A nice start to the new season.
I wasn't feeling very confident before the race. My pre-race times were average and I was worried about my excessive fuel usage.
I was a bit surprised to qualify second with a low 36 but I think slip steam may have assisted me (thanks
@Ozglenn).
My only plan for the race was to not run out of fuel before the end of lap 9.
On the first lap I sat behind @ncey to sus out his pace and as time went by I realised we were pulling away from P3.
Suddenly I had a strategy and did not put any pressure on Incey as we pulled further ahead from the pack. Short shifting my way to massive fuel savings.
We both pitted on lap 9 and I still had 30% fuel left and also decided to top up to only 85%. This gave me quite a large lead out of the pits and I stuck to the same the same driving style> Incey was catching near the end of stint 2 but I increased my pace enough to keep him out of the slip stream until his chicane of death incident.
Pitted again on lap 18 and added 85% fuel. I had over 6 seconds lead and just continued to drive at a safe pace.
@
Xtr3meNZer was catching me towards the end but I had been monitoring the catch up rate an knew he would run out of laps as long as I didn't have any incidents.
I have bad memories going way back to season 1 in the Porsche where I crashed at the chicane whilst holding a commanding lead.
Although I wasn't involved in any exciting battles, it was nice to get the win without taking any risk.
If fact my fastest lap was achieved whilst short shifting behind Incey.
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