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Originally Posted by wstar
Yeah it's all tricky judgement calls out there, and you were kinda put in a bad situation given the passing rules and the two cars slowing way down in front of you.
Given time to watch a video over and over (which says nothing about what you might do in a split second on the track), probably the ideal call was to blast on past that whole scene on the far right as soon as it was obvious the Lotus and Mustang were braking down to like 10mph. At that point you may as well consider them part of the incident rather than cars to obey passing rules with. But it all depends on the group and the drivers and the track marshal and how the weekend's been going and that conversation 20 minutes earlier in the paddock and and and... 
It's just good to analyze afterwards and think these things through and prepare your mindset for the inevitable next 10 or 20 times you'll be placed in situations that require that sort of judgement call. |
In the moment the Miata was three cars ahead and I must admit to paying less attention to him. On the video it starts sooner than my brain realized. Not by much, but moments earlier. Then much vision was blocked too by the two cars. I was not sure if the Miata was spinning towards the inside or what. I kept telling the little lady about what had happened and I just could not figure it out. I kept bringing it up trying to replay it in my mind. She made fun of me a little bit.
After 27 hours I got to see the video. It was the switch back that I didn't get. I thought it more than a 360 degree spin and must be 720 but is that what happened? No. Thank goodness for film.