Originally Posted by B-Line

Ok, watched it again..

First, we don't know how the car is geared, but every time the driver got in or near the rev limiter he was almost immediately in a moderate brake zone.

And on that long stretch on the back of the ring, he seemed to be maxed out in top gear (as I said, gearing is most likely not stock)

To risk an upshift for a second or two, then to drop back down with a monster blip, heel n toe, could easily send the back of that car chirping.

Smatter to ride the rev.. and faster... Less chance for mistakes, not enough time to be able to capitalize on the upshift before the braking zone.

At Laguna Seca for example, coming out of the corkscrew, I'm grabbing 4th gear preparing for turn 9, right before the bridge. And I've only just gotten into second. It doesn't sound right, it doesn't feel right, but it's right....

The driver clearly knows the ring and stayed in gear for the right reasons.