It amazes me, at all the small and large sized races ive been too, how little communication there is on the rostrum.
Unless you know everyone in your final, and the colour of there shell and there ability level how are you supposed to know who is lapping who?
Whos to say that the bloke behind you hasnt just crashed but is catching you up for position?
Takes a mear second to
politely tell the "purple car" that your lapping him, or to ask the blue car to let you by on the main straight.
We have had an issue at Micro Nats like this, with people complaining that they are being blocked yet no one talks to each other!
The same works for those being lapped I guess. I can normally tell who is behind me at a National and ill gladly communicate with them where and when I will let them through so that I dont upset my race as well as theirs and things normally work out ok, and if one of the top lads lets me know that hes going to lap me soon I can prepare, but another problem seems to arise when people only call lapping as they get onto the bumper of the car in front.
Give it afew metres to prepare the slower driver, get some please and thank you communication going, have a nice day
Its good to talk...