems to be the fashion, do another outlap, get held up a bit during my quali lap and set a 1:31 lap time. That puts me starting last, why bother!
The race finally starts and it's all going quite orderly. I follow behind the pack, not really having the speed or room to even attempt to over take. I pass one Brazilian that got bumped off the track who then forces me off the track in lap 3. Oh well, my connection to the pack lost and I'm not catching back up again.
I manage to keep the car on the road and pit halfway with me front left tire pretty much done. Then I pass a car limping to the pit for repairs. He gets out 6 seconds behind me which he slowly makes up to bump me from behind in T2, lap 11. I would have given him space to pass yet as soon as he got in range he had to pointlessly bump me, while the next car was another 10 sec ahead of me. He pushes by in T3 as door to door racing is mandatory in A+.
I make up one position in the final lap from someone limping to the finish. I finish 14th (couple disconnects again) and get 419 points. Whoohoo. My best lap is the slowest of all, no other Jaguars in the race so I'll blame it on the car
To sum up, boring practice, frustrating qualifying, boring race.
Those 2 FIA races only cost me 1350 DR somehow, basically finishing last in both races. I lost a lot more for a single disconnect on the Nordschleife. I guess I wasn't worth a lot of points in these rooms.
! P9/14. The pole sitter was almost 5s faster than me and almost 2s faster than P2/3. 
. I was doing alright and was hanging on to P7 when I ended up in the sand avoiding contact with the car passing me. From then on the handling of the car turned into a big steaming pile of brown stuff and I just couldn't get back the rhythm. Turns I was making, I stopped making and ended up off track. In the end I finished P12. Don't think I'll be using the Jag again. 
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