Monza is a track that greatly rewards cutting in terms of lap times. There are three chicanes where you need to "eat" as much curb as possible to get a good lap time. However, in all three chicanes one can eat too much, so that one leave the track completely (aslo called cutting).
The more you respect the no cutting rule, the slower you will be, and vice versa. What we want is for all to have (more or less) the same amount of respect for this rule, to make it a fair competition.
Looking at the replay of the practice race I noticed that the fastest drivers were cutting like there was no tomorrowed compared to the rest. In particular Gaetano and Dave, with Christian R close behind. I only watched around 15 laps, but all three cut the track at least once per lap, many times twice or even three times a lap.
To put it simple, at the real race (at Monza) one might have a handfull of narrow cuts (around 5-10) throughout the race, but much more than that will be seen as unfair. And BIG cuts like I saw numerous times in the exit of Roggia should never happen. And in the qualify, any cutting is unacceptable.
As I said above, the main goal is that we respect the no cutting rule to the same degree. I just revieled that at Monza, with 55 laps, I think 5-10 narrow cuts is within the limits. Do people agree with me, or do some think it is too much or too little? I might add that it is the exit of Ascari where I see that cutting can happen by accident, as it is like threading a needle. It is important to discuss this so we all feel we interpet the rule the same way
The more you respect the no cutting rule, the slower you will be, and vice versa. What we want is for all to have (more or less) the same amount of respect for this rule, to make it a fair competition.
Looking at the replay of the practice race I noticed that the fastest drivers were cutting like there was no tomorrowed compared to the rest. In particular Gaetano and Dave, with Christian R close behind. I only watched around 15 laps, but all three cut the track at least once per lap, many times twice or even three times a lap.
To put it simple, at the real race (at Monza) one might have a handfull of narrow cuts (around 5-10) throughout the race, but much more than that will be seen as unfair. And BIG cuts like I saw numerous times in the exit of Roggia should never happen. And in the qualify, any cutting is unacceptable.
As I said above, the main goal is that we respect the no cutting rule to the same degree. I just revieled that at Monza, with 55 laps, I think 5-10 narrow cuts is within the limits. Do people agree with me, or do some think it is too much or too little? I might add that it is the exit of Ascari where I see that cutting can happen by accident, as it is like threading a needle. It is important to discuss this so we all feel we interpet the rule the same way