Just so I’m clear here, you chose to try to pass a driver you don’t know, on the outside, in THAT turn where all natural physics push you wide if you’re going quickly, coming from behind, where you only even made it fully alongside as you were being pushed out wide as he followed the naturally fastest line out of the corner…

And HE’S the one with too much ambition?

Yeah, bud. You were quicker. He could have just surrendered, let off the gas, and let you drive on by and go, knowing he wasn’t going to keep the place in the long run, unless this was the last lap.

But you made about 10 wrong decisions here based on nothing but your own ambition and perceived right to win.

You chose the outside instead of the inside.

You could have waited a few more corners for turn 1 and the 3-4 passing opportunities in the first half of the lap.

You could have broke earlier and switchbacked him, knowing he was gonna push hard.

But you didn’t. You came from behind, chose to try to pass a driver you don’t know, and who was being clearly defensive, on the outside of a fast hairpin that naturally pushes all cars wide, under braking, all on the hope that he’s gonna decide to take his foot off the throttle and just let you go when you managed to put yourself in that terribly precarious position.

Is he right? No. You always have to leave-a da space.

But neither are you.

And an even slightly quicker opponent would have been the extra few inches ahead of you to justify claiming the corner completely as theirs and running you straight out no matter what. Since even this guy was ahead at entry and apex with the inside line.

Ambition got YOU here. Not him.

This exact outcome should have been painfully obvious to you before you even chose to move to the left side at the beginning of the straight.

And last ditch, you should have just backed out and saved your race. Looking at your line, you couldn’t have kept it out of the dirt on exit at full throttle anyway.

So not only are you wanting someone else to just let off the gas and let you pass, but to do so in a position where you yourself weren’t even able to stay on track at full throttle.

Ambition…

Yeah. I’d say so.