When it comes to being on the track, it's easy to forget how fast in real time things happen, and that often you just do the wrong thing. Or even just slightly "less than ideal." Here's an example of something that happened to me this past weekend:
A more experienced driver looked at the video and said "you were doomed as soon as you made the first correction. You should have just tried to go off and get the car slowed down from that point" (rather than try and catch it).
I suppose eventually I'll be that Zen with the car. But when you put a car on the edge, even with a lot of practice and instruction, still, when things happen you may make the wrong choice.
Steve