First US slot done, GT2, high B lobby, 142 points for the win, door 13
And with some familiar GTP drivers (hi
@BGreenFace!)
Qualification went pretty good, only a few small mistakes (one of them more costly than others), but I placed 2nd, so not too bad.
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I was beating myself over strategy but eventually decided to play it safe and started on mediums.
First part of the opening lap went pretty good, Porsche on pole got away almost instantly so they were on softs probably.
When we go to the Nordschleife loop I got a bit of a cushion behind, BGreenFace held the pack a little (

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But then the Mutkurve happened where I hit the inside kerb which ejected me to the outside wall, loosing time and places.
It took me few good corners to recuperate, but then I just tried to hold on to whoever I saw ahead of me. The Nissan was loosing in top speed for sure, so I had to make sure to run good corners.
On lap 3 I found myself behind BGreenFace and in a massively optimistic move I tried to overtake at Schwedenkreuz. We inevitably hit each other on the apex and as I was on the inside I got relatively safe. BGreenFace did a run over the gravel and finished outside Aremberg. I felt guilty about it and waited for him down the Fuchsrohre, once we set the original order the race went on, but our Canadian friend lost his focus I presume and started doing mistakes, so I was at the front again at Kallenhard.
I am sorry I ruined your race, brother!
That all action lost me a lot of time and I started to give chase (running 4th), but soon enough (it was after the pit stop cycle) I found myself under much heat from the Canadian BMW. They were fast in the more straightforward sections (and both Karussells, as I am very slow there, you know button steering), I was making up time in the twisty parts.
Finally on the last lap, a very bad exit from the Karussel made me earn half a second penalty and with the BMW under a second behind, that was it. No more mistakes in the rest of the lap for both of us, so on the Dottinger I gave way and dropped to 5th.
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I was relieved to see that BGreenFace finished only one spot down.
It was a good race, I liked it. No dirty stuff, thankfully. And for another top 5 finish, decent points (118), won't be trying again.
The Nordschleife is one of my favourite tracks and the one that I think made the Nissan shine (unlike Deep Forest), too bad the driver conducting it was full of mistakes.
Let's see the Spa!
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