Hi MadHilsen,
We all love to race, I’m sure that we can agree on.
The problem starts when lets say 12 guys racing in the skoda @ Norisring just like the other day.
4 of the 12 guys are lapping nearly 10 seconds a lap faster than the other 8 guys, on a track with an average lap time under a minute that is a large gap between the 2 groups. So what do you do
and wait for the second group to catch up, yes as in the "Budenspirit". No problem but, it’s human nature in racing if someone speeds up the rest try to follow, those who can chase do, so at the end of the next lap you end up with split group with a 10 second gap between them again. So if each of the top 4 guys racing decide to do fast laps one after another you end up with a 40 second gap to 5th place after 4 laps. I always try to slow for a slower group, but what should I do if 1, 2, 3, or 4 guys go speeding past, wait 10/40 seconds for the next group or try to catch the first group. Another point is: Fast lap times are only possible over 2 laps not 1 as you have to be traveling over the start line fast as possible to gain tenths of a second on the next lap. Start/finish lines are always on a straight 99% so the quickest way to improve a lap time is to be faster out of the last corner and build from there, 1 corner at a time. Following someone is ok for learning a track watching replays or live watching someone who is faster is a far better way of becoming faster as you can pin point the braking point on each corner with the countdown marker boards i.e., 250m, 200m, 150m, 100m, signs advertising boards or trees, get the brake point right then you can concentrate on corner apexes and exit speed thus enabling you to go faster down the straight. Racing tracks are a series of drag races, with corners put in for a challenge.
Still we had good fun, or some sadistic tenancies as we kept voting for restart after the end of each race