The early laps on slick tyres on a wet Spa WEC race were about just 'trying to survive', according to Toyota driver Conway.
lost his quickest lap for a track-limits infraction to seventh place on the first racing lap of the Spa 6 Hours.
"Once I'd got the settings sorted by playing with the traction control and things like that and the track started to dry a little bit, the tyres suddenly switched on," explained Conway. The winning Toyota was one of only five cars on the lead lap, all of which had started on slicks, by early in the second hour.Photo by: Eric Le Galliot
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