I did my first 2 races of the week, this morning. Both race C. Not sure I'll even try the other 2. Definitely not A, because the short Tokyo track is awful.
Anyhow, the first race was a no-quali, medium tire no-stopper. Almost finished 6th, but I braked too soon before the finish line to scrub penalties and got passed by two cars, leaving me at 8th.
2nd race was a no-quali soft tire 1-stopper. I got up to 5th by lap 3, but then got drilled by a Lambo when I messed up the chicane under the bridge. Ended up facing backwards.

That's definitely the most important place on the track to maintain a safe following distance.

In the end, I had 12 seconds of penalties to scrub, and finished 9th.
That's all I had time for today, because of work. I still feel like there's a chance for a podium without qualifying. I'm off the next two days, so I'll be hitting it hard to figure out the best strategy. 👍