First question - you're spot on...if we were racing. In a DE you have to prioritize safety over everything else. In a racing scenario this would be a non-issue because I'd simply blow by this guy like he's standing still. Even though he has a PDK, mid engine layout, massive brakes, torque vector steering, etc... it is trivial to see this driver's weaknesses and just beat him to an apex. Simple. In a DE a safe driver needs to be defensive and overly careful.pfbz wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2018 12:41 pm
Clearly the Boxsta' had some skills and etiquette issues and was slow as hell in the corners.
It's kind of hard to tell the whole story from an in car video, but couldn't you of backed off a bit before the last turns into the straights/passing zones, had a much higher exit speed than you did while just following him through those corners and used that speed differential at the start of the straight to get by him if/when he pointed you by even when he stayed on the throttle?
Of course he should have lifted, but he clearly liked to show off his horsepower advantage in the straights.
Also, the two finger, in car signal you give at about 2:36, "I signal the car behind me that a point by is coming at the next safe place"... Is that something you teach at your regions DE events? I've never seen that before.
DT answered your second question - it's just a simple way to acknowledge to a driver that you will let them by at the next safe time. Not required but helpful. In this case, I knew the driver behind me and was just giving him a courtesy wave.
