Bob was not irritated after T3, I was busy driving and "had nothing to swallow". Bob was not irritated until his race ended spinning in never never land on the other side of the wall. Bob had no choice but to go inside in T4 because Julius was slow coming off of his T3 maneuver while despite the contact I carried more speed coming out of T3 and was past him by the T4 turn in. Had Bob not been pushed off the course (I didn't drive there myself), I was yielding the position @ T5 since I knew we would come out of T4 close to even giving him the inside line to T5, but I never got that chance. I didn't get the chance to race either.
i still take blame for leading us into that situation. i am the one who forced us to go side by side in to t4. and as i said multiple times before, after seeing it now it was an overly aggressive move which i wouldnt make again. sometimes while racing it feels different. and at that moment it didnt feel like that to me.
but you are right with your comment before. if i would not have made that move, we wouldnt have been in that situation. but i made the move and while racing i didnt feel guilty. it didnt feel that aggressive in that particular moment. i think i learned that lesson.
as you said you had the better exit of turn3. but the one thing i where i dont agree with you is that you were past me at turn in on t4.
we went through turn 4 side by side. when we touched we still were side by side, maybe there was some lag and you were upfront 1 wheel at your place, but at my place we were completely side by side.
i reviewed the incident a lot of times now, and i still think i left enough space. i could have gone wide with 2 wheels over the line but i really didnt think you would come that "wide" at exit while going wheel to wheel with another driver in that particular corner.
to you it felt like you have been pushed out of the track. but the only reason we both were crashing into the barrier was the touch at exit. i couldnt keep control over my car after that touch and it turned/slided in on you and both of us crashed into the wall. (kind of a miracle i survived that one) i didnt turn my wheel in on you. i wanted to accelerate in a straight line leading to t5.
again, i still see it as my fault for being in that situation. i should have backed out and let you the upper hand.
but if we watch at the t4 incident on its own (as it is a racing situation where somebody could run into in the race) i dont see it as my fault that we both touched and crashed into the barrier.
i probably will adjust my line through that corner this evening to use more of the curbs, and i will hope that it wont happen again.
cu in the evening guys.
julius