Well that was interesting - and I'm not going back there!
Jumped into the second slot and found myself alongside
@Hasnain282
Qualified well, a 2:05.7 on my first run eventually being enough for 6th. Got blocked by a daydreaming Brit through the esses on my second lap, and couldn't improve on my final run.
Into the race, got off the line fine, lost one place to someone through T2 then another I think into T4 and settled into 8th. Hasnain (starting 3rd) had obviously been swamped early on and after a couple of laps he was the car ahead. With a very aggressive Czech driver behind, I'd had a couple of touches then going into T1 I gave Hasnain a tap, nothing big, no places lost, no real time loss, 1s penalty... EACH! If I thought mine was harsh Hasnain's was ridiculous. Get bumped again by the Czech before serving the penalty, who also had his own to serve. He proceeded to push me off in the final corner of the lap in order to get past, the Brit who held me up in qualifying takes advantage as I recover, then I pick up another 1s penalty for what I assume was compressing the air between him and myself, dropping me to 14th after serving it.
Chasing a different Brit, and all over him, going into T5 I pull out of the tow to get a clearer view of the track, we brake and because I'm gradually drawing alongside (guess I didn't brake quite as hard as usual), I turn it into a pass. He turned in, and we made contact. I felt at the time that I'd left plenty of room - which I had in a sense! On review, he could have turned in wider but I wasn't exactly on the yellow kerb on the inside and was probably a bit hot into the corner, so while not deliberate, definitely untidy and I apologised to him after the race after seeing the replay.
Got down to chasing that dirty Czech, who was in a group of four, including Hasnain, with the lead car seemingly really struggling on tyres. Caught up in no time, noticed two of them had penalties, got to the penalty zone and it turned out three of them had penalties so gained three spots, up to 10th, and chasing Hasnain again - with the Czech behind me.
*The timeline might be slightly off here!
Closing in I couldn't quite get a proper run to attempt an overtake, then on L9 trying to push through the esses I ran wide, putting me back towards the Czech - who has already barged past once and shown he thinks pushing people around is part of racing (or because he's been 75k+, thinks he has a right to barge past us mere mortals). I defend the inside down to Big Banky Boy, take it nicely but he gets a slightly better drive out. His nose might have been level with my back wheel going into the left-right, but unsurprisingly he decides not to attempt to take it tighter, leaving room for me, and pushes into me again - this is the third serious contact we've had - I guess he felt I'd back out of the right hander and let him have a free run rather than return the favour on the exit...
With a 2s gap to him I got after Hasnain again and we had a nice little battle for half a lap or so, the closest I got was trying to go around the outside at the double right hander near the end but I couldn't quite carry the speed, Hasnain defended it well, and we finished a quarter of a second or so apart for a couple of top ten finishes.
The Czech driver had managed to drop his SR down to B, which was pretty impressive, but he highlighted what I was slightly concerned about with this race (and seems to have been prevalent in quite a few races). To go quick(ish) in the Veyron you need to brake for the corners in plenty of time, which encourages dive bombs, to save tyres you again need to brake in plenty of time, which encourages them more. Could have been a very fun race, and it had its moments, but it only needs one or two who want to be the last of the late brakers all the time to make it something I'm not attempting again
177 points. Now to pick a manufacturer and maybe even attempt a livery!
I was physically shaking so much I was struggling to trailbrake for the first half of the race. 
