Awesome event so first up big thanks to
@Bivittavus88 for organising and hosting this one.
Well, gosh darn it, the Jag and I became very good friends today. We had our moments of shakiness, to be sure. Some big squiggles on the mediums and a few skechy moments navigating the traffic, but I really got in the groove of balancing the beast and it turned into a super rewarding 90 minutes of driving.
Shout out to
@GOTMAXPOWER who was battling me... In his gr 3 car... For around three laps at the start, as I recall. The pace you have through sectors 2 and 3 really is something to behold, mate. Hope you enjoyed the V12 noises.
@Sven Jurgens dude, that Nissan looked like a right handful. I thought I'd be in real trouble but once quali started I really noticed that extra stability the Jag had over your pick. I did my risky strategy partly because I wanted a little battle with you, but mostly because I was really starting to lose time on worn mediums.
So the strategy panned out as, start on mediums, pit and grab softs for the last 6 laps of the tank, full refill and back onto mediums, repeat 3x. Amazed to see the efficiency of the other classes... That V12 absolutely demolishes fuel.
All was well, if a little tight on the timing by my flying maths and watching the gap to Sven, but I forgot to switch to mediums on the fourth (you read correctly, fourth) stop necessitating a FIFTH pitstop with about six minutes remaining for a fresh set.
Seemed Sven had his hands full though and things panned out in my favour.
EDIT: Boy is it hilarious getting blue flagged for an LMP1 in sector three and trying to psychically communicate "listen mate, you're gonna have to wait a straight and a couple corners to get by".
But man, after a full day of physics, this was super fun and rewarding, so thanks everyone for coming!