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Re: Flag question, what would you do?
Posted by 'SimonS' on 07 Jul 2014 @ 18:43

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"What difference is there from overtaking an X30 to overtaking a Rotax Max if you're good enough?"

It isn't a question of "if you are good enough" in some cases.

Karts put the power down in different ways and sometimes that means that a driver who is slow around the corners is able to outdrag the other karts down the straight. It really doesn't take that much skill to put your foot down in a straight line.

If your tyres are sticky enough you can occupy the racing line around the corner making it difficult to overtake there, so end up with a load of karts all eager to get past. This increases the risk of a more risky attempt at an overtake.

"While the flag remains advisory, you will have to expect the person being shown it to treat it as such and just be aware you are there."

This is where the problem lies. Which is more important, sticking to the blue flag rule or being aware of the race situation? In the latter case you will be aware that you are obstructing karts who may regard you as being 'in a different race'. Especially true if you are the last in your class and should therefore know that anyone behind you is quite possibly the first of a bunch of more experienced drivers who have made up a 200 metre gap.

One might also expect that if you are continuously being shown waved blues, then the clerk is trying to get a message over, after all, after a kart has tried to get its nose past you, you generally are aware it's there and don't need more blue flags.

I don't think there is a right or wrong answer here, one might expect a more experienced driver to either slow slightly on the straight or go wide on a corner, possibly indicating that he was going off the racing line but I have heard a CoC specifically warn novices against doing that because of the likelihood of putting themselves in exactly the wrong place.

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Flag question, what would you do? by 'SimonS' (05 Jul 2014 @ 12:23)

Re: Flag question, what would you do? by 'Cannar' (06 Jul 2014 @ 8:32)

Re: Flag question, what would you do? by 'Aquila' (06 Jul 2014 @ 20:13)

Re: Flag question, what would you do? by 'RichardB' (06 Jul 2014 @ 21:56)

Re: Flag question, what would you do? by 'alanrr' (07 Jul 2014 @ 9:03)

Re: Flag question, what would you do? by 'nitch' (07 Jul 2014 @ 9:17)

Re: Flag question, what would you do? by 'djcv8' (07 Jul 2014 @ 10:25)

Re: Flag question, what would you do? by 'nitch' (07 Jul 2014 @ 10:31)

Re: Flag question, what would you do? by 'djcv8' (07 Jul 2014 @ 12:09)

Re: Flag question, what would you do? by 'alanrr' (07 Jul 2014 @ 15:22)

Re: Flag question, what would you do? by 'SimonS' << You are here!

Re: Flag question, what would you do? by 'BanzaiBoy' (07 Jul 2014 @ 12:15)

Re: Flag question, what would you do? by 'richydehav' (07 Jul 2014 @ 12:41)

Re: Flag question, what would you do? by 'Aquila' (07 Jul 2014 @ 12:55)

Re: Flag question, what would you do? by 'nitch' (07 Jul 2014 @ 13:19)

Re: Flag question, what would you do? by 'SimonS' (07 Jul 2014 @ 18:51)

Re: Flag question, what would you do? by 'SimonS' (07 Jul 2014 @ 18:59)

Re: Flag question, what would you do? by 'wavedyellow' (07 Jul 2014 @ 19:28)

Re: Flag question, what would you do? by 'alanrr' (07 Jul 2014 @ 20:51)

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