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Hello racers!
I'd like some opinions on a racing incident. Last night I decided to throw down one last swing at the Daily B - GR3 at Sardegna. I'll be doing my best to be objective here, as I sincerely want opinions, regardless of whether I think I was right or not.
Lap 4, going through turns 7 and 8 there is a "owned" Supra on the outside and a "rented" Supra on the inside, racing side-by-side. Approaching turn 9 (hard left, feels like a hairpin) the rental matches the owned Supra for braking start, but the rental brakes longer and stops on the apex, taking a defensive line. Owned Supra takes the conventional line with a late turn in, aiming to undercut the rental Supra. Contact happens as the owned Supra turns in and accelerates, expecting the rental Supra to not be on the apex, resulting in driving straight into rental Supras rear. Owned Supra spins out.
Post race lobby has plenty of heated comments as Owned Supra feels "parking on the apex" is illegal, as the Rental Supra was going significantly slower to achieve this, Rental Supra feels this was a legit tactic as they knew the cut back was coming and stuck on the apex to prevent it.
Technical things to consider are that the rental/inside Supra has to take the corner slower, as the inside line means the corner is tighter. Owned Supra took the later turn in for a later apex, to avoid trying to go side-by-side through the corner, as that would have resulted in a slower exit.
So the question is - is defending aka "parking" on the apex legal?
I'd like some opinions on a racing incident. Last night I decided to throw down one last swing at the Daily B - GR3 at Sardegna. I'll be doing my best to be objective here, as I sincerely want opinions, regardless of whether I think I was right or not.
Lap 4, going through turns 7 and 8 there is a "owned" Supra on the outside and a "rented" Supra on the inside, racing side-by-side. Approaching turn 9 (hard left, feels like a hairpin) the rental matches the owned Supra for braking start, but the rental brakes longer and stops on the apex, taking a defensive line. Owned Supra takes the conventional line with a late turn in, aiming to undercut the rental Supra. Contact happens as the owned Supra turns in and accelerates, expecting the rental Supra to not be on the apex, resulting in driving straight into rental Supras rear. Owned Supra spins out.
Post race lobby has plenty of heated comments as Owned Supra feels "parking on the apex" is illegal, as the Rental Supra was going significantly slower to achieve this, Rental Supra feels this was a legit tactic as they knew the cut back was coming and stuck on the apex to prevent it.
Technical things to consider are that the rental/inside Supra has to take the corner slower, as the inside line means the corner is tighter. Owned Supra took the later turn in for a later apex, to avoid trying to go side-by-side through the corner, as that would have resulted in a slower exit.
So the question is - is defending aka "parking" on the apex legal?