What you fail to understand is the reason why people like Ross Bentley explain that you must have sufficient overlap PRIOR to the lead car turning in.
You can’t expect the LEAD CAR to slow down below the limit and mirror drive in fear of the guy who never presented himself.
By your logic anytime I’m leading a guy into turn one my choice is A remain defensive on track limits inside on entry, or B if taking the racing line, EVEN if you are multiple car lengths behind me on ENTRY (not initial braking) that I must not drive the limit and must mirror watch and yield if you cut the entire line?
Really?
That’s nuts. In racing you drive the LIMIT which is precisely why these unwritten rules exist as they do and why convention is what it is.
Cornering at limit you expect the lead driver to be ready to yield AT APEX?
The whole idea is preposterous and backwards and I fail to see how anyone could posdibly believe it’s right to think the lead car should slow down below limit and mirror watch AFTER starting the turn and committing?
That’s recipe for disaster.
You looked at the photos I showed of where you were and perhaps are in denial about that, since you commented I made them up!
Bottom line, if you can’t get in position to make a proper overtake you ought to drive faster and do it right, not ruin the game by desperately lunging and ruining the guys race.
I feel bad for the Porsche.
Stuck in front of an impatient racer who was willing to ruin his race just to get ahead.
Right, let's go through this point by point then.
1. "You can’t expect the LEAD CAR to slow down below the limit and mirror drive in fear of the guy who never presented himself"
If the driver behind is in overtaking range, which he clearly was because he made the apex easily, then yes, you need to be able keep an eye on your mirrors ( or radar ), you see F1 drivers do it all the time, and while you can't to that 100% of the time, that's, what, reflexes, are, for, oh there is a car on my inside, damn, good job I can also steer the other way.
2. "By your logic anytime I’m leading a guy into turn one my choice is A remain defensive on track limits inside on entry, or B if taking the racing line, EVEN if you are multiple car lengths behind me on ENTRY (not initial braking) that I must not drive the limit and must mirror watch and yield"
Yes, those are your choices, defend the inside, or take the racing line because you judge that your braking late enough that he can't outbrake you from that far back and make the corner, if he can do that from "miles back" then maybe you aren't as on the limit as you like to think, and the faster car will unfortunately pass you, you may have to open the steering slightly and lose a little time, that's how racing goes at times.
3. "Cornering at limit you expect the lead driver to be ready to yield AT APEX?"
Yes, i can be on the limit of cornering in a left hander, and if a car is there very easily steer the other way, if we couldn't do that then chicanes would be a real problem eh?
4. "You looked at the photos I showed of where you were and perhaps are in denial about that, since you commented I made them up!"
I think you know he wasn't saying you made the photos up, the statements about the photo's were not correct.
"Bottom line" to use your phrase, if you can't be ready to react to what happens on track, then maybe you shouldn't be on that track.
) and the Ferrari is trying to be overly kind so they both go into the corner about 20mph down on what they normally would and clumsily fall over each other. If there is a car alongside on the corner entry you've lost the corner, you don't just drive into them.
