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GT2 - North America - 9 PM EDT - BMW M Hybrid V8 '25 - 165 points available - Door #8 - Q9 (1:29.329)
A lacklustre qualifying session had me starting in the middle of the pack. That didn't really impact my strategy choice. I went with the W tires to start, planning a 13W-14RS strategy. There were 4 other drivers on W, and one poor sod directly behind me still on RSs -- oops. The rest were on IMs.
Lap 1 was generous to me. I picked up a couple positions right of the bat in the chaos of T1, and another at the end of the lap as another driver when into the wall. Up to P6.
More chaos at T1 the second time through, promoted me to P4 behind a driver who'd picked up a 4-second penalty for their part in the chaos. That put me in P3 at the end of lap 2, well behind the P2 Toyota and P1 Porsche.
They were both on IMs, though, so I had the better pace. By lap 5 I had caught the Toyota, but it took until lap 6 to get by them. A couple laps later, on lap 8, I caught and passed the Porsche. Up to P1.
I built up a decent gap over the next couple laps, but as the track up, the IMs became faster and the gap shrank. The Toyota went into the pits on lap 11 for RSs. The Porsche caught me and retook the lead on lap 13. I followed them into the pits in P2, where we both chose RS tires.
The Toyota had managed an undercut and came out just ahead of the Porsche, leaving me in P3. Over the next few laps I sat back and watched the two drivers battle. It got pretty rough at times, so I was expecting at some point one or both of them would get sent to Narnia, and I pick up a position or two, but instead what happened was the Toyota went into the pits a second time at the end of lap 20 for some fresh RS tires. Promoted to P2 after all.
From there the Porsche and I were left to battle it out, but they had better dry-track pace than me so I was never in any position to challenge them. When the second bout of rain came, I was too cautious at T1, which only increased the gap.
I crossed the line in P2 for 159 points and a promotion to DR A -- with 8.4% progress. Clean race bonus, too.
I'm more than happy with the result, though it leaves me in a bit of pickle for the next Manu Cup season as now both of my accounts are DR A. I need at least one of them to be DR B so I can run one my manufacturers earlier in the day. Since there's no real strategy for the next race and we have two weeks to prepare, I might do a few daily races in the Lamborghini in my other account to see if I can get it back down to DR B. Of course, there is a fair bit of strategy testing to do for the final round, too, so should probably get started on that, too.
GT2 - North America - 9 PM EDT - BMW M Hybrid V8 '25 - 165 points available - Door #8 - Q9 (1:29.329)
A lacklustre qualifying session had me starting in the middle of the pack. That didn't really impact my strategy choice. I went with the W tires to start, planning a 13W-14RS strategy. There were 4 other drivers on W, and one poor sod directly behind me still on RSs -- oops. The rest were on IMs.
Lap 1 was generous to me. I picked up a couple positions right of the bat in the chaos of T1, and another at the end of the lap as another driver when into the wall. Up to P6.
More chaos at T1 the second time through, promoted me to P4 behind a driver who'd picked up a 4-second penalty for their part in the chaos. That put me in P3 at the end of lap 2, well behind the P2 Toyota and P1 Porsche.
They were both on IMs, though, so I had the better pace. By lap 5 I had caught the Toyota, but it took until lap 6 to get by them. A couple laps later, on lap 8, I caught and passed the Porsche. Up to P1.
I built up a decent gap over the next couple laps, but as the track up, the IMs became faster and the gap shrank. The Toyota went into the pits on lap 11 for RSs. The Porsche caught me and retook the lead on lap 13. I followed them into the pits in P2, where we both chose RS tires.
The Toyota had managed an undercut and came out just ahead of the Porsche, leaving me in P3. Over the next few laps I sat back and watched the two drivers battle. It got pretty rough at times, so I was expecting at some point one or both of them would get sent to Narnia, and I pick up a position or two, but instead what happened was the Toyota went into the pits a second time at the end of lap 20 for some fresh RS tires. Promoted to P2 after all.
From there the Porsche and I were left to battle it out, but they had better dry-track pace than me so I was never in any position to challenge them. When the second bout of rain came, I was too cautious at T1, which only increased the gap.
I crossed the line in P2 for 159 points and a promotion to DR A -- with 8.4% progress. Clean race bonus, too.
I'm more than happy with the result, though it leaves me in a bit of pickle for the next Manu Cup season as now both of my accounts are DR A. I need at least one of them to be DR B so I can run one my manufacturers earlier in the day. Since there's no real strategy for the next race and we have two weeks to prepare, I might do a few daily races in the Lamborghini in my other account to see if I can get it back down to DR B. Of course, there is a fair bit of strategy testing to do for the final round, too, so should probably get started on that, too.
