Side by side into Indianapolis, this crash was this avoidable or fully my fault?
Dear Stewards :)
During a race on LMU at Le Mans, in a Gold long race with GT3 and Hypercar classes, I was behind 2 cars because of a long pit stop. They were fighting, and when 2 HY cars came to lap us, I took the opportunity to overtake the Mercedes again.
This driver was battling harshly, but he was still racing, and of course his lap times were inconsistent. Then I tried to overtake him both times, and he tried to squeeze me into a HY car making me losing speed. Then, on the straight, he tried to stay side by side until the last minute.
Here we are at the moment. I think I braked too late and caused the collision. I’m trying to understand if there was a way to go side by side into that corner and still make the move cleanly afterward, or if this was 100%.
I’d appreciate hearing your opinions about this :s