This is a really solid lap. A point to work on would be braking, make sure that you are braking sharply and then bleeding off only when you start turning in, rather than bleeding off the brakes when you could still use 100% force.
Zandvoort is narrow and twisty, putting an emphasis on a grippy car. A soft suspension setup and high downforce will gain lots of time through the many corners.
☐ This is a corner that favours trail braking, especially since it was widened and banked slightly for F1 cars. Your braking here comes earlier than the reference lap, and you start feeding off the brakes before turning in. You could possibly afford to spend more time at 100% brake force, and this will enable you to brake even later and carry more speed into the apex. I also notice that while your line on apex is ever so slightly wider than the reference lap, you seem to hug the apex for longer. This usually means that you have delayed your acceleration ever so slightly, so you could also try accelerating slightly sooner to really carry speed out of the corner.
☐ Your initial line is good, but due to the curve slightly before the braking zone, you don't quite hold your car fully on the outside of the track. This means that you have to hold the brakes for longer, and sacrifices speed on the exit. You also stay off the throttle for longer as well, so make sure that before you turn in fully, you keep as far outside as you can.
☐ Due to the banking of the corner, it's usually faster to take a wider line. This not only means you can carry more speed, but it will make acceleration easier and will really slingshot you down the next straight. You drive nicely into the corner, but you drive all the way down to the apex. This will hinder your acceleration, as you're essentially climbing a fairly steep hill on exit, due to the banking.
☐ These corners are taken flat, nothing to comment on.
☐ You're actually faster than the reference lap for this corner, but I notice that you take a shallower line. This corner tightens slightly on exit, but due to the elevation change, it's taken at almost the same speed throughout. You can go even faster on exit if you brake and then apex slightly later, allowing you to get on the throttle earlier and carry speed into the following section.
☐ Your line is very good here, although you don't brake as much as the reference lap. This means that you actually spend more time off the throttle because of how much extra speed you're carrying to begin with. Try to brake harder initially, and then accelerate through the exit phase.
☐ These next 2 corners are particularly difficult. Your line on entry is great, but I notice that again, you don't brake as much as the reference lap. You apex earlier, but you're off the throttle for longer because of the extra speed you're already carrying. This delay in acceleration also prevents you from reaching the exit kerb, and thus from using the full width of the track.
☐ Your entry here is very well driven. We see the same story with the braking as the previous corner, where you have to delay the acceleration because of the extra speed you're carrying. This again prevents you from using the full width of the track and given that there is a long straight here, acceleration on exit is extra crucial. Make sure your acceleration comes early. You should be barely staying on the track on exit.
☐ Your entry line is again very good, but you don't spend quite enough time at 100% brake force. This means that you're braking at the right time, but you're still carrying slightly too much speed into the corner. Your turn in is slightly delayed initially, and it pushes you side through the first apex. There is a long apex next, but because of the shallow line you have due to slightly overshooting the first apex, you run wider the further the corner progresses. This also means that you can't quite accelerate early enough, so make sure to straighten your exit here as much as you can. Usually, this means you have to slow yourself more for the first apex so that you can better set up your line for the long left hander apex.
☐ Your line here is very good, and you're even quicker than the reference lap. The only improvement I can suggest is to accelerate slightly later. This will mean that you can reach 100% throttle earlier, meaning that you're accelerating fully for the next straight.
☐ You drive this section very well. There are no suggestions I can give.
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