That was not what i expected after a whole week of intensive training. Every day my stints were just fine and with good pace but now, 6 hours before the race start, it was all gone.
Easily 3 - 5 tenths slower every single lap and i was just not able to figure out why i lost them. I changed the setup, even if it was good for a week and some other fast guys were using it too now, but for me it didnt work out anymore. Tried to find a new balance, changed tyre pressure, camber even the wings. But no matter what i did, i just couldnt get back to my pace. I started getting nervous as everyone was running faster than i was and i still - 1 hour before racestart - had no idea at all.
One of husky's and my opponents entered the server and asked for the load of fuel to fill in and i answered as if it was the most common thing in the world: "48%"... his reaction confused me cause he was laughing: "haha for sure, but u gotta pass me on track with equal settings ;)" now everything cleared up, i just had 10% too much of fuel in the pocket cause of some funrace from the weekend and didnt change it back, which means 24 extra pounds of weight and easily 5 damn tenths every lap (still hoping)!

I went back to my old set, took over some changes from my 6 hour non-stop testing that were keeping the tyres a bit cooler, and hell yeah, the set felt better as ever before (even if it was the same as the whole week before).
In the end that mistake and knowing that my car was way lighter now, helped me to treat the crap out of the car as i didnt do it for a long time.
I learned now, that one should never stop searching for a reason and start there, where you dont expect it at all. AND just trust in what you do - in gaming - it gives you the 2 or 3 tenths of a second you need, even if nothing has changed.
Because gaming is believing.
Oh and yeah, i won :)