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Video Transcript:
When you approach a corner, you're looking for a few things. First, your braking marker so you know when to slow down, where to turn in, where you're going to apex, and where you're going to exit this corner.

When you approach a corner, you're looking for a few things. First, your braking marker so you know when to slow down, where to turn in, where you're going to apex, and where you're going to exit this corner.

So if you're a racing fan you probably noticed the lines are very distinct that drivers are taking through corners. You start off very wide, you come down to your apex, and you leave the corner very wide. Essentially making that corner as large as possible.

So how do you find that line? There's several ways to do that. One is to literally go up and walk the track. You might notice on a track walk that the curve where people tend to apex the most might be a little worn away, the paint is gone. The other thing you might notice is that some drivers that are maybe being a little too ambitious with their apex are using a little more than the curb and they've cleaned off the weeds and the grass right next to the curb near the apex.

If you're a new driver, waiting to apex this late might be a little nerve wracking. You might be very tempted to turn in earlier and get to an apex that's too soon. Now you can notice the curbing here, the paint is untouched in perfect condition. That means nobody else is using this. And if you apex this early it's going to send you off on a pretty bad trajectory on your exit, and may lead to you dropping some wheels off track. And if you turned in too early and reached an early apex, you might find yourself dangerously close to burying your car in this deep gravel bed.

So any time anyone goes off the exit of a corner, you're likely turning too early. It's very common across the board, especially for new drivers. It's comforting, you just turn in early to the corner and whoa, I had to lift. Your lap time's in the toilet. You have to turn into a corner, in most cases, later than you would otherwise think is comfortable. It's called a late apex.

And when you're trying to identify your line on a race track, we know that the real key here or your job as a driver in most cases, is to open radiuses up and find a way to use the whole track.

So avoid this in the first place. If you're approaching a corner you're not quite comfortable with yet, take it a little slower than normal and warm up to it. Ask somebody for advice, get some coaching before you go through there at ten tenths, and save yourself this kind of trouble.

If you learned something, but you want more detail or you're interested in some private coaching lessons, follow the links through opentrack.com where you can get in touch with Kai and Andy.

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