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Originally Posted by Dead-Eye
That's always easy to say afterwards, but it's not the one situation that would cost you half a second, you probably have several of those every lap. And if you're cautious and give up that half second every time, you can't win.
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Exactly.
As I seem to keep saying to people, if you think about 2011 the race was won by 13 seconds, and every one of those seconds has to be found somewhere.
If, as a racing driver, you consistently play it conservatively and only overtake where there's no shadow of a doubt it's going to be a lot harder to create that edge.
To my eye this was at the root of McNish's accidents in both years, and also at the heart of what makes him an exciting driver to watch.