If the Porsche driver looked at his mirror and hadn't moved to the right (into the BMW) then there would not have been a crash. Seems easy to figure out the guilt there. To me a racing incident is when you try to hard and lose control and slide wide in a turn or oversteer due to worn tires. Hitting a car you know is there on a straight away is not a racing incident.
Rusnak_322 said:If the Porsche driver looked at his mirror and hadn't moved to the right (into the BMW) then there would not have been a crash. Seems easy to figure out the guilt there. To me a racing incident is when you try to hard and lose control and slide wide in a turn or oversteer due to worn tires. Hitting a car you know is there on a straight away is not a racing incident.
It comes down to being three wide. Going into a corner side-by-side requires changing your line to account for it, that much is obvious. Going in three wide requires another change beyond that, but it can be difficult for the drivers on the outsides to even know that each other are there. They aren't staring out the side windows, they're keeping track of other cars with peripheral vision, and details like there being another car beyond the one right next to you are easy to lose.
The Porsche hit the BMW because he expected the BMW to be turning in as well. The BMW probably would have turned in but couldn't in because the lambo was there, but the Porsche driver didn't know that.
A driver who loses control because he's pushing too hard is at fault for a crash that results from it. "Racing incident" means both drivers were doing the right thing, it's just that racing is so fast and dynamic that sometimes E36 M3 happens.
In reply to codrus (Forum Supporter) :
Well said
My dirt bike buddies and I have over the years routinely elbowed our way past each other and laughed while doing it. Why? Not because we find it funny because, but because we each know given the opportunity we'd have done the exact same thing.
On the last lap last corner of a professional race drivers aren't going to politely give way. As you pointed out things do happen at this level.
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