First off, Great Job!
The evolution of the session was really interesting. You are onto something.
What made you decide to start modulating throttle?
Even in the outlap, a couple things of note happened. Your 2-3 was interesting. The 11-out caught my attention, though. I think you learned from that previous session a better way around the top, that you, just there, started to really connect to 12-out. You start crushing this later.
Then, in the next lap (1), you start doing stuff with throttle as you apex past 8, which then starts becoming modulation as you use this to make your way through 9-10. You connect that first attempt very nicely to your new 11 out combo which is also a bit wobbly. However, itās a very good start! Be careful on kerbs in general. You lost time on the one after the switchback that you bump yourself onto the straight with, I think.
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I canāt tell if being wide 1 hurt you much, in that the exit of 3 looked strong. Canāt tell if switchback was good but must have been because everything from there to 8 looked quiet and nice. You modulate again 8-10, clip them nicely, hook it up to a strong 11-out. Easy peasy.
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Well, thatās new. You lift a couple times between 1 and 2. Good exit out of three. Compromised switchback to 7. Pushed too hard into 8. Paid for it by getting your rhythm all goofy and oddly blowing the rotation between 10-11. Wide and then bogged. Furious head shaking.
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Well the lifting between 1 and 2 is back, this time for reals, though. Looks like around here is where you decided to fully embrace lifting and modulating. You give a lift right before 2 and then you try it again going into switchback. No drama switchback out to 7. Too fast into 8 for my taste but you furiously modulate speed with throttle pedal through complex and manage to nail every apex. If Iām not mistaken you grab a very nice 11. Narrower 11-12. Faster 12-out? Bam! Now you are in the 48ās. Congrats, Pavle!
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Ok now you are doing little lifts right before and through 1. Looks like now you are trying to control speed with throttle as opposed to brake. I think you would have been ok if you hadnāt clipped 2.
Angry driving into switchback. You clip all apexes in next bit. It seems like this asked too much of the tires because of the noise at 10. There was some weird shaking as you came out onto straight.
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Back to braking for 1 / lifting 2. Messy switchback. Otherwise same as last lap but better 8-out. Again feels like pushing a bit hard 8-10. Back into 48ās.
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Had to lift for traffic.
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V wide 1. To your credit, you pull it together after blowing s1. I think this is where you put your head down.
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Much better tempo all around in 1-3. More traditional brake, turn into 1,Go, lift, turn into 2, Go.
You narrowed 2-3. One piece throttle from entry of 2 all the way to switchback. Bumpy, but that was the apex bump? Seems OK.
You then proceed to avoid kerbs you normally hit and have a smooth run to 8. Much better slowing into 8. You run a nice line through here. Still pushing the tires a bit past where they should go. But clean. I cant tell if you are just clipping the apexes because of the head shake. If you are, it seems to slightly upset the kart. You are quiet passing 11 which you donāt hit. You take the high line here between 11-12, not sure if ideal. But, you go purple! Great work!
This is big improvement and the beginning of you getting faster. You did something to try to counteract the tendency you have to push too hard into corners. The lifting transfers weight and allows for rotation (as well as slowing you down). You will learn to use this more precisely.
I think you want to try to keep it to one lift per turn, and only if necessary to rotate. Rapid lifting like that seems to me that it would ultimately slow you down in that its hard to be smooth if you are sending weight back and forth that often. Use brakes to bleed off speed and lifts to rotate, if necessary.
Concentrate on the tempo. Put the lifts at the right place in the music (the rotation points of 9 and/or 10, for example). Also, start thinking about when you are getting on throttle. If you are pushing too hard into corners, you will be playing catch up unless you get your braking perfect. Pull it back a bit on entry so that you can ensure that you are on gas when it is ideal.
Also, the kerbing seems to hurt in some places. Try avoiding some of the ones that you normally hit. And finally, try a lap or two with quiet tires.
Great Job, Pavle. I think you will improve a bunch from here, and quickly too.
. I got a full video, no battery problems, no mounting troubles. I will give you more info after I come home, not able to write much at the moment.
. Although, I may have heard it from Wallace and Grommit as it was a favorite when I was younger. To take .9 of a second off your lap in one session is so huge!
