F1 2021, Co-Op, S01, R14, Brazil

Finally, finally, finally onward to the final push of the season. We run through Brazil (love it), Australia (fairly comfortable there because I've run more laps there than anywhere but I find it difficult in the game) and Abu Dhabi (terrible at it but want to get better). Wish I'd asked Brett to give a season recap at some points in the season, because I know he'd have put some effort into the response and it would have been nice to have at least some of his thoughts written amongst all of my garbage...this would have been a good time for a response from him, I think: tail end of a crummy rookie campaign, a few bright spots amongst far too many dark ones and looking to improve considerably over the offseason, etc.

Anyway, here we go:

Another time where the qualifying times are bullshit thanks to the game but are not misprints; those times for Norris and Bottas are the times that were listed.

Bummer of a race for me. I had a nice fast lap (7th best) but finished last. Brett had a solid finish but took interesting route to get there. More on that later.

Chalk up another kill for the Haas strategists, amongst others--hard tires, really? For a shorter distance than the softs were used?

Looks like Brett was running fifth before having an off or something, and ended up pitting early for damage (I assume). I was running around 10th before having an off of my own and pitting as well. We were running 16th and 18th, it appears, before the pit stops shook out and moved us up to 12th and 14th. Then, another Safety Car...can't say why at this point, but it could have been either of us or some damage to someone else, but no one retired so I'm not sure. Looks like we both took the chance on another set of soft compounds with a goal of moving up quickly in a dash at the end.

Brett sure is a lot better at that stuff than I am. He's just more aggressive. I have consistency (relatively) and he has a few laps at most rounds that I just can't touch. So I suspect he'll be getting a lot of poles and fast laps if we can move forward on the grid a bit.

Looks like we both had penalties (Brett 3 seconds' worth, me 6 seconds' worth) and that butchered my final position. We appear to have been running 12th and 14th, respectively, at the line.