26-05-2006, 06:39 PM
Sorry I can't read Portuguese!
In the incident with Baptista at the end of the race, I made my intentions of an inside pass very clear, my car was beside his car in the braking zone (all the way to the driver's door, even!), yet he cut across the apex at the curb leaving no room for a clean pass. Even though I backed off there was still contact and he spun.
I've been on both ends of this situation many times and will always leave room for a fair pass when I can rather than risk an incident or cause someone to back off power at a key place on the track. Anything else would be ungentlemanly behavior.
The reality of this situation is that there is plenty of room in that turn for a clean pass but Baptista chose not to allow that, which resulted in an incident. Had he left room we might have enjoyed a really nice battle out of the turn and down the straight, may the better man win, but that was not to be. My choice is for clean, fun racing -- no incidents.
-=> J <=-
In the incident with Baptista at the end of the race, I made my intentions of an inside pass very clear, my car was beside his car in the braking zone (all the way to the driver's door, even!), yet he cut across the apex at the curb leaving no room for a clean pass. Even though I backed off there was still contact and he spun.
I've been on both ends of this situation many times and will always leave room for a fair pass when I can rather than risk an incident or cause someone to back off power at a key place on the track. Anything else would be ungentlemanly behavior.
The reality of this situation is that there is plenty of room in that turn for a clean pass but Baptista chose not to allow that, which resulted in an incident. Had he left room we might have enjoyed a really nice battle out of the turn and down the straight, may the better man win, but that was not to be. My choice is for clean, fun racing -- no incidents.
-=> J <=-