05-23-2019, 07:50 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-23-2019, 07:57 AM by Pete Parisetti.)
Since incident discussion is - quite rightly - banned, I wanted to say a word of appreciation for a driver, and especially a behaviour, which I found extraordinary.
In the morning Skip Barber series, Antonio Barroso and I were fighting for 3rd. For a number of laps, he was between 1 and 2 sec behind me. Then, second last lap, he decided to try an attack. He came closer and, as it happens, he went long on braking and pushed me off track, whilst he stayed on and went 3rd.
Well, he actually STOPPED immediately after the crash, and let me pass. In the process, he actually went fifth. Now - isn't that incredible?
Hat off to a true sportsman, and one would hope to see this kind of gentleman behaviour more often.
(By the way, I made a silly mistake on the last turn, and he - who had made his way back to 4th - got 3rd place by a cat whisker, so sportsmanship does pay too!)
In the morning Skip Barber series, Antonio Barroso and I were fighting for 3rd. For a number of laps, he was between 1 and 2 sec behind me. Then, second last lap, he decided to try an attack. He came closer and, as it happens, he went long on braking and pushed me off track, whilst he stayed on and went 3rd.
Well, he actually STOPPED immediately after the crash, and let me pass. In the process, he actually went fifth. Now - isn't that incredible?
Hat off to a true sportsman, and one would hope to see this kind of gentleman behaviour more often.
(By the way, I made a silly mistake on the last turn, and he - who had made his way back to 4th - got 3rd place by a cat whisker, so sportsmanship does pay too!)
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