Participants: 8+4 Intermediate AI
Qualifying: P6 (moved up to P5 due to a grid penalty)
Race: P6
Qualifying:
Run 1 on options, 1 hot lap 1:36.719. Run 2 Scrubbed options, 1 hot lap. Improve to 1:36.341. Will start in P5 due to a 10 place grid penalty for Crafty gun.
Race:
Lap 1 Nice clean start with a good jump. Maintain P5 into turn 1, then take the slippery turn 2 apex a bit wrong and go sliding toward outside but fortunately don't make contact with the car beside. Keeping about a second over SinFoolio and benny, then dyn0sp3ctrum goes into the pits (penalty?) and I find myself P4. Lap 2 Chasing down Earmack for P3 and widening my gap over cars behind. Lap 3 Earmack becomes a victim of slippery turn 2 and slides, letting me past to claim P3. Lap 4 Battling with Earmack for P3. I don't get onto the inside quickly enough out of turn 13 and Earmack gets the pass on the inside, but has come into turn 14 too hot and overshoots, letting me back past. He gets the inside again coming down start/finish and makes his pass stick for good. Drop to P4. Lap 5 Earmack gets wide at the tricky left hander turn 9-10, but recovers before I can get past. The chase ends with a throttle mistake out of turn 13 that starts me sliding. I recover, but watch Earmack disappear into the distance. Lap 6 Fighting off Crafty gun. Lap 7 In the thick of dueling with Crafty when my controller disconnects! Fortunately doesn't result in a fatal crash and I get back underway having dropped to P6. Lap 10 Catch dyn0sp3ctrum while he's pitted for P5. Struggling with grip on my worn tires + the slippery track. SinFoolio has made up almost 2sec on me over the lap, so I pit early for fresh options. Come out P8, right behind benny. Lap 11 Take benny on the inside at turn 10 for P7. Lap 12 Wait too long to brake at turn 1 and go into the runoff. Drop back to P8. Just as I'm getting another crack at him...another controller disconnect!!! Once again lucky to not have a fatal crash and get back underway still P8, but dead last of human drivers. At this point the disconnects have cost me 1-1.5 of a lap. Lap 19 Get the tiniest bit wide around the slippery uphill turn 11. Front right touches the curbing and starts me sliding. Can't recover and take front wing off in the wall. Pit for repairs and decide to change tire strategy, asking for primes. My pace has been fairly quick so I'm hoping two long runs to the finish will catch me up to the car in front in time to jump them in the closing stages. Resume still P8. Lap 29 Slippery turn 2 + loss of some aero grip behind Alonso AI results in a slide. Fortunately front wing does not get damaged and I'm able to continue still P8. Lap 38 Braking mistake at turn 9-10 starts me going sideways, but I catch it with no harm done. Lap 40 Final pit stop, for primes, from P8, about 7sec behind benny. Wondering if I will ever catch him, but not giving up in the slightest. Lap 45 Running in P7 now after SinFoolio wrecked his car. Continue to have good pace on primes and I've clawed my up to within the delta when benny makes his pit stop. I move up to P6, just ahead of him as he comes out, on options. So, another options vs primes battle, like last race. Lap 46 Benny has caught up now that his tires are up to temperature. He gets the pass around the outside into turn 14 and I'm back to P7. Lap 47 Benny goes wide into the runoff at turn 8, and I take back P6. He tries to take the outside at turn 13. We make slight contact when he turns in on me, and I think he ends up having a traction problem when he tries to re-enter the track. I punch mix 3 briefly to take advantage. Lap 51 I've been maintaining about 12-13sec over benny when my engineer tells me I need to go to mix 1 to save fuel. This is in spite of using the 'normal' fuel strategy and hardly using mix 3 at all. Will benny catch me now? Is he already saving fuel? Lap 55 With the pressure heaped on, I maintain the gap over benny and finish +2 laps in P6.
In almost all ways this was an epic finish almost better than a win. 2 wheel disconnects and a busted front wing, and somehow I survive and push and in the end defeat my direct rival. YES!!!
RD F1 2012 Random Fun Series
Starts: 6
Finishes: 5
Best Grid: P2
Best Race: P2
Podiums: 1
Wins: 0
Points: 58
League table rank 5th of 14
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RD F1 2012 Club Stats
Starts: 10
Finishes: 9
Best Grid: P2
Best Race: P1
Podiums: 2
Wins: 1
Points: 97
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RD Lifetime F1 Games Club Stats
Starts: 23
Finishes: 20
Best Grid: P2
Best Race: P1
Podiums: 7
Wins: 1
Points: 232
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