[stevesnj]

Originally Posted by Lynxis

Regarding etiquette, if he's behind you one lap and just as far behind you the next, then you should let him by. There might be a reason he's keeping his distance.

Without being able to see the wheel or your hands, the advice we could give is limited but I see a few obvious points for improvement. By the end of your video, your lines are pretty good so I can't say much about that but I can see 2 major points of improvement and they are both about corner exit.

It looks to me like you are driving an auto in full auto. Switch it to manual mode and use the paddles. All through that video, the downshifts were all during corner exit once you put your foot down which costs you a lot of exit speed. Select gears yourself instead of letting the car do it for you and learn the correct gears for each of the corners. You should be downshifting during your braking zone before corner entry so you can get full power as soon as you need it. You'll get much faster quickly.

The other point of improvement I see is that you are really late getting back on throttle around a corner, like your car is almost straight before you get back on power and you can do it much sooner than that, usually right before the apex of the corner. You just need to wait until the cars weight transfer has settled then press down on the gas pedal as you unwind the wheel. You might need to slow down a bit more on corner entry but a slightly slower entry is a small sacrifice for a faster exit.

Thanks, nah he would sorta get close then around the corners i'd just get around so fast I pulled lengths away. His car is faster so it was a back and forth like that. also i'm in a manual, I typically stay in 4th gear down to 3rd in some corners for acceleration at the corner exit, the car isn't powerful enough to accelerate out of the corners quickly, especially on stock tires and traction control going crazy. My iPhone was mounted just next to the rear view mirror on the windshield so the audio is muted so that why you may not hear my acceleration. Thanks for the insights but once I get proper tires and turn off my traction control I will definitely gain more confidence. I am too fast for my tires I think..lol This was only my first time solo in non novice class. I didn't record my 2nd session.