Quote Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
Well that was an interesting weekend of racing all ways around. Saw lots of bad strategy and lots of mistakes. Always watch til the end kids....

Hildebrand had a brain cramp. Simple as that. He had a few seconds...and if he backed right out of it going into 4 to tip toe around the lapped traffic, he would be the winner today. The lapped car had every right to be there...and it isn't his job to make life easy for the leaders although protocol would dictate he should whenever he can help by being out of the way long before the leader arrives. In this case, he had no place TO go......
I think the right thing for JR to do would be to back off a little in the short chute, and push the apex of turn 4 a little farther down the track. That way he'd have less force pushing him up towards the wall, and wouldn't sacrifice much in the way of exit speed from 4. I suspect that is what most of the more experienced drivers would do.

Disclaimer: All my experience was on road courses, I've never driven an oval.