Hey it's been a long time since I wrote about Motorsport Manager, so it's a walk down memory lane now.
Testing went brilliantly for 2024, with Stef in 5th and Nick 6th.
The first race was Black Sea. Nick started 7th and Stef 14th. I guess we didn't have great race pace, and Nick finished 8th with Stef 11th.
We started Munich from 11th with Nick and 16th with Stef. Nick finished 7th and Stef 14th. Looks like there were issues with Stef's strategy. I had to pit her early and maybe to get her back in the mix ran her long in the end. Rough one.
Next was Milan where Nick started 13th and Stef 14th. It was a dry-wet-dry race and we nailed the strategy. Nick was 2nd and Stef 4th! 🏆That put Nick up to 3rd in the championship, Stef in 8th.
Tondela was okay too. I bit of a personal favourite for me next to Milan. Nick started 4th and Stef 11th. They both dropped back slightly, Nick 6th and Stef 13th. I had a reserve driver called Andreana Foddi. Don't remember her, so it must have been a fill-in until I found somebody who I wanted to sign.
At Ardennes I quickly shot my drivers out on dry tyres in an intermediate qualifying session to put them 4th and 5th led by Nick. We didn't have good race pace, in the dry or wet, and I probably made bad calls to pit lane. They finished 14th and 15th led by Stef.
We bounced back with Pole Position by Nick at Munich 2, with Stef 4th. Again it was a clever intermediate qualifying strategy by me. I stuffed up Nick's race strategy by pitting for dries just as it started to rain. Stef pitted one lap earlier than her rivals on mediums, and due to her sucking at tyre wear ended up behind them. Stef was 10th, Nick 11th.
At Guildford, Nick started from 10th and Stef 12th. We had good race pace and Nick led Stef 8th and 9th.
At Tondela 2, we qualified well with Stef 7th and Nick 8th. It was wet to dry race and we had good race pace. Stef finished 6th and Nick 9th. Nick was now 5th in the championship and Stef 10th. The team was 4th.
At Milan 2, Stef out-qualified Nick 12th and 13th. God knows what happened, but Nick won with the one stop strategy! Stef finished 12th. Nick up to 4th in the championship, Stef 10th and the team 4th still. We also now had a reserve driver in Nassor Lorensen. Boy do I remember that guy. Lots of potential with 4 stars outlined. 🏆
At Black Sea 2, Stef started from 7th after a wet qualifying. Nick was 15th. Stef's tyre wear was terrible, so I had to stop her twice. Soft-medium-soft. Nick ran softs all the way and finished 5th, Stef in 9th. Not a bad race.
I always really struggle at Pheonix. We started 14th and 17th led by Nick, and finished 11th and 19th also led by Nick.
Doha was okay. Stef started 11th and Nick 14th. Got both cars in the top ten with Nick 8th and Stef 10th.
We had really good setups at Cape Town. Stef qualified 3rd and Nick 8th, but the tyres weren't lasting. We ran super softs, when maybe we should have ran ultras to stay with the front runners. I probably thought harder tyres would be the smarter move and have us up the front at the end, but who knows. Stef finished 9th and Nick 11th.
We got another Pole Position at Sydney in a wet qualifying session. Would be nice to get Pole in a dry session. Stef got this one, Nick 2nd to make it a front row lockout for our team. I ran them on inters at the first opportunity and got lucky I guess. The dry was bad. Super softs didn't do it for us. Nick finished 10th and Stef 14th. I think both drivers had terrible starts so it was lucky either of them finished.
Beijing is always an optimistic race for me. We didn't qualify that well, Stef 10th and Nick 15th. I always focus on race pace in practice, so we ended up doing well. Nick started on the softs, Stef on super softs. Nick finished 4th and Stef 7th. The team remained in 4th place in the championship.
Dubai was rough. Stef started 11th and Nick 14th. Stef finished 7th and Nick 12th. Very much an up and down season.
I don't know what the end of season standings were, but obviously we didn't win. Funnily enough, Espirit GP (my old team) were going back into the World Championship for 2025.
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