still cold and slippery

cold plus wet equals very slippery. i went out for another stint on my 24 hour race. rain has increased and the track was too wet for slicks. so i tried the mentioned combination of soft rain on front and hard rain on the rears but this was my worst decission for this race. tire temps are always below 80 degree, colder on the rears and quite unhandable. i tried to powersteer to get the tires hot enough to be a little bit competitive but no chance. i lost around 30 seconds per lap to position 16 (g2 porsche) and after 5 laps the number 18, 19 and 20 passed me. my lap times went up to 9.20-9.30. finally, i pitted after lap 6 of this stint for soft rain for the rear and fuel. number 21 passed, position 22, what a success 🙁 i decided to continue tomorrow and after pressing cancel race it came to my mind that i have forgot to save the race. what a beautiful evening.
after 4 hours of racing, it is 4 o’clock in the afternoon. even soft rain tires are just between 60-80 degree celsius, i’m really sorrowful about the night session. when temperature of the track keeps decreasing there will be no tire suitable for the night stints. since it is impossible to change the tire pressure during race, which sounds indeed very strange, the race is kinda lost. with slightly underinfladed tires it would be possible to gain a couple of degrees more but thats to late now.

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