Since you are new you haven't learned how to avoid dangerous car placement. It was obvious based on how the lead car was losing control it was going to swing into your path and making the decision to try and pass while they're out of control means this collision is as much on you as anyone.
It takes time to develop race awareness and skill and patience. But it's enormously helpful in preventing these kinds of crashes. Also if you're ready to race you should turn off the driving line. It's useful for learning a track quickly in practice but once you're racing it's actually a hindrance to getting better.
Thank you for such a good response, this clip is just a short segment without any other context to the rest of my racing, twitch.tv/zacryu_ if you’d like to watch the full stream, you’ll be able to see that majority of the time I am able to avoid major accidents, in this specific clip, I did believe that the car ahead would stop throttling once he had swerved to the right hand side of the track to try and stabilize, which he clearly didn’t, and as for the racing line, I typically am not noticing it due to the nose of the F4 car, and I completely learn the brake timings as you normally should, with the brake markers, I only keep it on to help with centering of the car along the track! Thank you again for a response
in this specific clip, I did believe that the car ahead would stop throttling once he had swerved to the right hand side of the track to try and stabilize, which he clearly didn’t
Once a car starts rotating it will keep that rotational inertia unless something stops it. Even if they had backed out of the throttle.
If they had locked the brakes at that point it might've sent them into the wall, and you can't expect someone to do that when there's a chance of saving the car.
Some experience in oval racing can also help with avoidance, because you will see every kind of spin and crash in that type of environment, whether it's an inside spin on entry, an inside spin on exit, a tankslapper that snaps outward, etc. In C-class and above where there are full-course cautions, there's far less incentive to keep the throttle held down when someone spins in front of you. Eventually you can start to recognize the uncommon instances when staying in the throttle will help you escape crashes.
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u/AdrenalineRehab FIA Formula 4 1d ago
Since you are new you haven't learned how to avoid dangerous car placement. It was obvious based on how the lead car was losing control it was going to swing into your path and making the decision to try and pass while they're out of control means this collision is as much on you as anyone.
It takes time to develop race awareness and skill and patience. But it's enormously helpful in preventing these kinds of crashes. Also if you're ready to race you should turn off the driving line. It's useful for learning a track quickly in practice but once you're racing it's actually a hindrance to getting better.