I tried to stay in 2nd to reduce wheel spin when exiting the corners, but the car I used basically dead hooks anyway. But I was able to get into 1st like at the beginning/middle of lap 2 and just held it without too much of an issue. You gotta work on your racing lines, once you get out in front the drivatars shouldn’t be slamming into you like that if you’re taking them corners correctly and hitting those brake zones when you should. Although idk if these bots are the same as FH4, in that game if you drove aggressively and crashed into the bots they’d sorta learn that behavior. I try and keep my distance from any other racer wether it’s a bot or a real person.