So new career, melbourne again 23 lap race (I think tyre/fuel sim was off, tho i thought i turned it back on last night game didnt save the settings i guess). Qualified 5th with a late 1.27 and the default car setup.
Was raining heavy and started on inters, worked my way up to first with some nice battles, got a 10second time penalty for an illegal pass on hamilton (He drove really slow through the fast section at the end and i had to swerve to miss him.. sigh..), the car seems far too fast and far too much grip in the rain but anyway. Vettel pits, allowing me into 1st.
Held 1st for 20 laps of the race by time the track had dried and hamilton was on my tail, at the end of the 20th lap i got a puncture (annoying, as i drove a perfectly clean race, best ive driven, tho tyre/sim probably being off makes the car much more consistant). Got the car back to the pits remaining in first until i pit, the team then took 11seconds... :| swapping my tyres and despite the now dry track they put on another set of inters. this put me way down to 12th place by time id got to the first corner (seems all the cars were together in a bunch?).
I tried to work my way back up, made a mistake, lost some places then fought back up passed 2 slow cars to 11th. 10 second penalty i got at the start then dropped me down to 18th, quite bemused as to how so many cars finished within 10seconds... Way over the top as i was lapping a hell of a lot faster than the other cars aside from the mclarens, but then i shouldn't have been that fast in a Lotus, will make sure tyre/fuel sim is on for the next race and no doubt i will be alot slower.
Either way, they need to fix this. i've had a puncture in almost every race and im not particularely rough, though i do drive the car hard, that is to be expected if you're trying to win.