Braking early and switch back can be defended against. Norris tried to do it for 5 laps and couldn't get it done.basti313 wrote: ↑21 Oct 2024, 10:46No, you can brake earlier and switch back. Lando was just not sharp enough.FittingMechanics wrote: ↑21 Oct 2024, 10:38What is the problem for me is that the defending driver can always just defend the inside, ease off on his brakes and run the other guy wide and it's a unbeatable defense.
You could never just hang on the outside of heavy braking corner, in no racing decade, in nearly no racing series.
I think a Hamilton or Alonso would not just try to overtake on the outside...not the first time this season to be honest.
A really capable racer like Max will start braking when you start braking (alongside you) and either make the corner to block the apex and the switchback or let off his brakes to force you wide (if you are going deep).
He just needs to be alongside you and brake when you brake.
Well, again, this was never wanted in F1 since Mercedes was fighting themselves. That would have cost time, so they applied rules where one driver needs to yield. The issue is, that their lobby was too strong and this was taken into F1 rules (not FIA!).FittingMechanics wrote: ↑21 Oct 2024, 10:38In an ideal world, DRS wouldn't allow easy overtakes between similar cars but the racing etiquette and rules would allow two drivers to go side by side in the corner.
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I don't know the details. Whoever made it into a rule needs to think about whether that improves the racing/spectacle or makes it less interesting. I would want drivers to be able to stick it on the outside and then we can get more action and maybe for multiple corners.