An F3 car to the helmet could very well be fatal
Nope. However, in this race - at this track - you can count on a yellow coming. Last year, the first year they ran at this track (street track in Nashville) they had like 15 yellow flags. The winner was a guy that crashed before the reaching the start line by driving up and over someone - launching their car into the air. They came all the way back to win after that. Nobody is really sure how that happened.
Today, the person in 5th was once a lap down... They're now in 5th, and looking like they'll finish strong, barring an accident.
This race has had 10 yellow flags already. They're averaging a yellow flag every 11 laps. "Caution breeds caution" so each restart means a yellow is more likely than other times (you have people bunched together, all trying to enter corners together, etc. so there are more accidents after a start/restart).
Anyhow, an F3 car to the helmet would fucking suck. But, you trust the driver ahead of you and follow them as close as you can. As I had previous track driving experience, even on that track, I was able to keep my nose up under their gear box for the corners at least.
It has got to be hard to learn to trust the other drivers that much
It is one of the hardest things - and then one of 'em will be retarded and violate that trust. You gotta have a whole lot of trust to go into a corner side by side at 110 mph. Someone will violate that trust - but you have to keep trusting or you'll stop taking opportunities.
There are only a few laps left and a pair of accidents means they red flagged it. They want to keep a few racing laps for the end. Good call on race control. I'd share a link, but you need to have NordVPN to watch and I know you're not paying for a VPN service even if it lets you watch TV.
Hmm... I have to redo the subscription in September, so I can probably share at that point if you'd like a VPN.
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