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I have seen green students do things like disable traction control and spin themselves off the track due to power oversteer. Seems to be the most common (major) newbie mistake. Cars with lots of power and drivers with minimal concept of how to control it due to a reliance on traction control to do it for them. Add that to high torque, low gears, and red mist, and you have a spin out exiting a low speed corner.

Intermediate and advanced students tend to go off mid corner, or turn exit. With comfort comes pushing the limits, and sometimes they just run out of talent when things go beyond the limit. Hard to practice countersteer in real life (the benefit of slalom). In my opinion these folks get in the most trouble, as they push the limits, have something to prove, and are still developing advanced skills.

Advanced drivers suffer the same problems as the above students, but they push the limits more often, and save more often... But once in a while things can get away from them. These folks often wnd up racing and getting into more complex situations, including rubbing and last minute avoidances, which can cause problems. Thry are better drivers, but tend to live on the edge more, which has risks.

The other advanced driver has little to prove and just runs fast with high awarness. They know better than to go 10/10 all the time and are safe hpde drivers, and a pleasure to run with. They are often the instructors, and for good reason.