I had another wreck in qualifying. It didn't matter though. I couldn't have qualified much higher on the grid.
Mistakes and accidents gave me the lead rather quickly. I realized near the midpoint of the race I wouldn't have enough fuel to finish. I ran two laps saving fuel. Conserving fuel the second half of the race would have allowed me to finish. I was .5 seconds slower than Mario while conserving fuel. I had a big enough gap that Mario couldn't have caught me. I knew I was going to quit before the finish, so I resumed my regular pace. I needed 4 to 5 more liters of fuel to complete 27 laps at a full pace.
It's a shame Claudio, Lasse, and Kelvin weren't able to complete more laps. I don't think I could have kept up with Claudio and Lasse but I might have been able to stay close enough that their mistakes would have had to have been few.
Mit sportlichem Gruss Claudio ----------------------------------------------------- Vernünftige Autos werden vom Antrieb geschoben, nicht gezogen !!! (Walter Röhrl)