...who is obviously in a little bit over his head?
I got punted on Sunday by a driver in his first weekend in a new car, and I wasn't the only one. This new driver has imported a Formula Ford Ecoboost from Europe to run with our club. Why he chose a car that doesn't fit into any class except Formula Libra, I don't know; we tried to suggest he get a Formula Ford or a Formula Continental, but he just had to have the Ecoboost.
And on his first day (Saturday), he tangled with someone and broke his (carbon fiber!) front wing, and then chose to run the car without wings on the next day, and hit me.
Fortunately, the damage to my car was minor--just a slightly bent steering arm on my front upright for which I could compensate by lengthening the tie rod.
But I don't think I said enough to the young driver who came up to me afterward to apologize for the kamikaze late-braking move that had him locking up after popping out from drafting the FCs on the last lap of a race where he wasn't at all up to speed. He apologized and I really didn't say much. Just told him that "it happens".
Should I have said something? If so, what?