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Post by yellowshark on Mar 28, 2014 13:39:32 GMT
Good points Reuben especially the rostrum communication. In finals, especially when driving at a "foreign" track against cars you do not know/recognise it can be very difficult with a 10 car grid once some laps have gone by to know whether you are being overtaken or challenged. Is it a race leader overtaking or a faster car that span off and fell behind you. A sensible fast driver should make it clear on the rostrum - assuming he knows he is overtaking!!
To clarify my bend 1 comment, probably does not need it, but if you go into bend 1 and make a misjudgement.- maybe the car in front braked earlier or harder than you anticipated, then that is irritating for the car in front but these things happen and you might well get a deserved b**licking from the other driver. Driving into the back of the pack when you are carrying 20/30 mph is a totally different unacceptable scenario.
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Post by Reuben on Mar 28, 2014 14:00:27 GMT
I often find that racing pace is often a little slower than fastest lap pace when looking to overtake. Often if I am chasing someone into a corner and they already have the inside line, I will not necessarily follow their inside line in as fast as I can as this often means a mid corner tag as they slow for the apex. They have already won the entry to the corner at that point and its about positioning yourself for a better exit or undercutting if they have carried more speed than the corner allows. The race can very rarely be won at the first corner, but it can always be lost  |
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Post by kennedylanduk on Mar 28, 2014 15:09:07 GMT
I've been following this with interest. I've only been racing a year, and feel like I learned 99% of what I know about race etiquette at SHMCC last summer.
Most of us know the basic rules here, if you take someone out (even by accident) then you wait and let them past. When being lapped, move out of the way, if there is a crash, it's the fault of the car being lapped. I seem to move out of the way a lot (especially outdoors at SHMCC).
I can only think of two racers that I actually have a problem with (I'm a member of three clubs, neither of them are at SHMCC). One just will not move out of the way when being lapped. The other, when lapping you will happily force you off the track rather than give you a chance to move over. Luckily racers like this seem pretty rare (at least in my limited experience). The way to deal with the "not moving driver" is just to follow them closely, they soon drive into the wall by themselves. The other (who forces you off the track) no longer benefits from drivers moving out of his way, and when being lapped, he finds himself at the end of a nudge. I'd say both these drivers are guilty of unsportsmanlike behaviour.
Most of the time when you get taken out, it's an accident. I remember one particular time, it was half way through the A final and I was leading (the 2nd place driver was half a lap behind). I lapped another racer (he let me past), but then at the next corner, he came flying into the back of me. I've got no idea if I would have went on to win. But it was an accident, the other driver didn't mean it. It's hard to have a gripe when something like this happens, although I know some people might. I would not consider this unsportsmanlike behaviour.
Unsporting behaviour probably needs to be raised with the race director, especially if it's by a driver who you are not familiar with. If my lad took me out, I'd tell him. I might not feel so comfortable about telling someone who I don't know too well. A quick reminder of the rules and monitoring of their next race would hopefully fix things. I would prefer if someone pointed out to me (either directly or via race director) that I was being a plonker, at least then there is the opportunity to apologise.
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