My 24 houres du mans

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after much umming and arring, i've finally decided to tackle the sarthe, in my Bentley Speed 8, heres how it's going so far;
Laps 1-3, epic battle with another guy in a speed 8, manged to get away by about 10 seconds as I pit on lap 5
Pit again on lap 10, before having to suspend on 12 due to forgetting i have to meet friends:crazy::crazy:, so this messes up my strategy, and when i return, I drop to 3rd behind the other speed 8 and a pescarolo hybride.
1st suspension-lap 12 position 1st, about 34 seconds ahead

Retake lead on lap 19, but lose again because of mad pistops.
Starts raining on lap 23, and a tire misjudgement from me drops me back again:grumpy::grumpy:.
2nd suspension at lap 29, position-2nd, about 42 seconds back

Retake lead again on lap 34, and pull away steadily until I get a lap in hand over 2nd place bentley on lap 48.
3rd suspension at lap 55, position-1st, 1 lap ahead:dopey::dopey:

enjoy, more updates to follow
 
okay, rejoined the action back at 55 and drove a solid stint on inters (which are somehow better than full wets in 100%?) and managed to put the next guy another lap down
to summarise, 4th suspension @ lap 66, 1st place by 2 laps

BTW, I am using a DS3, and my fastest lap so far is a 3.25.674
 
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