Using the lap ghost to cut one second

Do not chase the ghost from the start. Find the corner where you lose time, then repeat only that section.

The usual mistake with a lap ghost is chasing it from the start line. You get on the power too early, arrive at the first corner with too much speed, and lose more time than you were chasing.

The correct method: split the track into three parts and compare only one part per attempt. Find the corner where the ghost starts pulling away, and that is the only corner you work on next time. A single second usually comes from two corners, not from ten.

If the ghost pulls away at the same point three attempts in a row, the problem is not bravery on the throttle, it is the braking point. Move the braking point a metre earlier and see whether the gap still opens there. If it does, the problem is corner exit, not entry.

If the title has no ghost, keep manual splits: write the time at two points, after the first corner and at the finish line. Two numbers are enough to show whether the problem sits early in the lap or late.

Watch exit speed, not only entry speed. One kilometre per hour carried out of a corner stays with you down the whole following section.