That felt great after timing out last year after leading almost the whole race
Since Phil desperately had to go to the bathroom and had some damage on his car, we decided to pit together during the SC which also meant we didn't have to worry about running out of fuel or having ice cold tyres at the end.
Since I knew I would work best together with Phil, I also repaired the bodywork damage just to reduce the risk of bad bumps.
After 2 or so laps we were connected again, and managed to bumpdraft to 1-2, and pulled away when the car behind us lost the draft exiting T3.
While following Phil I had to take a different line through T3, which burned my right front badly which I couldn't avoid while Phils tyres were just perfect. I guess having a 1 lap shootout helped me have enough grip in T3 to pass Phil
On the last restart we managed to pull away while I was bumping Phil and everyone behind fighting for whatever positions they could get, and after everyone had lost our draft we agreed to battle it out.
My plan for T3 was to try getting a faster exit since I usually was faster in T3 than Phil and then trying to draft around the outside, but since he was a bit unstable I just went on the inside going side by side towards the finish line
I initially thought it would be a wreckfest after the two first safety cars, turned out to be the probably cleanest oval race I've done.
Thank you all the organizers, commentators, drivers etc for making it a great race