Well my first Cadillac race at Laguna was quite interesting in several ways.
After finally settling into the car and running a quai lap of 1:27.1 I decided to give the race a shot. In the pre-race practice session I was about 2 seconds slower than 3 drivers and 1 second slower than 2 others which presented a minor problem in that no one besides the pole sitter ran the qualifier and I was 2nd on the grid
I maintained a slower outside line through turn 1/2 and that put me in 5th after turn 3 which felt much more comfortable as the trailing cars were slower out of the gate.
Then it got ...weird.
On lap 1 a driver in 9th place lost control entering the corkscew and slowed up during the turn resulting in contact causing him to spin. The spun driver then parked his car in the turn following the corkscrew right on the driving line and stayed there for ~3 minutes. Following a bizarre 180° manouvre that went straight at 2 other drivers (and backwards on the track) to get back in the right direction he then parked sideways, right in the corkscrew - on the race line - and stayed there for ~4 minutes until a back marker literally pushed him off track to remove the obstacle. All drivers were actually able to avoid the car, but it basically required everyone to almost stop in order to get by. It was really unbelievable 👎
At the 9 or 10 minute mark he finally left and the race completed without further incident.
Needless to say, I've filed my first protest
What a shame too, other than that the race was a great time. I stayed in 5th for almost the entire race but I was losing 2 seconds a lap to the leaders. The driver in 4th was at least 1-1.5 seconds faster than me on every lap, but he had a problem keeping the car on the track and I wound up passing him 3 times - only to be overtaken each time placing me back in 5th. Eventually he damaged his car enough that I passed him again and a few laps later the corkscrew was spinning him every time and he retired leaving me to finish 4th overall.
My only real disappointment came on the second last lap when a backmarker kept completely ignoring blue flags (it seemed to be a theme in this race - a driver that was 9 laps down even blocked me for an entire lap after he exited the pits right in front of me and eventually hit me) and I wound up going off in turn 1 and was lapped by the leader
Looking forward to my next Caddy race 👍
Britain still plays GT5 religiously. 
She had like 2 km/h more... But didn't wait to capitalize on it.
videos, of idiot Solstice drivers... "Wah, Jetta drivers have a low IQ, because they don't think that the Solstice driver is going to hit the brakes on a straightaway." and various others, from the whole week.
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